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its cause. Trees stag-headed from this cause were examined from all 

 parts of Bavaria. The final part of the research is a striking confirmation 

 of the theory. It describes the effects of discharges of electricity from an 

 electrical machine on various Conifers. The resulting injury was exactly 

 the same as that observed in the forest, both in external and internal 

 features. — W. G. S. 



Lig-UStrum Quihoui. By W. D. (Garden, No. 1719, p. 292 ; 



29 10/1904). — More frequently ought this little-known Privet to be grown, 

 as it flowers very late in the year, and is one of the most ornamental 

 species. It was introduced from China nearly forty years ago. It forms 

 a dense bush 6 feet to 8 feet high, made up of numerous wiry branchlets, 

 which, when young, have a purplish tinge. The leaves are small and 

 ovate. The flowers are white, borne in long, loose, terminal panicles 

 during September and October, a time when flowering shrubs are few 

 in number. For grouping in shrubberies it is an excellent plant, but it 

 is doubtful whether it would be worth growing as a hedge plant, for when 

 young it grows very slowly. — E. T. C. 



Lilies, Cross-fertilisation of (Bev. Hort. p. 295, July 1, 1904).— 



Lilium croceum self -fertilised in Ghent yielded no seed; cross-fertilised 

 with neighbouring plants, ovaries swelled but failed to perfect ; but crossed 

 with pollen from a distant locality (Bruges) all produced fruits and fertile 

 seed.— C. T.D. 



Lilium japonicum eolehesterense. By G. B. M. (Garden, No. 

 1716, p. 244; 8/10/1904). — This beautiful Lily comes from Japan, and 

 is generally known as L. odorum, a name its delicious fragrance has 

 earned for it. It is closely allied to the well-known L. Brownii, but is 

 even more vigorous. The bulbs are unusually suceptible to injury from 

 damp and cold, hence the presence of low-growing shrubs around them 

 is necessary to hold the balance of moisture at the root. The bulb forma- 

 tion, texture of the leaves, and the masses of roots that issue from the 

 stems all indicate a habitat amid scrub, and the marvellous wealth of 

 flowers is only possible when such intelligent association of Lilies with 

 other garden plants is well carried out. The flowers of this Lily are 

 exceedingly handsome, measuring 8 inches to 9 inches long and 6 inches 

 across the richly cream-tinted funnel. A beautiful clear yellow suffuses 

 the throat of the flower, and the outside is irregularly flushed with 

 brown.— E. T. C. 



Lilium monadelphum Szovitsianum. By E. Ryss»l (Die Gart. 

 No. 32, p. 377, May 7, 1904).— One of the most desirable species of 

 the Martagon group of Lilies with large turban-shaped flowers, either 

 pale or deep yellow, with brownish spots. Once as common on the slopes 

 of the Caucasus as the common L. Martagon still is in some parts of 

 Central and Southern Germany, but becoming much scarcer owing to its 

 destruction by tiling and cattle. — G. B. 



Lime, Seedless {Bull. Bet. Dep. Trin. xl. p. G17, October 1903).— 

 This variety, producing fruits of the ordinary size and flavour, having been 



