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F. excorticdla. Page 945., add to the end of the paragraph : “ The berries areso sweet, that the missionaries have been trying to introduce the speciesinto Otaheite, as a sugar plant; but have been unable to procure seeds,as in New Zealand the berries are eaten greedily by the pigs, as soonas they appear.”

“ F. fulgens Dec., Lindl. in Bot. Reg., n. s. t. 1. This is a splendid plant, anative of temperate regions of Mexico, which will probably prove half-hardy.”

PuiLADELPHA'CEiE.

Philadelphus. 954., before $ ii. insert: —■

“ P. Gordomkna Hort. is a kind received from the banks of the Columbia;which grows in its native country like underwood, and flowers later thanmost of the species.”

After $ ii., &c., insert: —

“ & 6. * P. specio'sus Schrad. The showy -flowered Philadelphus, or Mock

Orange.

Identification. Schrad. Diss. Phil.; Lin. Bot. Reg., t. 2003.

Engraving. Bot. Reg., t. 2003.

Spec. Char., §-c. Leaves ovate, rarely oval-ovate, long-pointed, sharplytoothed and serrated; hairy beneath. Flowers ternate and solitary. Lobesof the calyx very sharply pointed. Style deeply 4-cleft. Stigmas longerthan the stamens. {Schrad.) P. speciosus is a hardy shrub, 8 ft. or 10 ft.high, with gently bending branches, loaded with very large and scentlesswhite flowers. This species, Dr. Lindley observes, though one of the hand-somest of the genus, is one of the least common. There are plants in theHorticultural Society’s Garden.”

P. grandifldrus. 954., dele the line headed “ Synonyme ,” the words “and ourfig. 676.,” and the last sentence in the paragraph headed “ Spec. Char."Deiitzia scdbra. 956., Mr. Gordon informs us, proves to be quite hardy.

beautiful myrtle-like evergreen plants, which would probably prove