PARI' HI. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.
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Prostanthera lasianthos. Page 128+.,
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add : “and our fig. 2519.’
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Yitex incisa. 1286., add : “ This plant
is in the Horticultural So- ^ \
ciety’s Garden.” ’ 'ifijsiF'* wj||r^ '
Clerodendrum speciosissimum. 1286., fit ^
add to the paragraph : “ Thishas since been discovered tobe the same as C. squamatum
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Vahl, Bnt. Reg., t. 649. Anative of China; and intro-duced in 1790.”
Aloysio, citrioddra, in the garden of
Sir Walter Raleigh’s house,at Youghal, is 25 ft. high,with a stem 3 in. in dia-meter.
Plumbagina'ce^e.
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Plumbago capensis. 1287., introduce after“ Bot. Beg., t. 417.: ” “ and ourfig. 2520.”
Chenopodia'ceje.
K triplex Halimus. 1289. This speciesis abundant in a wild state aboutKing George’s Sound, on the ex-
treme south-west of Australia, and is eaten by the settlers as anagreeable food.
Kochia prostrata. 1291., add : “ This species is quite hardy in the HorticulturalSociety’s Garden.”
Polygona'cek.
Tragopyrum. 1294., before the paragraph headed “ T. pungens,” introduce: —“ T. maritima Doug. There are plants, raised from seeds sent home byDouglas, in the Horticultural Society’s Garden.”
XAURA'CEiE.
L aurus nobilis. 1298. 1. 1., add, after “Tauria:” “It is Tiot really wildin any part of Sicily, though it grows in hedges near the towns.(Comp. Bot. Mag., i. 51.)
End of the paragraph, after “ Knights of the Round Table,” add : “ Theflowers of the sweet bay afford the best kind of honey, and are nume-rously frequented by bees. The blackbirds, in winter, are very fond ofthe berries. ( Host Ft. Axis., ii. p. 66.)”
L. Sassafras. 1303., before “ Statistics,” insert : —
“ Insects and Fungi. The Papilio Ilioneus Sm. et Abb. Ins. of Georgia, t. 2.,and our fig. 2521., the black swallow-tail butterfly, in its larva state, feeds onthe leaves of this tree. The fungi are : Calocera Xauri Brot., Hysterium XauriFr., Sphse'ria Sassafras Schwein., S. pentagona Pers., Actinocladium penicillusFr., and Sphafria conferta Schwein.; which last is also found on L. Benzoin.”