PAIIT II J. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM, 2549 



Duvaua ovata. Page 539., add to list of Engravings : " and our Jig. 2433." 



Legumino^ste. 

 Sect. I. SoPHu'RE.E. 



Sophora. p. 363., in the paragraph headed " Statistics" after " In Austria," 

 add : " At Schonbrunn, it is 48 ft. high, and the diameter of the head 

 33 ft. It flowers abundantly every year." 

 567.. before App. i., introduce : — 



" Baptisia tinctoria R. Br., and our fig. 2434., is a suflTruticose plant, with 

 yellow flowers ; a native of North America, introduced in 1730." 



Add to Half'hardy Sophoreae : — 



" \nagyr\s fce'tida Lin. Spec, 334., Lodd. Cat., 740., and o\xv fig. 2433., is 

 a shrub from 6 ft. to 8 ft. high, a native of the south of Burope. It was intro- 

 duced in 1570, and requires a slight protection during winter. It is fetid in 

 every part when bruised. 



"A. /. 2 glauca Dec. Prod. 2. p. 99., has the leaves more glaucous 

 than those of the species. 

 " A. latifoiia Willd. Enum., 489., has the leaflets broad and obtuse. It is 

 a shrub about 10 ft. high, a native of Teneriffe, where it was introduced in 1815." 

 Brachysema latifdliuvi. 568., turn the cut fig. 247. 



Sect. II. Zo'te^. 



U^lex. 571., add to " Varieties " — 



" Other Varieties. Sir George Head, in the continuation of his Home Tour, 

 observes : — ' I also remarked the unusual stature of the furze plants in the 

 hedge that crowns the summit, the spring shoots being, everywhere in the Isle 

 of Man, more like those of a young fir tree, than of an ordinary plant. A 

 dwarf species called Manx furze grows on the hills in a compact matted mass, 

 that spreads hke thick moss over several acres of ground in a plot ; and is so 

 springy that a man may walk without much difficulty across the surface, 

 although at every step he may sink in up to his knees, the plant, pressed by 

 his foot to the earth, by its elastic reaction rises again immediately, unbroken. 

 Both sorts are used in winter as provender for cattle, the thorns being pre- 

 viously crushed by a machine adapted for the purpose, which implements, of 

 simple construction, are merely a pair of wooden mallets worked by a small 

 water wheel. Of these there are many among the streamlets in the moun- 

 tains.' (^Head's Continuation of Home Tour, p. 82.)" 

 The Use of Furze for Hedges. 573., add: — 



" Sir George Head, speaking of Guernsey, observes : ' A high mound of 

 earth, surmounted by a strong furze hedge, is the usual fence of the country, 

 therefore the premises of a Guernsey farmer are as impregnably fortified and 



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