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have their fruit black, instead of red. In the latter, in the list of En-gravings, for “ omfig. 731.,” read “ om fig. 732.”

R.nge>is. Page982.,dele entirely; itbeingthe same as R. floridum grandiflorum.

R. punctatum. The fruit, Mr. Gordon informs us, is black, not red. A spe-cimen (fig. 2475.) has been sent us, from Mr. Pope of the HandsvvorthNursery, near Birmingham, of a Ribes which strongly resembles R.punctatum. It is an evergreen, with small yellow flowers, and verysweet-scented.”

R .floridum. 986., to the “ Varieties’’ after “ R. («.)/. 2 grandiflorum Hort.,” add;“ R. rigens Michx. FI. Bor. Amer., i. p. 110., Pursh FI. Amer. Sept.i. p. 136.” R. inebrians and R. cereum have their fruit amber-coloured,not black.

R. viscosissimum. 987., to the list of Engravings, add : “ and our fig. 738.”

R. (a.) fldvum. 990., to the list of Engravings, add : “ and our fig. 2476.”

991., in Mr. Gordon’s list, to “R. multiflorum,” add: “ syn. vitifolium.”R. punctatum, syn., for “prostratum,” read “glandulosum.”

To “ R. trfldrum,” add : “ var. R. t. mdjus.”

EsCALLONLt'OE,®.

Escalldnia. 694., add, after “ E. pulverulenta : ” —

“ E. glandulosa Hort. There are plants of this spe-cies in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, which haveflowered there.”

“ E. illinita Presl, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 1900., andour fig. 2477., has the leaves oblong, lanceolate, serru-late, clammy or varnished (whence the name); and co-rymbs 3-flowered, racemose. (Lindl.) This is an evergreenbushy shrub, covered all over with a clammy varnish;emitting an odour, according to Dr. Lindley, like melilotor fenugreek; but, according to others, like that of swine.The flowers are in terminal racemes, and are of a greenishwhite. The plant is a native of the mountains of Chili;but it appears the hardiest of all the species of Escalldniain British gardens.”

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Saxifra'geje.

Hydrangea. 994., add to the paragraph headed “ Gen. Char., fyc.’’ “ Sphae'riasphaerocephala Schwein. is found on the leaves.”

Umbella' ceje.

JSupleurum fruticdsum. 997., to the “ Engravings’’ add, “ andour fig. 2478.”

Hedera'ceje.

Hedera Helix. Varieties. 1000., before “ The Varieties in BritishGardens’’ add: “ A variety with white berries is mentionedby Theophrastus, Pliny, Virgil, and Dioscorides. Plinyalso speaks of a kind which he calls ‘ pallentes hederae,’which Melmoth supposes to be the silver-striped.”

1006. 1. 17. from the bottom, before “Plants,” insert: “ Thefollowing fungi are found on the ivy:— Sphae'ria sino-pica Fr., S. microscdpica Fr., S. Mougeotii Fr.; S. tri-chella Fr., on the leaves, and also on those of thewillow; S. Hederae Soiv., S. Aederae'cola Fr., andDo-thidea Hederae Fr., on the leaves; Phoma HederaejDesm, — M. J. B,”

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Hamamelida'cea;.

H amamelis virginica. 1007. 1. 4. from the bottom, after full stop, insert: