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a fatal disease ; S. vibratilis Fr. ; S. erythrostoma Pcrs., on dead leaves still 

 hanging to the twigs ; Dothidea rubra Fr. ; and Pucchiia Prunorum Lk., on 

 the leaves. — M. J. B." 



Vrunus domcstica 4 mi/robulann. Page 688., insert at the end of the paragraph : 



" Myrobalans are fruits resembling dried plums, sold in India forgiving 



a black dye to leather when mixed with iron filings, and also for 



fixing colours. (See M^Culloch in Tram. Soc. Arts, vol. xix. p. 343.)" 



P. cdndicans. 690., add to list of Fiigi-avhigs, " Bot. Reg., t. 1135." Add 



to last line: " It was first described by M. Balbis in the Cat. of the 



Taurida Garden, in 1813; and it was introduced into Britain from 



BoUwyller in 1825. This species is quite hardy; easily cultivated; and 



so laden with white blossoms in spring, as to appear a mass of snow 



whence the name, and not from the leaves, as Seringa supposes. (See 



Bot. Beg., t. 1135.)" 



Qcrasiis. 692., after the first paragraph, add : " The fungi on the common 



cherry are : I'rpex Cerasi Fr., Cenanginm Cerasi Fr. ; SphaeVia pul- 



chella Pers., also on the birch ; S. viiria Pers., on the bird-cherry ; 



Sclerotium areolatum Fr., Dothidea fulva Fr., Asteroma Padi Dec., 



Uvhdo porphyrogenita Lk., all on the leaves ; and Scolicotrichum 



virescens A'::., on the branches. On the leaves of the cherry laurel 



are : Ceuthospora Xauri Grev., Phacidium Laurocerasi Desm., which 



also grows on Cerasus lusitanica. — M. J. B." 



C. syhestrk. 695., add to paragraph headed " Geography : " " Cherries grow 



wild at Portella, on Mount Etna, at 2970 ft. above the level of the sea ; 



but not lower, as the climate becomes too warm for them. (Cojii. Bot. 



Mag., i. p. 91.) On the Swiss Alps, according to Kasthofer, C. syl- 



vestris ripens fruit at Chiirwalden, 3964- ft. above the level of the sea, 



where no kernel fruit will grow. {Voyage, Szc, p. 145.)" 



C. cJiicasa and C.pubescens. 705., both these species Mr. Gordon considers 



as belonging to Prunns, instead of Cerasns. 

 C. Fddus 4 bracteosa. 709. This, Mr. Gordon informs us, is the Padus race- 

 mosus of Loddiges and others. 

 He adds that there is another 

 distinct late-flowering variety 

 in the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, raised from seeds 

 received from Douglas ; and 

 which appears to be the same 

 as C. mollis. (See p. 714.) 

 C. lusitanica. 714., add to our list of 

 Ens,ravings : After " C. /. 2 

 Hixa Ser." add : " C. Hi.va 

 Webb et Bert. Hist. Can., t. 

 38., and our fg. 2445. taken 

 from that magnificent work." 



715. 1. 15., insert " not" after " is." 



716. 1. 6., after the full stop, insert: 



" In Cheshire, at Combermere 

 Abbey, it is 28 ft. high, and 

 the branches cover a space 

 196 ft. in circumference." 

 I. 8., after the full stop, insert : 

 " In Suffolk, at Stutton Rec- 

 tory, it is 25 ft. high, and the 

 branches cover a space 225 ft. 

 2 in. in circumference." 



Sect. II. SvlKJEV^M. 



Kcrm. 722. 1. 28., after the full stop, insert: "A plant of this state of 

 the species (see fig. 2446.) was sent to the Horticultural Society's 



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