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PART III. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 2575

A 'rbutus TJ'nedo. Page 1117., add: “Derivation. The specific name issaid to be derived from unus, one, and edo, I eat; meaning that thosewho taste the fruit will find one enough.”

A. hybrida, 1119., add to list of Engravings: “ and this tree in our Volume,of Plates.”

A. Andrdchne. 1120., add to list of Engravings : “our fig. 2492.” I. 25., dele

Statistics. 1121., after “ There is a tree of this species in the EdinburghNew Botanic Garden, which was removed thither from the old gardenin 1822, when it was 13 ft. high, with a trunk lOiin. in diameter

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at 1ft. from the ground;” add: “This tree, in September, 1836,was 19 ft. high, and the diameter of the branches from east towest was 23 ft. ( Seefig. 2493.) The age of this tree is not known,but it is supposed to be between 30 and 40 years.”

1122., before App. i., introduce :—

“ A. speciosa, and another species without a name, have been raisedin the Horticultural Society’s Garden, from Mexican seeds. They havealso a species named A. nepalensis.”

Arctostaphylos U'va-ursi. 1123., add to “Spec. Char., fyc .“ Sphae'riaarbuticola Sow. and S. A'rbuti Fr. are found on this plant.” ,

“ *, Variety. A. u. 2 austriaca Lodd. is somewhat larger than the species.”Pernettya mucronata. 1124., transfer the cut and reference to P. pilosa.Gaultheria Shallon. 1126. 1. 24., dele the full stop, and substitute: the

natives make this fruit into a kind of bread, which forms a great part oftheir winter store, and some of which was brought to England by Douglas.”Epigce'a repens. 1127., add:—

“ Variety.

“&,E. r. nibicunda Sweet Brit. Fl.-Gard., 2. ser. t. 384. — This newand very beautiful variety was raised by Mr. John Milne, of the Albion

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