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beautiful tree {fig. 2542.), 96 ft. high ; diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., 

 and of the head 30 ft." 



Page 2333., add to the paragraph headed " Geography : " " Professor Link 

 observes that this species never essentially constitutes a whole forest, 

 but is always found mixed with the spruce fir, and other species of 

 ^bietinse. (Ibid., p. 182.)" 



2337. Add to " Accidents, Diseases, ^c. : " " Tlie fungi found on this species 

 are : //jdnum Holh'i Schmidt, Thelcphora Mougeotw Fr., Peziza 

 Picea; Pers., P. /Jithya Pers., P. elatina, Cenangium chlorcllum Fr., 

 Cypella digitalis Fr., Sphaeroncma acrospermum Fr., Hysterium ner- 

 visequium Dec, Antennaria ^:»in6phila Necs. — M. J. B." 



Ticca rcligiosa. 2349., add to " Engravings:" " and our fig. 2543., from the 

 drawing, of the natural size, of a cone of this species in the Berlin 

 herbarium, kindly forwarded to us by M. Otto." 



"Larix euroiue'a. 2387., add to the paragraph headed "Canker:" "We 

 have been confirmed in this conjecture by the editor of the Quarterly 

 .Journal, Henry Stephens, Esq., who informs us that this disease is 

 named from the rising of the bark like a blister, followed by a copious 

 discharge from it of the resinous sap of the tree; the whole tree 

 afterwards becoming short and dry, like a cork. Mr. Stephens also 

 mentions the disease described in p. 2387., by Mr. Munro, as re- 

 sembling the canker in apple trees, and says it ' appears like an 

 iciiorous discharge around the setting on of the lower branches, in 



