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boughs. The principal street in Berlin is called Untcr den Linden, from itsbeing planted with an avenue of lime trees. The name of Linnaeus is takenfrom an ancient lime tree, of great magnitude, which grew near his dwelling;linn being the Swedish name of the lime.
“ In England are many old limes, the tree having been anciently muchplanted in towns ; because its odour was considered to purify the air, and tobe good against epilepsy.
“ Poetical and mythological Allusions. Theophrastus, Homer , Horace,Virgil, Columella, and Pliny mention the lime tree, and celebrate itsbark and wood; and Ovid tells us that Baucis , when Jupiter and Mer-cury, after they had partaken of her hospitality, offered to grant anvrequest she might make, only asked to die on the same day as her hus-band ; and that the gods, granting her prayer, when she and Philemonhad both attained a good old age, she was changed into a lime tree, and herhusband into an oak. Ovid adds that, while the transformation was takingplace, they continued speaking affectionately to each other, till the bark hadquite closed round them; and that, even when they had become trees, theyentwined their branches closely together. (Ovid . Met., lib. viii. v. 631., &c.)
“ Among the British poets, Cowley says,—
- * The bee
Sits on the bloom, extracting liquid sweetsDeliciously.’
“ And Cowper speaks of the lime, —
- * At dewy eveDiffusing odours.’
“ Mrs. Howitt says :—
* Above waves wide the linden tree jWith humming bees the air is thrill’d ;
And through the sleeping bush is heardThe sudden voice of the woodland bird,
Like a sound with which a dream is fill’d.’ ”
Page 368. 1. 17. from the bottom, after “ wood,” insert: “ The celebratedsculptor, Gibbons, always used the wood of this tree for his inimitablecarvings of flowers, fruit, dead game, &c.”
371. Before the paragraph headed “ Statistics,” insert: —
“ The Fungi on the lime are, Clavaria Ardento Sow., which is also found onthe hazel; Crlnula caliciiformis Fr., Peziza riliacea Fr., P. stipata Fr., whichis also found on the beech; Tremella disciformis Fr., Exidia truncata Fr.,Sphae'ria leprosa Pers., S. velata Pers., S. pusflla Pers., S. aurora Fr., S.acinosa Fr., S. tephrotricha Fr., S. Ti lise Pers., and S. melanostyla Dec., onthe leaves. Cytispora carphosperma Fr., which is also found on the appletree; Asteroma jCfliae Rudolphi, Ectostroma TiVue Fr., on the leaves: andHelminthosporium X'iliae Fr., syn. Exosporium 7'fliae Grev., t. 208. One or twoErinea are found on the leaves ; but mycologists in general are of opinion thatthey are mere anamorphoses of the cellular tissue. — M. J. B.”
372. 1. 6., for “ Linde,” read “ Linden.”
Other Species belonging to the order Tilidcece. GreuAa occidentdlis. 376. 1. 28.,after “ Bot. Mag., t. 422.,” add “ and our fig. 2412.”
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Gordoni a. 379. 1. 1., for “ Alexander,” read “James.”
Camellia reticulata. 389., add to list of Engravings, “and oat fig. 2413.”Aurantia'ce.*.
396.1. 21., after the full stop, a<%l: “ The leaves of orange and lemon treesare often covered with Cladosporium Fumago Lie .; and the fruit isattacked by several kinds of mould, one of which is peculiar to it:Oldium fasciculatum Berk., first described by Dr. Greville, in theFlora Edinensis. There is a very interesting paper in the ZoologicalJournal, iv. p. 475., on an insect, Ceratitis citriperda, which is verydestructive to oranges. — ilf. .7. B.”