PART III. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.
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add : “ Professor Link observes that a traveller from the Island ofRiigen to Geneva will only find this plant at those two points, whereit grows abundantly, but is not found in the whole intermediatespace. (Jam. Journ., vol. xii. p. 305.)”
Aristolochia'ceje.
Page 1328. line 5. from the bottom, add: “ /Ecidium Aristolochias Schleich.is found on the leaves of both species.”
Euphorbia'ceA!.
Euphorbia spinosa. 1331., for “our Jig. 1209.,” read “our Jig. 1213.”Add at the bottom of the page : —
“ E. M yrsinites and E. rigida are in the Horticultural Society’s Garden.”
B uxus sempervtrens. 1338. 1. 8. from the bottom, after full stop, add:“ The most interesting garden of this kind now existing in Englandis probably that in the grounds at Holland House. It is of consider-able size, and consists of two parts, divided by a high closely clippedhedge. The larger portion contains parterres of embroidery formed ofbox, in the manner shown in fig. 1217.; and in the smaller garden isthe crest of the family, a fox, with a legend below, all formed ofbox.”
1340., add to last line, omitting full stop : “, as are Sphae'ria Buni Desm. inLitt., S. atrovirens, 8. Auxicola Fr., Dothidea puccinibYAra Fr., Fusls-porum Nuxi Fr., and Blennd' ia -Buxi Fr. Sphae'ria sanguinea var.cicatricum Berk, is found on the bark.— M. J. B.”
1341., after the word “ Statistics ,” insert: “ The largest box trees in Englandare, probably, two at Eyford House, near Stow in the Wold, Glouces-tershire. Tiie height of both trees is above 32 ft., and the branchesspring from the trunks at about 12 ft. from the ground; the trunksare rather more than 2 ft. in circumference; and the diameter of thespace covered by the branches of the largest tree is 20 ft., and bythose of the smallest about 19 ft.”
Half-hardy Species ofEuphorbiacese. 1342.Plagianthus divaricatus. Add: “ and our fig. 2524.”
“ Croton rosmarinifolia Cunn., and our fig. 2523., is a nativeof New Holland, which was introduced in 1824.
“Adelia Aciddton L., and our fig. 2325., is quite hardy amonga group of American .Ericaceae at Syon. It is a native ofJamaica, and introduced in 1768.”
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