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boughs. The principal street in Berlin is called Untcr den Linden, from its 

 being planted with an avenue of lime trees. The name of Linnaeus is taken 

 from an ancient lime tree, of great magnitude, which grew near his dwelling; 

 Unn being the Swedish name of the lime. 



" In England are many old limes, the tree having been anciently much 

 planted in towns ; because its odour was considered to purify the air, and to 

 be good against epilepsy. 



" Poetical and mythological Allusions. Theophrastus, Homer, Horace, 

 Virgil, Columella, and Pliny mention the lime tree, and celebrate its 

 bark and wood j and Ovid tells us that Baucis, when Jupiter and Mer- 

 cury, after they had partaken of her hospitality, offered to grant any 

 request she might make, only asked to die on the same day as her hus- 

 band ; and that the gods, granting her prayer, when she and Philemon 

 had both attained a good old age, she was changed into a lime tree, and her 

 husband into an oak. Ovid adds that, while the transformation was taking 

 place, they continued speaking affectionately to each other, till the bark had 

 quite closed round them ; and that, even when they had become trees, they 

 entwined their branches closely together. (Ovid. Met., lib. viii. v. 631., &c.) 



" Among the British poets, Cowley says, — 



' The bee 



Sits on the bloom, extracting liquid sweets 

 Deliciously.' 



" And Cowper speaks of the lime, — 



^— ^ • At dewy eve 

 DifTusing odours.' 



Mrs. Howitt says : — • 



' Above waves wide the linden tree ; 

 With humming bees the air is thrill'd ; 



And through the sleeping bush is heard 



The sudden voice of the woodland bird. 

 Like a sound with which a dream is fill'd.' " 



Page 368. 1. 17. from the bottom, after " wood," insert : " The celebrated 

 sculptor. Gibbons, always used the wood of this tree for his inimitable 

 carvings of flowers, fruit, dead game, &c." 



371. Before the paragraph headed " Statistics," insert : — 



" The Fungi on the lime are, Clavaria Ardema Sow., which is also found on 

 the hazel ; Crinula caliciiformis Fr., Peziza riliacea Fr., P. stipata Fr., which 

 is also found on the beech j Tremella disciformis Fr., Exidia truncata Fr., 

 SphzeVia leprosa Pers., S. velata Pe7's., S. pusilla Pers,, S. aurora Fr., S. 

 acinosa Fr., S. tephrjtriiha Fr., S. jTiliae Pers., and S. melanostyla Dec, on 

 the leaves. Cytispora cai'phosperma Fr., which is also found on the apple 

 tree; Asteroma T'lliee 7?M(/o/;j//i, Ectostroma T'\\\s£ Fr., on the leaves: and 

 Helminthosporium Z'lliae Fr., syn. Exosporium Ti\\?EGrev.,t. 208. One or two 

 Erinea are found on the leaves ; but mycologists in general are of opinion that 

 they are mere anamorphoses of the cellular tissue. — M, J. B." 



372. 1. 6., for " Linde," read " Linden." 



Other Species belonging to the order TilidcecE. G7-ewm occidentals. 376, 1. 28., 

 after " Bot. Mag., t. 422.," add " and oar fg. 2412." 



TERtiSTROMlA^CEM. 



Gordoma. 379. 1. I., for " Alexander," read "James." 



Camellia, reticulata. 389., add to list of Engravings, "and our fig. 2413." 



AuRANTIA^CEjE. 



396. 1. 21., after the full stop, add : " The leaves of orange and lemon trees 

 are often covered with Cladosporium Fumago L/c. ; and the fruit is 

 attacked by several kinds of mould, one of which is peculiar to it : 

 Oidium fasciculaturn Berk., first described by Dr. Greville, in the 

 Flora Edine7is'is. There is a very interesting paper in the Zoological 

 .Journal, iv. p. 475., on an insect, Ceratitis citripcrda, which is very 

 destructive to oranges. — M. J. B." 



