PART III. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.
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add : “ Professor Link observes that a traveller from the Island ofRiigen to Geneva will only find this plant at those two points, whereit grows abundantly, but is not found in the whole intermediatespace. (Jam. Journ., vol. xii. p. 305.)”
ArISTOLOCHIa'cEjE.
Page 1328. line 5. from the bottom, add: “ iEcidium Aristolochiae Schleich.is found on the leaves of both species.”
Fvpiiorrta'cem.
Euphorbia spindsa. 1331., for “our Jig. 1209.,” read “our Jig. 121.3.”Add at the bottom of the page : —
“ E. M yrsmites and E. rigida are in the Horticultural Society’s Garden.”
Euxus sempervirens. 1338. 1. 8. from the bottom, after full stop, add:“ The most interesting garden of this kind now existing in Englandis probably that in the grounds at Holland House. It is of consider-able size, and consists of two parts, divided by a high closely clippedhedge. The larger portion contains parterres of embroidery formed ofbox, in the manner shown in Jig. 1217.; and in the smaller garden isthe crest of the family, a fox, with a legend below, all formed ofbox.”
1340., add to last line, omitting full stop: “, as are Sphae'ria B uxi Desm. inLitt., S. atrovlrens, S. Auxicola Fr., Dothldea puccinioYtfe.s Fr., Fusls-porura Buxi Fr., and Blennoria .Buxi Fr. Sphae'ria sanguinea var.cicatricum Berk, is found on the bark.— M. J. B.”
1341., after the word “ Statistics ,” insert: “ The largest box trees in Englandare, probably, two at Eyford House, near Stow in the Wold, Glouces-tershire . The height of both trees is above 32 ft., and the branchesspring from the trunks at about 12 ft. from the ground; the trunksare rather more than 2 ft. in circumference; and the diameter of thespace covered by the branches of the largest tree is 20 ft., and bythose of the smallest about 19 ft.”
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HalJ-hardy Species of Euphorbiaceze. 1342.Plagiantkus divaricatus. Add: “ and our Jig. 2524.”
“ Croton rosmarinifolia Cunn., and our Jig. 2523., is a nativeof New Holland, which was introduced in 1824.
“Adelia Aciddton L., and our Jig. 2325., is quite hardy amonga group of American .Ericaceae at Syon. It is a native ofJamaica , and introduced in 1768.”
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