144 botanical notes^ notices, and queries. \june. 



? Eemedy worse than the Disease. 



A great number of the large trees in the Champs Elysees are undergo- 

 ing the process of being stripped of their rough outer bark to a height of 

 twenty feet and upwards, with a view of destroying the worms that are 

 bred and harboured in the interstices of the bark, and which, by piercing 

 tire trees with innumerable holes, prevent the sap from rising, and cause 

 their premature decay. — 'F7-om the " Times ^ Paris, March 30, 1857. 



MUSCUS SCOTICUS. 



In Petiver's ' Gazophylacii Naturae et Artis Decades ' there is the fol- 

 lowing notice at p. 16 : " Muscns scoticus corallio incrustatus. Got in a 

 fresh river near Clackmannan on Forth, Avithin a few miles of Stirling, 

 procured me thence by my curious and worthy friend Mr. James Hamilton, 

 surgeon, in Edinburgh." — Can any of our readers inform us what the 

 Scottish Moss is ? 



Prices of Old Books and MSS. 



Early manuscripts on botany, and pictorial representations of plants, 

 are of course great rarities ; but we confess we were scarcely prepared to 

 find the following articles realize the enormous prices as affixed below. 

 Amongst a very interesting collection of ancient MSS. sold by public auc- 

 tion at Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson's on the 30th of April, the two 

 undennentioned lots were knocked down at the sums below recorded. 



Lot 36. Astromica plurium Auctorura et Macer de Herbis. Written 

 in the fomieenth century, with coloured drawings of the plants: J629. 



Lot 389. Dioscoridis Opera Grtece. Manuscript of the twelfth century, 

 on vellum, with numerous paintings of the plants, animals, etc., — a most 

 beautiful specimen of Byzantine caligraphy and art: £590. 



Communications have been received from 



J. B. ; John Windsor, E.L.S. ; W. Cheshire; Beta; Querist; A Citi- 

 zen of Westminster ; C. A. C. ; John Barton; Eev. K. H. Webb; A. I. ; 

 Sydney Beisly. 



BOOKS RECEIVED FOR REVIEW. 



Natural History Review, for April, 1857. 



ERRATA. 



In the May number of the ' Phytologist ' page 114, line 17 fi'om top, oeciu's 

 Professor BuckZaMc?, it ought to read Buckj»«»; the paper there spoken of was 

 read at the British Association Meeting at Cheltenham. In the volume for 1855-6, 

 page 298, where in line 16 from bottom ocem's " Low Honeybourne," it ought to 

 read " Cow Honeybourne ;" and 9 hnes from bottom is "old red clay," this ought 

 to read " new red clay," or still better "red clay" only, as there is none of the " old 

 red" near Stratford. 



At page 74, line 13 fe-om the top, the wordyVowi should be at. 



At same page, line 10 from the bottom, the year 1808 should be 1801. 



Page 86, line 16 from the bottom, for Auchinore read Auchmore. 



Page 88, line 3 from top, for vary read very. 



In ' British Botany,' p. 144, Lotus major : the reference to E. B. is 30, the 

 number of the volume ; it should be 2091, the number of the Plate. 



