PART III. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

2571

“ Both sexes are in the Twickenham Botanic Garden. Themale plant sometimes shows a few female flowers; but no maleflowers have been observed on the female plant. The male blossomsappear in October, and continue through the winter; and the femaleflowers begin to open about November, and are very ornamental.”

Corna'cete.

Cornus. Page 1010.line 12., after “204.” insert: “The following fungi are foundon plants of this genus :—On C. florida are : Peziza roseo-alba Schwein.,Tremella virens Schwein. ; Sphse'ria nidulans Schwein., also on someAmerican species. On the common cornel are : Sphte'ria coronataHoffm., also on the hawthorn ; S. mammillaria Fr., also on the buck-thorn; S. Corni Mont., S. cornicola Fr., and P'rysiphe tortilis Lh.,on the leaves; Hysterium Corni K. et S., on Cornus alba.— M. J. B.”

Lorantha'cea:.

\iscum. 1022. 1. 2., add to the end of the paragraph: “ It is generally

supposed not to be now found on the oak; but, in March, 1837, aspecimen was sent to us from the neighbourhood of Eastnor Castle,near Hereford, by Mr. D. Beaton, then gardener at Haflield. Themistletoe was of very vigorous growth ; and Mr. Beaton informed usthat there were several other plants of it on the same tree, one ofwhich is of very great age, and forms a bush nearly 5 ft. in diameter.It has also been seen on the oak, and in great abundance on thewillow, near Ledbury.”

1025., for the paragraph beginning “ The propagation of the mistletoe,” &c.,substitute : —

“ Mr. Moss, a nurseryman at Malvern, near Worcester, has invented anexcellent plan of propagating the mistletoe, by engrafting it standard high,on young apple and pear trees in his nursery. The next best stocks are strong-growing poplars and willows. The grafts should be put in the first or secondweek in May; and they should never be lower than 5 ft. from the ground,or higher than 10 ft. The mode of performing the operation is very simple :where the graft is not more than Jin. in diameter, an incision is made in thebark, into which a thin slice of mistletoe is inserted, having a bud and a leafat the end. In grafting longer pieces, a notch should be cut out of thebranch ; the incision made below the notch, and a shoulder left on the graftto rest on the notch, in the manner of crown-grafting. It must be observed,that the spaces between the joints willnot do for grafting; there must be a jointlet into the bark of the stock. Aboutthe middle of May is the best time forbudding; and the operation differs inretaining a heel of wood below the bud,for insertion. ( Gard. Mag., xiii. 206.

285.) The only fungus found on themis-tletoe is Sphse'ria atrovirens H. et S.”

Aucuba. 1026., to the list of Engra-vings,” add: “ and our Jig.

2479.”

1026., after “ App. I.” &c., for “ L.europce'us,” read “ Loranthuseuropce'us .”

Add to paragraph headed “ Variousother Species;'” “In the extremesouth-west of Australia, atKing George’s Sound, occursa similar exception to the almost universal law in the vegetablekingdom, that truly parasitical genera are incapable of growing inthe earth. On all the coasts of Australia, the Loranthus is found