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leaves, but on other plants also; Sphae'ria candida Schwein on Fraxinuspubescens ; S. tremelloides Schum., S. spondylina Fr., S. eunomia Fr.; S.excipuliformis Fr., also on the maple; S. spina Schwein. ; S. ocelllita Fr.,also on willows; S. corticis Pers., also on the poplar; S. pruinosa Fr.,Dothidea .Fraxini Fr., Hysterium Fraxini Pers., Hyphelia nigrescens Fr.,Septaria Fraxini Fr. ; /Ecldium Fraxini Schwein., on leaves.— M. J. II."Page 1217., to the paragraph headed “ F. e. 4 aurea" add : “ In the park atClervaux, near Chat-Merault, is a tree of this species, which, when 34years planted, was 29 ft. high.”

F .excelsior. 1217., to the paragraph headed “ F. e. 8 purpurascens” add :“ There is a plant in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, under thename of F. purpurea.”

Statistics. 1225., add to “ Recorded Ash Trees in England “ In theGentleman's Magazine for 1804, p. 909., a curious ash tree is figured, withtwo trunks, parted, and quite distinct at a short distance from the root,and afterwards joined again. This tree, which grew at Shirley Street, nearBirmingham, was split to cure a rupture in the child of a farmer in the neigh-bourhood; and it is supposed that the two parts, thus separated, became eachcovered with bark, and have thus formed two trunks. The trees that havebeen tried for this purpose are preserved with great care; as the belief is that,if the tree is felled, the rupture returns, mortifies, and kills the person for-merly cured. Mr. Fennel, in an article on the ash, in the Minor, vol. xxv.p. 212., mentions a remarkable ash which grew at South Runeton, in Norfolk,and which, when cut down, though only 45 ft. high, was found to have a root133 ft. in length.”

1226., add to “ Recorded Ash Trees in Scotland“ Mr. Fennel mentions ‘ anaged ash, known by the name of the Maiden of Midstrath, at Birse,in the north of Scotland, which perished by the winds in 1833, andwas supposed to have existed ever since the end of the sixteenth cen-tury. At the time of its fall, the circumference of its trunk was foundto be 21 ft. near the earth, and 18 ft. at the elevation of 9 ft. fromthe ground. Another, at Dumbarton, is saidto have been 17 ft. in circumference.”

1227., add to “ Recorded Ash Trees in Ireland “ Mr.

Fennel records ‘ one at Galway, in Ireland, thecircumference of which is said to have been42 ft; another Irish specimen is mentionedby Arthur Young, as having, in the course of35 years, nearly attained the height of 80 ft.’

(Mirror, vol. xxv. p. 212.) ”

Existing Ash Trees, fyc. 1227. 1. 23., for “ above,”read “ in p. 1225.”

1227. 1.35., after “ head,” add: “ circumference of thetrunk at 3ft. from the ground, 31 ft.; andat 6 ft., 16 ft. 6 in.; height about 90 ft.”

F. (c.) angustifolia. 1229., insert: “ Engraving. Ourfig. 2511.”

F. 1 entiscifolia. 1231., for “fig. 1054.,” substitute “fig.

2512.”

F. epiptera. 1237., add to the list of Engravings: “ and the plate of thisspecies in our Volumes of Plates.”

1238. I. 3., for “ 30,” read “ 50.”

1. 6. for “ 15,” read “ 20.”

1240., last line, for “ We have not heard of this species being in Britain,”read : “ Mr. Gordon informs us that there is a fine tree of this speciesin the Surrey Zoological Garden, and another in Buchanan’s arbo-retum, Camberwell.”

1246., in the alphabetical list of Fraxinus and O'rnus, under “ F. juglandi-