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“ * C. («.) 1. 2 uniflbra Fischer. — There are plants in the HorticulturalSociety’s' Garden.”

C. nummularia. Page 872., after the paragraph beaded “ Derivation ,” insert :“ Synonymes. C. elliptica Hort.; Eriobdtrya elliptica Lindi., Lin.Trans.; .Mespilus Cu<le Hort.

872. To the paragraph headed “ Spec. Char, Sfc.,” add : “ It bears numerousberries, which are black when ripe.”

C. laLvis Lodd. There is a plant bearing this name in Messrs. Loddiges’s

arboretum, which appears to approach C. nummularia ; but, as we have never

seen either flowers or fruit, we cannot speak decidedly.

P i/rus communis. Statistics. 888., add before “in Scotland,” &c.:“ In York-shire, at Doncaster, there is an old pear tree in the garden belongingto one of the houses in the High Street, which, tradition says, wasplanted by Charles I., who in one of his progresses dined at this town.Though much decayed, it bears annually an abundant crop of smallbrown fruit.”

P. variolosa. 891., add to “ Spec. Char., ipe.: ” “ The young seedling plants

of this species, Mr. Gordon informs us, have their leaves cut likethose of Cratae'gus Oxyacantha.”

P. MichauxW. “ There are plants of this species in the HorticulturalSociety’s Garden.”

P. ( Mains') prunifblia. 892., in the list of Engravings, dele the words “andthe plate in our Second Volume.”

Vyrus (Md/tw) dioica. 893., add to “ Spec. Char., fyc.: ” “ Mr. Gordoninforms us that there are plants in the Horticultural Society’s Garden.”

The Little grey Ermine Moth. 906., after the second paragraph in p. 907.,insert:—

“ It is a peculiarity in the history of this-insect, that it is not only social

in the caterpillar state (Jig. 2463. «), but that it retains its sociality during

the period of its pupation (b), the cocoons being formed within the webwhich had served for the abode of the caterpillars. These webs are quittedfrom time to time, and new encampments established at short distancesfrom each other; hence, each brood constructs several webs in the course ofits caterpillar state; the reason of which is, that the caterpillars do not quittheir webs to feed, but only eat such leaves as are enclosed in each web.