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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[November, 
scription published by Eegel), or rosy-pink and scarcely at all spotted (according 
to Van Houtte’s figure), the inner ones somewhat broadest, narrowed gradually to 
the base, and entirely without hairs or papillae on the face of the claw. The 
stamens are very much shorter than the perianth, and terminated by yellow 
anthers, five to six lines long. The style is in. to 2 in. long, a good deal 
curved upwards towards the point. The flowers are produced in July. 
This fine and very distinct Lily inhabits the western slope of the Californian 
Sierra Nevada, along the watershed of the streams that run into the Sacramento. 
According to Professor Wood, it is found in woods here and there from the 
Yosemite to the Columbia, and is well known to the miners, who recognise its 
superior qualities, and call it the Washington Lily. Our woodcut, from a draw¬ 
ing by Mr. Fitch, is borrowed from the Gardeners* Chronicle. The credit of 
introducing the plant into Europe belongs to M. Eoezl, by whom it was sent to 
M. Leichtlin. 
L. Washingtonianum purpureum, of which a coloured figure is annexed, 
prepared from specimens bloomed by G. F. Wilson, Esq., of Weybridge, is a 
beautifully tinted variety of the foregoing, described as being smaller in stature 
and more slender in habit, with a stem of 1 ft. to ft. high, furnished with 
oblanceolate leaves from 1 in. to 1-4 in. long, and crowned by a raceme of from 
four to eight or more very handsome flowers. The perianth is bell-funnel-shaped, 
with the segments very much reflexed, white stained (more deeply in the older 
flowers) with wine-purple, and dotted all over with minute spots of blackish- 
purple. It also flowers in Juljr. 
The introduction of this variety is due to Mr. W. Bull, by whom it was im¬ 
ported, and distributed in some quantity at Stevens’ Auction Eooms, in the latter 
part of last year, under the name of L. ’purpnreum^ which was attached to it, in 
accordance with the descriptions received from California, where it is found in 
the Yosemite Valley. Mr. Bull observes that he has “never found L. Washing- 
toniamim to bloom in the precocious way that this variety does; the bulbs, 
moreover, are different. Another distinction is, that L. Washingtonianum grows 
6,000 ft. above the level of the sea, where the ground is covered in winter with 
from 15 ft. to 20 ft. of snow ; whereas L. Washingtonianum purpureum is found 
in Humboldt county, in a climate of perpetual spring. The flowers are fragrant, 
and from twelve to sixteen are produced on a stem.” The accompanying wood- 
cut, from the Gardeners* Chronicle., represents a small specimen bloomed, and 
exhibited at South Kensington, by Messrs. Veitch and Sons, and shows the 
symmetiical habit of the plant.—T. Moore. 
EVIL EFFECTS OF TREES IN HEDGE-ROWS. 
OWEVEE ornamental trees in hedge-rows may be, they are not only 
injurious to agricultural crops, but are often ruinous to the fences. This 
is sufiBciently proved by the gape seen in hawthorn fences under trees, 
especially where the trees are numerous and not pruned up. The effect 
