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America, whence the seeds were sent home bythe unfortunate Douglas in 1827; and those sownin the London Horticultural Society’s Gardendid not vegetate. Seeds were, however, distri-buted; and of those sent to Messrs. Pope andCo. of the Handsworth Nursery, near Birming-ham, one germinated, and produced the plantfigured in the Floral Cabinet. This species hasnot yet borne seeds in England; but it has beenabundantly increased by layers, which strikereadily.”

Colletia. Page541., after the paragraph headed “ CoUletia,” insert: “C. horrida Wilid. (y%.2432. c) ‘appears somewhat different from C. spi-nosa (fig. 217. p. 541.); and both it andC. \iUcina Gil. (fig. 2432. a) are evergreenshrubs, which are found as hardy as thecommon furze in the arboretum of Messrs.Loddiges.”

Retanilla. 541., in the last line but one of the para-graph headed “ Retanilla,” after t. 16., add :

“ and our figure b in fig. 2432.”

Pomaderris. 542., to the paragraph headed “Pomaderris,has stood out for several years in Devonshire.

add : " P. plumosaP. jarunifolia also

stands out; and, though it is sometimes killed down to the ground,it springs again from the root.”

Anacabdia'ceje.

Pistacia. 545., to the paragraph headed “ Gen. Char.fi add: “ The fungus{/redo terebinthi Pec. is found on the leaves of plants of thisgenus.”

~Rhus. 549., to the paragraph headed “ Gen. Char.,” add : “ The followingfungi are found on plants of this genus : — iZydnum Rhdis Schwein.,Sphae'ria Rhois Schwein. ; S. quaternata Pers., on R. glabra; S. sub-solitaria Schwein., Cytispora rhoina Fr., Dothidea Rhois Fr. ; Helmin-thosporium rigidum Fr., on R. radicans. — M. J. B.”

557. head line, for “ Duvaua,” read “Rhus.”

R. suaveolens. 557., dele the entire paragraph.

R. aromatica. 557., add after the line headed “ Engraving:” —

“ Synonymes. It. suavtolens Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 368 , Dec. Prod., 2. p. 72.; A/yrlca trifoliAtaHort. ; Toxicodendron crenAtum Mill. Diet., No. 5.”

557., before the last paragraph, three lines from the bottom, add:—

“ i R. caustica Hook., Laurus caustica Mol., is an evergreen tree, a nativeof Chili, introduced in 1828, of which there are plants in the HorticulturalSociety’s Garden. There are also plants under the same name in the Horti-cultural Society’s Garden, raised from seeds sent by Dr. Wallich from theSnowy Mountains of Nepal.”