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F. e.rcorticdta. Page 945., add to the end of the paragraph : " The berries are 

 so sweet, that the missionaries have been trying to introduce the species 

 into Otaheite, as a sugar plant; but have been unable to procure seeds, 

 as in New Zealand the berries are eaten greedily by the pigs, as soon 

 as they appear." 

 " F.fulgens Dec., Lindl. in Bot. Reg., n. s. t. 1. This is a splendid plant, a 

 native of temperate regions of Mexico, which will probably prove half-hardy." 



PhiladelphaYe^. 

 VMladelphus, 954., before § ii. insert : — • 



" P. Goi-domkna. Hort. is a kind received from the banks of the Columbia ; 

 which grows in its native country like underwood, and flowers later than 

 most of the species." 



After § ii., &c., insert : — 



" ^ 6.* P. sPECio^sus Schrad. The showy-Jloivered Philadelphus, or ilibc/(- 



Orattge. 



Identification. Schrad. Diss. Phil. ; Lin. Bot. Reg., t. 2003. 

 Engraving. Bot. Reg., t. 2003. 



S2Jec. Char., ^-c. Leaves ovate, rarely oval-ovate, long-pointed, sharply 

 toothed and serrated ; hairy beneath. Flowers ternate and solitary. Lobes 

 of the calyx very sharply pointed. Style deeply 4-cleft. Stigmas longer 

 than the stamens. (Sc/irad.) P. speciosus is a hardy shrub, 8 ft. or 10 ft. 

 high, with gently bending branches, loaded with very large and scentless 

 white flowers. This species, Dr. Lindley observes, though one of the hand- 

 somest of the genus, is one of the least common. There are plants in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden." 



P. grandijidrus. 954., dele the line headed " St/nonyme^^ the words " and our 

 Jig. 676.," and the last sentence in the paragraph headed " iS;je>c. Char." 



Deidzvd, scclbra. 956., Mr. Gordon informs us, proves to be quite hardy. 



956., add, after the paragraph headed " D. Bruiionia : " 

 " D. grandi/ldra Hort. There is a plant bearing this 



name in the Horticultural Society's Garden, which 



was received from China." 



ilfYRTA''CEyE. 



Eucalyptus robusta. 959. 1. 2., add after parenthesis : 



" fiS- 2767. shows a full-grown tree of this 



species, growing near Port Jackson." 

 959., in the paragraph headed " E. omygdalina," foi 



" 94,, " read " 694." 

 Before the last paragraph, insert : — 

 " E. alpina Hort. There is a plant bearing this name 

 in the Norwich Nursery, which appears hardier than 

 any other species of the genus : it is also of much slowei 

 growth, and is of a bushy compact habit, sending out 

 laterals at every joint. It is a native of Mount Welling- 

 ton, in Van Diemen's Land, where the climate is very 

 similar to that of England; and the seeds of it were sent 

 to England by Mr. James Backhouse, about 1834." 

 961., add to the paragraph headed ^' Lej)tospermuvi 



lanigerum :" " This species is called, in Van Die- 

 men's Land, the hoary tea tree; from the cir- 



cumstance of the leaves having been used as a 



substitute for tea. Several other kinds of Lep- 



tospermum are designated tea trees, from the 



same cause ; such as L. baccata, the smooth, or 



berry-bearing, tea tree ; L. flexu6sum, the forest 



tea tree; L. grandiflorum Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 514., &c. They are all 



beautiful myrtle-like evergreen plants, which would probably prove 



