PART III. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

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G. canuriensis. Page 588., after “ Bot. Reg., t. 217.,” add :

“ and our fig. 2437.” Add below : —

“ G. splendent Webb et Bert. Hist. Natur. des liesCanaries, t. 43., is a beautiful species not yet intro-duced.

“ G. stcnopelala Webb et Bert., 1. c. t. 45., is also anative of the Canaries, and not yet introduced.”

G. microphylta. 588., add after “ Dec.: ” “ Webb etBert. Hist. Nat. des lies Can., t. 42.”

C ijtisus 'Laburnum. 590., add to “ Engravings: ”

“ and the plate of this tree in our Volumes ofPlates.”

591.1. 5., for “p. 225.,” read “ p. 369.and add to the 1paragraph : “ Our tree has, indeed, had the varietyand both the parents in flower at the same time;the laburnum flowers producing seed.

“ Other Varieties. In addition to these varieties, it maybe remarked, that some plants of both C. /laburnum andC. alpinus have been found with fragrant flowers andthat these varieties have been propagated by grafting, and may be had inthe nurseries, under the names of C. L. fragrans, and (,’. a. odorata.”Statistics. 593. 1. 32., add after full stop : “ In Northumberland, at AlnwickCastle , are three very fine laburnums ; the largest of which, in Oc-tober, 1835, measured 6 ft. 11 in. in circumference, and contained 46 ft.of measurable timber. The three trees containing in all 118 ft. oftimber.”

C. s copdrius. 596. last line, after the full stop, add : “ A decoction of the re-cent shoots is used by shepherds, in the north of Scotland , for dressingthe backs of sheep, instead of tobacco-water. — D. Beaton.”

C. Wcldeni. 601., add to the last line: “ There are plants bearing this namein the Horticultural Society’s Garden, which bear great resemblanceto young plants of C. alpinus.”

C. proliferus. 602., to the paragraph headed “ C. proliferus,” add: “ It hasstood in the open air, against a wall, at Chiswick , since 1836.

602., add to the Half-hardy Species: —

“* C. ceolicus Guss., Bot. Reg., t. 1902., Swt.

Brit. FI. Hard., and our fig. 2438., has thebranches round, and, as well as the leaves, hoary. •

Leaves trifoliate; leaflets oval, tomentose on themargin. Flowers ternate, almost bractless, ra-cemose. Calyx membranaceous, campanulate, pu-bescent. Legume glabrous. A tall hoary shrub,with yellow, campanulate, pubescent flowers, andthe young legumes glabrous. A native of Stromboli.

Introduced in 1835, by the Honourable W.fox Strangways, in whose garden it flowered forthe first time in May, 1836. There is a fine plantagainst a wall in the Horticultural Society’s Gar-den. ‘ In foliage,’ Dr. Lindley observes, ‘ it bearsa striking resemblance to C. proliferus; but itsflowers are altogether different. Its real affinity seems to be with C. triflorus,from which it differs in being a much larger and more woody plant, withterminal racemes of flowers; in its larger, deeper, and more distinctlycampanulate calyx, and smooth, not hairy, pods. It seems as if it werean intermediate species between C. Laburnum and C. triflorus.’ {Bot. Beg.)

“ * C. elegans Ait. A tall evergreen shrub, a native of the Cape of GoodHope , introduced in 1821, has stood out against a wall in front of one of thebouses at Kew for several years, and is among the most beautiful species ofthe genus.