PART III. ARBORETUM AND ERUTICETUM.

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“ Both sexes are in the Twickenham Botanic Garden. Themale plant sometimes shows a few female flowers; but no maleflowers have been observed on the female plant. The male blossomsappear in October, and continue through the winter; and the femaleflowers begin to open about November, and are very ornamental.”

CORNA'CEiE.

Cornus . Page 1010. line 12., after “204.” insert: “The following fungi are foundon plants of this genus:—On C. florida are : Peziza roseo-alba Sch-wein.,Tremella virens Schtoein. ; Sphse'ria nidulans Schwein., also on someAmerican species. On the common cornel are : Sphae'ria coronataHoffni., also on the hawthorn; S. mammillaria Fr., also on the buck-thorn ; S. Corni Mont., S. eornicola Fr., and Prysiphe tortilis Lk.,on the leaves; Hysterium Corni K. et S., on Cornus alba.— M. J. B.”

Lorantha'ce*.

Viscum. 1022. 1. 2., add to the end of the paragraph: “ It is generally

supposed not to be now found on the oak; but, in March, 1837, aspecimen was sent to us from the neighbourhood of Eastnor Castle,near Hereford, by Mr. D. Beaton, then gardener at Hatfield. Themistletoe was of very vigorous growth; and Mr. Beaton informed usthat there were several other plants of it on the same tree, one ofwhich is of very great age, and forms a bush nearly 5 ft. in diameter.It has also been seen on the oak, and in great abundance on thewillow, near Ledbury.”

1025., for the paragraph beginning “ The propagation of the mistletoe,” &c.,substitute: —

“ Mr. Moss, a nurseryman at Malvern, near Worcester , has invented anexcellent plan of propagating the mistletoe, by engrafting it standard high,on young apple and pear trees in his nursery. The next best stocks are strong-growing poplars and willows. The grafts should be put in the first or secondweek in May; and they should never be lower than 5 ft. from the ground,or higher than 10 ft. The mode of performing the operation is very simple :where the graft is not more than J in. in diameter, an incision is made in thebark, into which a thin slice of mistletoe is inserted, having a bud and a leafat the end. In grafting longer pieces, a notch should be cut out of thebranch ; the incision made below the notch, and a shoulder left on the graftto rest on the notch, in the manner of crown-grafting. It must be observed,that the spaces between the joints willnot do for grafting; there must bea jointlet into the bark of the stock. Aboutthe middle of May is the best time forbudding; and the operation differs inretaining a heel of wood below the bud,for insertion. ( Gard. Mag., xiii. 206.

285.) The only fungus found on the mis-tletoe is Sphae'ria atrovirens H. et S."

Aucuba. 1026., to the list of Engra-vings,” add: “ and our Jig.

2479.”

1026., after “ App. I.” &c., for “ L.europw'us,” read “ Loranthuseuropee'us."

Add to paragraph headed “ Variousother Species:" “In the extremesouth-west of Australia , atKing George’s Sound , occursa similar exception to the almost universal law in the vegetablekingdom, that truly parasitical genera are incapable of growing inthe earth. On all the coasts of Australia , the Loranthus is found