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F. excorticdta. Page 945., add to the end of the paragraph : " The berries are 

 so sweet, that the missionaries have been trying to introduce the species 

 into Otaheite, as a sugar plant ; but have been unable to procure seeds, 

 as in New Zealand the berries are eaten greedily by the pigs, as soon 

 as they appear." 

 " F.fidgens Dec, Lindl. in Bot. Reg., n. s. t. 1. This is a splendid plant, a 

 native of temperate regions of Mexico, which will probably prove half-hardy." 



Philadelpha^ce^e. 

 Vhiladelphus. 954., before § ii. insert : — 



"P. Gordornhna Hort. is a kind received from the banks of the Columbia; 

 which grows in its native country like underwood, and flowers later than 

 most of the species." 



After § ii., &c, insert : — 



" it 6.* P. specio v sus Schrad. The showy-fioiuered Philadelphus, or Mock 



Orange. 



Identification. Schrad. Diss. Phil. ; Lin. Bot. Reg., t. 2003. 

 Engraving. Bot. Reg., t. 2003. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate, rarely oval-ovate, long-pointed, sharply 

 toothed and serrated ; hairy beneath. Flowers ternate and solitary. Lobes 

 of the calyx very sharply pointed. Style deeply 4-cieft. Stigmas longer 

 than the stamens. (Schrad.) P. speciosus is a hardy shrub, 8 ft. or 10 ft. 

 high, with gently bending branches, loaded with very large and scentless 

 white flowers. This species, Dr. Lindley observes, though one of the hand- 

 somest of the genus, is one of the least common. There are plants in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden." 



P. grandifldrus. 954., dele the line headed " Synonyme" the words " and our 

 fig. 676.," and the last sentence in the paragraph headed " Spec. Char." 



Deutzvd scdbra. 956., Mr. Gordon informs us, proves to be quite hardy. 



956., add, after the paragraph headed " D. Brunoma, : " 

 " D. grandiflora Hort. There is a plant bearing this 



name in the Horticultural Society's Garden, which 



was received from China." 



ilfYRTA r CE,E. 



959. 1. 2., add after parenthesis : 



of this 



for 



Eucalyptus robusta. 



" fig- 2767. shows a full-grown tree 

 species, growing near Port Jackson." 

 959., in the paragraph headed " E. amygdalina, 

 " 94., " read " 694." 

 Before the last paragraph, insert : — 

 " E. alpina Hort. There is a plant bearing this name 

 in the Norwich Nursery, which appears hardier than 

 any other species of the genus : it is also of much slower 

 growth, and is of a bushy compact habit, sending out 

 laterals at every joint. It is a native of Mount Welling- 

 ton, in Van Diemen's Land, where the climate is very 

 similar to that of England ; and the seeds of it were sent 

 to England by Mr. James Backhouse, about 1834." 

 961., add to the paragraph headed " Leptospermum 

 lanigerum :" " This species is called, in Van Die- 

 men's Land, the hoary tea tree; from the cir- 

 cumstance of the leaves having been used as a 

 substitute for tea. Several other kinds of Lep- 

 tospermum are designated tea trees, from the 

 same cause ; such as L. baccata, the smooth, or 

 berry-bearing, tea tree ; L. flexudsum, the forest 

 tea tree; L. grandiflorum Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 514., &c. They 

 beautiful myrtle-like evergreen plants, which would probably 



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