PARI III. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 2543 



poets, and Virgil represents Jineas seated on a trunk of maple for a 

 throne. 



" ' On sods of turf he set the soldiers round; 



A maple throne, raised higher from the ground. 

 Received the Trojan chief; and o'er the bed 

 A hon's shaggy hide for ornament they spread.* 



" Cowper, and many modern poets, also mention the maple bowls of shep- 

 herds and hermits." 



Doubtful Species of A>cer. Page 43]., at the end of the paragraph, add : " We 

 are informed by Mr. Gordon that there is a plant of A. lobatum in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden, which was received from M. Fischer 

 of Gdttingen, and which is the same as the A. hybridum in the collec- 

 tion of Messrs Loddiges." 

 Anlidpated Species of A^ecr. A. ibmcum. 431., add to the paragraph : " There 

 are plants under this name in the Horticultural Society's Garden, both 

 imported and raised from seed, which, Mr. Gordon thinks, strongly 

 resemble A. lobatum." 

 A. kevigdtum. 431., add to the paragraph : " This is a totally different 

 plant from the A. laevigatum in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, 

 which is a variety of A. campestre." 

 A. villosum. 431., add to the paragraph : " A. villosum Presl is men- 

 tioned in the Compctninn to the Botmiical Magazine, as being found 

 with A. monspessulanum on Mount Etna ; but, as it is said to be pecu- 

 liar to that mountain, it must be a different plant from the A. villosum 

 of Dr. WaUich." 

 Negundo. 460., add to " Varieties: " " i N. f. 3 violacca Booth." 

 461., to the paragraph headed " Soil, Situation, c'jr.," add : " The only fungus 

 found on the Negundo is Leptostroma scriptum Fr." 



.('Escula'ce.e. 



M'scuhis. 643., after the paragraph headed " Desn-iptioji," add : " The 

 fungi found on trees of this order are, Cryptosporium yE'sciili Fr. ; 

 SphasVia (SScuHcola Fr., on dead leaves ; and Polyporus yE'sculi 

 Schwcin., on Pav/« Hava Fr. — M. J. B" 

 JE. Hippocastanum. 463., to the " Varieties," add: — 



" t M. H. i^folUs argcnteis. There is a plant in the Horticultural Socie- 

 ty's Garden, the leaves of which are blotched or striped with white, 

 instead of yellow." 

 M. (H.) ohiensis. 467. 1. 9., for " inferior," read " superior ; " and add after the 

 full stop : " It has fine large leaves, of a bright green, and quite while 

 flowers." 

 M. (H.) rubicunda. 467. 1. 23., after " Liudl.'" add : " jE. rosea differs slightly 

 from JE. rubicunda both in flowers and foliage, but not sufficiently to 

 constitute it a variety." 

 468., dele the paragraph beginning " * 6. M. (H.) Lyo^n//." 

 Pdv'ia hyhrida. 472. 1. 22. from the bottom, for " flowers variegated with 



yellow, white, and purple," read " flowers yellow." 

 P. macrostdchya. 474. first line, for " 1820," read " 1786, by Mr. John 

 Fraser." 

 Statistics. Add to the end of the paragraph : " Probably the largest tree of 

 this species in England is one at the Vicarage at Rickmansworth, 

 which is 16 ft. high, and covers a space of 29 square yards. It stands 

 within a few yards of a rivulet, in a dark porous soil, on a bed of fine 

 gravel, about 2 ft. below the surface, which evidently suits it very 

 well." 

 Other Varieties of Pdvla. 474., 1. 14. from the bottom, after the full stop, 

 add : " Mr. Gordon informs us that the tree in the Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Garden, marked there yjB'sculus hydnii, is a Pav/«." 

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