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America, whence the seeds were sent home bythe unfortunate Douglas in 1827; and those sownin the London Horticultural Society’s Garden did not vegetate. Seeds were, however, distri-buted; and of those sent to Messrs. Pope andCo. of the Handsworth Nursery, near Birming-ham , one germinated, and produced the plantfigured in the Floral Cabinet. This species hasnot yet borne seeds in England; but it has beenabundantly increased by layers, which strikereadily.”

Colleti a. Page541., after the paragraph headed “ Col-letia,” insert: “ C. horrida Willd. (y%.2432. c )appears somewhat different from C. spi-ndsa (fig. 217. p. 541.); and both it andC. xxHcina Gil. {fig. 2432. a) are evergreenshrubs, which are found as hardy as thecommon furze in the arboretum of Messrs.Loddiges.”

Retanilla. 541., in the last line but one of the para-graph headed “ Retanilla,” after t. 16., add :

“ and our figure b in fig. 2432.”

Pomaderris. 542., to the paragraph headed “ Pomaderris;has stood out for several years in Devonshire.

add : “ P. plumosaP. prunifolia also

stands out; and, though it is sometimes killed down to the ground,it springs again from the root.”

Anacardia'ce*.

P istacia. 545., to the paragraph headed “Gen.Char.fi add: “The fungus{/redo 7’erebinthi Dec. is found on the leaves of plants of thisgenus.”

Rhus. 549., to the paragraph headed “ Gen. Char.fi add : “ The followingfungi are found on plants of this genus : — JTydnum Rhdis Schwein.,Sphae'ria Rhdis Schwein. ; S. quaternata Pers., on R. glabra; S. sub-solitaria Schwein., Cytispora rlioina Fr., Dothidea Rhois Fr. ; Helmin-thosporium rigidum Fr., on R. radlcans.— M. J. BP557. head line, for “ Duvaua,” read “ .Rhus.”

R. suaveolens. 557., dele the entire paragraph.

R. aromatica. 557., add after the line headed “ Engraving —

“ Synonymes. li. suavtolens Ait. Hort. Kew., 1. p. 368 , Dec. Prod., 2. ! p* 72.; A/yrica trifoliateHort .; Toxicodendron crendtum Mill. Diet. , No. 5.”

557., before the last paragraph, three lines from the bottom, add: —

“ t R. caiistica Hook., Laurus caustica Mol., is an evergreen tree, a nativeof Chili, introduced in 1828, of which there are plants in the HorticulturalSociety’s Garden. There are also plants under the same name in the Horti-cultural Society’s Garden, raised from seeds sent by Dr. Wallich from theSnowy Mountains of Nepal.”