Life Of North American Insects

With numerous Illustrations drawn from Specimens in the Cabinet of the Author. By Professor Jacobs, assisted by H. C. Preston, M. D. 12mo, Muslin, - - 1 25.

Liftodactylon Californicum. Nat. Ord. Polemoniacea

Native, as its name implies, of California. Mr. Douglas was the first to introduce it to notice. Stem dwarf, and numerously branched. Branches covered densely with small, beautiful foliage. Leaves cut nearly to the base into seven awl-shaped, hairy segments, mucronate. Calyx hairy, tubular, cylindrical, divided rather deeply into five subulate teeth. Corolla hypocrateriform; tnbe very slender; limb large and spreading, divided into five wedge-shaped, sometimes irregularly toothed lobes.

This is quite a gem of its kind, producing a rich profusion of brightly-tinted flowers in spring and early summer. Indeed, the number of blooms is so great as to quite eclipse the diminutive foliage, and hide it from view. Its habit is dwarf and very handsome if well grown, and its culture is moderately simple.

Lightning

M. Baudin, of the French Academy of Sciences, mentions some dozen instances in which the figures of trees, flowers, leaves, and other objects have been imprinted on the human body by lightning strokes. The phenomenon seems to bear some resemblance to photography.

Lilac Br. Lindley

This is by for the-best addition which has been made of late years to our hardy forcing shrubs. Here we have a sort that will, in a short time, supersede the French production in the way of White Lilac, since it sets its buds as small plants and opens freely, while the French plants are large before fit for forcing. We have some plants 18 inches high, with a dozen custers of bloom, and if forced in a shady house, it comes a good white. When it is more plentiful and the plant gets up to, say 3 feet or so in height, there will be no more showy plant for a greenhouse." - The Florist.

Lilacs For Forcing

There are, perhaps, no more satisfactory plants to force and produce abundance of fragrant blooms than the common lilac. Plants may be cut out of the shrubbery, potted, and brought into the house, flowered, and again turned out in early June, without any loss of plant or the group of shrubs, except the item of flowers in spring.

Lilium Auratum, Prolific

The same correspondent states that she has an Auratum bulb, which bore the second spring after planting thirty-seven blossoms. Who can beat it.

Lilium Columbianum

The Rural New Yorker illustrates this pretty Lily, a native of Columbia and Washington Territories. The plant grows one to two feet high, and has a most graceful habit. The leaves are produced in whorls resembling our common L. Superbum. The flowers are small and petals reflexed. Color orange yellow, spotted with dark brown. The bulbs are as hardy as any of our native lilies, and thrive in a good rich moist soil; on no account should rank barnyard manure be applied to lilies, as it is sure to cause disease.

Lilium Fortuneii

Another variety of the well known Tiger Lily, is a splendid plant, growing from six to eight feet high, bearing from thirty to forty flowers on a single stalk. The lower flower-stems running out far from the stalk, giving the inflorescence a pyramidal outline. Color, a bright scarlet, thickly studded with small, dark spots. A desirable feature of this lily, is the length of time the plant is in flower; notwithstanding the excessively dry and hot weather, we had one plant in flower, last season, in the open border, for upwards of six weeks.