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a fatal disease ; S. vibratilis Fr.; S. erythrdstoma Pers., on dead leaves still

hanging to the twigs ; Dothidea rubra Fr .; and Puccinia Prundrum Lie., on

the leaves.— M. J. B.”

P minis domestica 4 myrobalana. Page 688., insert at the end of the paragraph :“ Myrobalans are fruits resembling dried plums, sold in India for givinga black dye to leather when mixed with iron filings, and also forfixing colours. (See M‘Cid/och in Trans. Soc. Arts, vol. xix. p. 343.)”

P. candicans. 690., add to list of Engravings, “Bot. Reg., t. 1135.” Addto last line: “ It was first described by M. Balbis in the Cat. of theTaurida Garden, in 1813; and it was introduced into Britain fromBollwyllerin 1825. This species is quite hardy; easily cultivated; andso laden with white blossoms in spring, as to appear a mass of snowwhence the name, and not from the leaves, as Seringe supposes. (SeeBot. Reg., t. 1135.) ”

C erasus. 692., after the first paragraph, add : “ The fungi on the common

cherry are : Frpex Cerasi Fr., Cenangium Cerasi Fr.; Sphse'ria pul-chella Pers., also on the birch; S. varia Pers., on the bird-cherry;Sclerotium areolatum Fr., Dothidea fulva Fr., Asteroma Pacli Dec.,Credo porphyrogenita Lk., all on the leaves; and Scolicotriehumvirescens Kz., on the branches. On the leaves of the cherry laurelare : Ceuthospora Zauri Grev., Phacidium Laurocerasi Desm., whichalso grows on Cerasus lusitanica.—ilZ J. B.”

C. syhestris. 695., add to paragraph headed “ Geography : ” “ Cherries growwild at Portella, on Mount Etna , at 2970 ft. above the level of the sea;but not lower, as the climate becomes too warm for them. (Com. Bot.Mag., i. p. 91.) On the Swiss Alps , according to Kasthofer, C. syl-vestris ripens fruit at Chiirwalden, 3964 ft. above the level of the sea,where no kernel fruit will grow. (Voyage, &c., p. 145.)”

C. chicasa and C.pubescens. 705., both these species Mr. Gordon considersas belonging to Primus, instead of Cerasus.

C. P adus 4 bracte&sa. 709. This, Mr. Gordon informs us, is the Padus race-mosus of Zoddiges and others.

He adds that there is anotherdistinct late-flowering varietyin the Horticultural Society’sGarden, raised from seedsreceived from Douglas; andwhich appears to be the sameas C. mollis. ( See p. 714.)

C. lusitanica. 714., add to our list ofEngravings: After “ C. 1. 2Hixa Ser.” add : “ C. HixaWebb et Bert. Hist. Can., t.

38., and our jig. 2445. takenfrom that magnificent work.”

715.1. 15., insert “ not” after “ is.”

716.1. 6., after the full stop, insert:

“ In Cheshire, at CombermereAbbey, it is 28 ft. high, andthe branches cover a space196 ft. in circumference.”

1. 8., after the full stop, insert:

“ In Suffolk , at Stutton Rec-tory, it is 25 ft. high, and thebranches cover a space 225 ft.

2 in. in circumference.”

Sect. II. SriRJEE'jE.

Mrm. 722. 1. 28., after the full stop, insert: “ A plant of this state ofthe species (see jig. 2446.) was sent to the Horticultural Society’s