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" ^ C. («'.) /. 2 uniflura Fischer. — There are plants in tlie Horticultural 

 Society's Garden." 

 C. nummularta. Page 872., after the paragraph headed "Derivation," insert: 



" Synonymes. C. elliptica Hort. ; Eriobotrya elliptica LindL, Lin. 



Trans.; il/espilus CuUe Hort. 

 872. To the paragraph headed " Spec. Char, Sfc," add : " It bears numerous 



berries, which are black when ripe." 

 C. lis'^vis Lodd. There is a plant bearing this name in Messrs. Loddiges's 

 arboretum, which appears to approach C. nummularia ; but, as we have never 

 seen either flowers or fruit, we cannot speak decidedly. 



Pyrus covuniinis. Statistics. 888., add before " in Scotland," &c. : " In York- 

 shire, at Doncaster, there is an old pear tree in the garden belonging 



to one of the houses in the High Street, which, tradition says, was 



planted by Charles I., who in one of his progresses dined at this town. 



Though much decayed, it bears annually an abundant crop of small 



brown fruit." 

 P. variolosa. 891., add to " Spec. Char., §^c. : " " The young seedling plants 



of this species, Mr. Gordon informs us, have their leaves cut like 



those of Cratse'gus Oxyacantha." 

 P. Michauxn. " There are plants of this species in the Horticultural 



Society's Garden." 

 P. (Mdlus^ prunifdlia. 892., in the list of Engravings, dele the words " and 



the plate in our Second Volume." 

 Pyrus {Mains) dioica. 893., add to "Spec. Char,, Sfc.:" "Mr. Gordon 



informs us that there are plants in the Horticultural Society's Garden." 

 T/ie Little grey Ermhie Moth. 906., after the second paragraph in p. 907., 



insert : — 

 " It is a peculiarity in the history of this insect, that it is not only social 

 in the caterpillar state (fig. 2463. «), but that it retains its sociality during 



the period of its pupation (6), the cocoons being formed within the web 

 which had served for the abode of the caterpillars. These webs are quitted 

 from time to time, and new encampments established at short distances 

 from each other ; hence, each brood constructs several webs in the course of 

 its catcr[)illar state; the reason of which is, that the caterpillars do not quit 

 their webs to feed, but only eat such leaves as are enclosed in each web. 



