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" Both sexes are in the Twickenham Botanic Garden. The 

 male plant sometimes shows a few female flowers ; but no male 

 flowers have been observed on the female plant. The male blossoms 

 appear in October, and continue through the winter ; and the female 

 flowers begin to open about November, and are very ornamental." 

 CornaYe.e. 

 Conws. Page 1010. line 12., after *' 204." insert : " The following fungi are found 

 on plants of this genus : — On C. florida are : Peziza roseo-alba Schwein., 

 Tremella vh-ens Schwein. ; Sphs^ria nidulans Sclnvein., also on some 

 American species. On the common cornel are : SphasVia coronata 

 Hqffm,, also on the hawthorn ; S. mammillaria Fr., also on the buck- 

 thorn ; S. Corni j\Iont., S. rornlcola Fr., and i'rysiphe tortilis Lk., 

 on the leaves ; Hysterium Corni A', et S., on Cornus alba. — il/. J, B." 



LORAXTHA^CE.E. 



\iscum. 1022. 1.2., add to the end of the paragraph: "It is generally 

 supposed not to be now found on the oak; but, in March, 18.37, "a 

 specimen was sent to us from the neighbourhood of Eastnor Castle, 

 near Hereford, by INIr. D. Beaton, then gardener at Haffield. The 

 mistletoe was of very vigorous growth ; and Mr. Beaton informed us 

 that there were several other plants of it on the same tree, one of 

 whi<:h is of very great age, and forms a bush nearly 5 ft. in diameter. 

 It has also been seen on the oak, and in great abundance on the 

 willow, near Ledbury." 

 1025., for the paragraph beginning " The propagation of the mistletoe," &c., 

 substitute : — 

 " IVIr. Moss, a nurseryman at Malvern, near Worcester, has invented an 

 excellent plan of propagating the mistletoe, by engrafting it standard high, 

 on young apple and pear trees in his nursery. The next best stocks are strong- 

 growing poplars and willows. The grafts should be put in the first or second 

 week in IVIay ; and they should never be lower than 5 ft. from the ground, 

 or higher than 10 ft. The mode of performing the operation is very simple : 

 where the graft is not more than ^in. in diameter, an incision is made in the 

 bark, into which a thin slice of mistletoe is inserted, having a bud and a leaf 

 at the end. In grafting longer pieces, a notch should be cut out of the 

 branch ; the incision made below the notch, ami a shoulder left on the graft 

 to rest on the notch, in the manner of crown-grafting. It must be observed, 

 that the spaces between the joints will 

 not do for grafting; there mustbeajoint 

 let into the bark of the stock. About 

 the middle of May is the best time for 

 budding; and the operation diifers in 

 retaining a heel of wood below the bud, 

 for insertion. {Gard. Mag., xiii. 20G. 

 285.) The only fungus found on the mis- 

 tletoe is Sphs^ria atrovjrens H. et S." 

 Aucuba. 1026., to the list of Engra- /"'% ' 

 vmgs," add: "and our Jig. C' 

 2479." V 



1026., after « App. I." &c,, for " L. 

 eiiropce'us," read " Lordnthus 

 eiiropcE^iis." 

 Add to paragraph headed " Various 

 other Species:" "In the extreme 

 south-west of Australia, at 

 King George's Sound, occurs 

 a similar exception to the almost universal law in the vegetable 

 kingdom, that truly parasitical genera are incapable of gro\ving in 

 the earth. On all the coasts of Australia, the Loranthus is found 



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