PART III. 



ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



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B. empetrifolia. Page 306. line 21. from the top, for "Engraving" read 

 " Engravings;" and add " Swt. Brit. Fl.-Gard., 2d ser., t. 350." 

 1. 23., after " (Doits Mill., i. p. 117.)," add : " A low procumbent shrub, 

 with slender, twiggy, angular branches, covered with a chestnut-coloured 

 bark. Leaves fasciculate, linear, mucronate ; revolute and entire at 

 the margins; glaucous; about | in. long, and nearly a line in breadth. 

 Peduncles 1-flowered, solitary or in pairs, slender, filiform, often curved, 

 as long as the leaves. Flowers rather large, spreading. Sepals ellip- 

 tical, yellow. Petals orange, obovate, retuse, shorter than the sepals. 

 Stamens 6, shorter than the petals, pale yellow. Ovarium elliptical, 

 green. Stigma broad, peltate, sessile, yellow. A native of the Straits 

 of Magellan, whence it was sent to the Clapton Nursery by Mr. 

 Anderson, an indefatigable collector for that establishment, who 

 accompanied Captain King in his voyage of survey. The plant was 

 originally discovered by Commerson, and has been long known from 

 the specimens collected by that botanist. The habit of the plant is 

 extremely delicate ; but its flowers are large, and of a rich orange 

 colour. It is readily increased by layers. (Brit. Fl.-Gard., 2d ser.)" 



B. floribunda. 30G. 1. 30. after " Synonymes" add " B. .Lycium angus- 

 tifolium Boyle." 



B. asiatica. 306. 1. 4. from the bottom, after " Synonymes," add " the 

 Zycium of Dioscorides Boyle in Lin. Trans., xvii. p. 83., Ann. des 

 Scien.Nat., t. 2. p. 181." 



307. 1. 17., after " racemes," add: "The fruit of B. asiatica was formed, and of 



considerable size, at Syon, on July 20. 1837, when B. aristata was beau- 

 tifully in flower, and with many of the flower buds not fully expanded. 

 The fruit of B. asiatica was oblong, pinkish or purplish, wrinkled, and 

 covered with a fine thick bloom, like the best table raisins. The 

 flowers of B. aristata were of a brilliant yellow, and the plant was 

 covered with them." 



B. dealbdta. 307. 1. 33. after full stop, insert : " Mr. Gordon says that the 

 fruit is of a yellowish purple; and adds that the flowers are sweet- 

 scented, and the plant quite hardy." 



Additional Species of Berberis. 308., add to the beginning of the paragraph : 

 ft B. Coriaria Wall, et Boyle has been raised from seeds received 

 from Dr. Wallich and Dr. Royle, in the Horticultural Society's Gar- 

 den, and another species from Kamaon, both of which are quite hardy." 



308. 1. 38., after " p. 306.," add : " Mr. Gordon informs us that there are 



plants of B. 6uxifolia in some of the London nurseries, from which it 



appears to be very nearly related to B. dulcis. It is the true B. pro- 

 vincial of the French." 

 Malwnia. 309., add to the first paragraph : " SphaeVia aequilinearis Schwein. 



occurs on some of the species." 

 M.fasciculdris. 309- 1. 16. from the bottom, after 



"distinguished," insert " even." 

 1. 15. ditto, insert a comma after "distance." 

 M.repens. 31 1. 1. 27., for "but these have not 



yet been succeeded by fruit," read " and, 



like M. ylquifolium, it ripens seeds freely. 



The seeds should be sown in a cold-pit, as 



soon as they are ripe, and they will come 



up the following spring." 

 § Nandinae. Add as a paragraph at bottom of page. 

 " Nandina domestica Thunb. Nov. Gen., 1. p. 14., 

 Bot. Mag., t. 1109., and our fig. 2410., is an 

 elegant evergreen shrub, growing to the height of 

 5 ft. The flowers are white, with yellow anthers; 2410 



and the berries, which are about the size of a pea, are red. It is a native of 

 China and Japan, whence it was brought to England in 1804, and is now 

 not uncommon in British green-houses." 



