PART III. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

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Duvaus. ovata. Page 559., add to list of Engravings: “ and our fig. 2433.”

2434 ft

Legumino's/e.

Sect. I. Soph&rem.

Sophora. p. 565., in the paragraph headed “ Statistics,” after “ In Austria,”add : “ At Schonbrunn, it is 48 ft. high, and the diameter of the head55 ft. It flowers abundantly every year.”

567., before App. i., introduce: —

“ BapUsia tinctona R. Br., and our fig. 2434., is a suffruticose plant, withyellow flowers; a native of North America, introduced in 1750.”

Add to Half-hardy Sophorese :—

“ Anagyris fce'tida Lin. Spec., 534., Lodd. Cat., 740., and our fig. 2435., isa shrub from 6 ft. to 8 ft. high, a native of the south of Europe. It was intro-duced in 1570, and requires a slight protection during winter. It is fetid inevery part when bruised.

“ A. f. 2 glauca Dec. Prod. 2. p. 99., has the leaves more glaucousthan those of the species.

“ A. latifolia Willd. Enum., 489., has the leaflets broad and obtuse. It isa shrub about 10 ft. high, anative of Teneriffe, where it was introduced in 1815.”Brachysema latifolium. 568., turn the cut fig. 247.

Sect. II. /.ote.i:.

U'lex. 571., add to “ Varieties .”—

“ Other Varieties. Sir George Head, in the continuation of his Home Toiur,observes :—I also remarked the unusual stature of the furze plants in thehedge that crowns the summit, the spring shoots being, everywhere in the Isleof Man, more like those of a young fir tree, than of an ordinary plant. Adwarf species called Manx furze grows on the hills in a compact matted mass,that spreads like thick moss over several acres of ground in a plot; and is sospringy that a man may walk without much difficulty across the surface,although at every step he may sink in up to his knees, the plant, pressed byhis foot to the earth, by its elastic reaction rises again immediately, unbroken.Both sorts are used in winter as provender for cattle, the thorns being pre-viously crushed by a machine adapted for the purpose, which implements, ofsimple construction, are merely a pair of wooden mallets worked by a smallwater wheel. Of these there are many among the streamlets in the moun-tains.’ ( Head’s Continuation of Home Tour, p. 82.)”

The Use of Furze for Hedges. 573., add:—

“ Sir George Head, speaking of Guernsey, observes: ‘ A high mound ofearth, surmounted by a strong furze hedge, is the usual fence of the country,therefore the premises of a Guernsey farmer are as impregnably fortified and

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