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have their fruit black, instead of red. In the latter, in the list of En- 

 gravings, for" our fig. 731.," read "our Jig. 732." 



R.rigens. Page 982., dele entirely; it being the same as ^R.floridumgrandiflorum. 

 R. punctdtum. The fruit, Mr. Gordon informs us, is black, not red. A spe- 

 cimen (fig. 2475.) has been sent us, from Mr. Pope of the Handsworth 

 Nursery, near Birmingham, of a Ribes which strongly resembles R. 

 punctatum. It is an evergreen, with small yellow flowers, and very 

 sweet-scented." 



K.fioridum. 986., to the " Varieties," after " R. (n.)f. 2 grandifiorum Hort.," add : 

 " R. rigens Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., i. p. 110., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 

 i. p. 136." R. inebrians and R. cereum have their fruit amber-coloured, 

 not black. 



R. viscosissimum. 987., to the list of Engravings, add : " and our fig. 738." 

 R. (a.*)fiavum. 990., to the list of Engravings, add : " and our fig. 2476." 

 991., in Mr. Gordon's list, to "R. muitifbrum" add: " syn. vitifolium." 

 R. punctdtum. syn., for " prostratum," read " glandules um." 

 To " R. trifiorum," add : " var. R. t. mdjus." 



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Escalldnia. 694., add, after " E. pulverulenta : " 



" E. glandulosa Hort. There are plants of this spe- 

 cies in the Horticultural Society's Garden, which have 

 flowered there." 



" E. illinita Presl, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 1900., and 

 our fig. 2477., has the leaves oblong, lanceolate, serru- 

 late, clammy or varnished (whence the name) ; and co- 

 rymbs 3-flo wered, racemose. (Lindl. ) This is an evergreen 

 bushy shrub, covered all over with a clammy varnish ; 

 emitting an odour, according to Dr. Lindley, like melilot 

 or fenugreek; but, according to others, like that of swine. 

 The flowers are in terminal racemes, and are of a greenish 

 white. The plant is a native of the mountains of Chili ; 

 but it appears the hardiest of all the species of Escallonia 

 in British gardens." 



Hydrangea. 994., add to the paragraph headed " Gen. Char., $c." " Sphae^ria 

 sphaerocephala Schiuein. is found on the leaves." 



UMBELLA V CEJS. 



T&upleiirum fruticosum. 997., to the " Engravings" add, " and 

 our fig. 2478." 



Hedera Helix. Varieties. 1000., before " The Varieties in British 

 Gardens" add : " A variety with white berries is mentioned 

 by Theophrastus, Pliny, Virgil, and Dioscorides. Pliny 

 also speaks of a kind which he calls ' pallentes hederse,' 

 which Melmoth supposes to be the silver-striped." 



1006. 1. 17. from the bottom, before "Plants," insert: * The 

 following fungi are found on the ivy: SphaeVia sino- 

 pica Fr., S. microsc6pica Fr., S. Mougeotw Fr. ; S. tri- 

 chella Fr., on the leaves, and also on those of the 

 willow; S. J7e*derae Sow., S. taderae'cola Fr., andDo- 

 thidea .ffe'derae Fr., on the leaves; Phoma //ederae 

 Desm.M. J. B." 



"Ramamelis virginica. 1007. 1. 4.' from the bottom, after full stop, insert: 



