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prae'cox Andre,” read

Magnolia grandiflora. Page 262. line 3., for“ precoce d’Andry.”

1. 10., add : “ In the nursery of M. Roy, at Angers, are 18 varieties, partof which do not appear to be in British gardens, and some of which,M. Roy informs us, are very much hardier than the species. (SeeGard. Mag., xiii. p. 21.) The Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert thinks itprobable that some beautiful and hardy varieties may be raised byfertilising the seed of M. grandiflora with the pollen of M. tripetala andM. conspicua.”

266. 1. 25., after full stop, add : “ In one of Drummond’s letters to Sir W.J. Hooker, he states that Epidendrum conopseum grows parasiticallyupon M. grandiflora, as well as on Quercus virens in South Florida,at Apalachicola. (See Comp to Rot. Mag., i. p. 46.)”

last line, add : “ At Desio, near Milan, it is 50 ft. high ; diameter of thetrunk 1 ft. 10in., and of the head 30 ft.”

M. glauca. 269.1.4., for “that at Syon figured in our Second Volume,”read “ one at Syon 20 ft. high.”

Statistics. 269. 1. 13., for “ Cownan,” read “ Conon.”

M. tripetala. 270., to “ Propagation and Culture ,” add: “ Mr. Herbert suggeststhat, from its hardiness, it would be desirable to try to produce somehybrids between it and the more delicate Chinese species.”

272.1.12. after full stop, add : “ It ripened seeds at Desio, near Milan, in 1835;and 150 young plants were raised from it in the spring of 1836; amongwhich were some, from seed which had been fecundated with thepollen of M. conspicua and M. purpurea.”

M. purpurea. 282., to the paragraph headed “ Varieties ,” add : “ A curiousvariety of this species has been raised at Desio, near Milan, by SignorCasoretti, the garden director there, which has all the characteristicsof the species, but is only 1 ft. 6 in. high. Signor Casoretti calls thisvariety M. obovata pumila.”

Liriodendron Tulipifera. 289., after the paragraph headed “ Propagation andCulture ,” add : — “ The fungi found on the Liriodendron are, Lentinusstrigosus /•>., Polyporus gilvus Schwein., P. cortlcola /'V., 7’ezi/a Erina-cei Schwein., Sphae'ria Liriodendrus Schwein., S. subiculata Schwein.,Ectostroma Liriodendri Fr., Triehodtrma glo-bosum Schwein. — M. J. B."

Anona'cem.

Asimina. 293., after the paragraph headed “ Geography,

History, Sfc.,” add : “ The only fungus which isknown to be found on plants of this genus isEctostroma An'once Fr.”

Berbera'cem.

299., add after the paragraph headed Maho'nw.- “ These

genera contain all the ligneous species in the6 Berberidece ; but in the § Nandince is one half-hardy ligneous species, Nandina domestica.”

Berberis vulgaris. 301., add “and our fig. 2409.”

1. 29. Varieties, dele “ B. v. 2 lutea,” See., it beingthe same as B. v. 8 asperma.

1. 34. for “ Kielmf read “Kahn.”

1. 16. from the bottom, after “ B. v. 8 asperma,” add“syn. B. v. lutea.”

303., after the paragraph headed “ Diseases, fyc.,” add :

“ Also to Peziza Berberidis Pers., Sphae'ria de-triisa Fr., S. Berberidis Pers. (syn. CucurbitariaBerberidis Grev., t. 84., and fig. 16384. in theEncyclopaedia of Plants), and S. epidermidis Fr.,

Er ysipbe penicillata Schlect., which is found on the honeysuckle andthe gooseberry, is also found on the common berberry.— M. J. B.”

on the leaves.