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M. nigra. Page 1345., add to 1. 12. : " Fig. 2526. is a sketch of a remarkable 

 black mulberry tree at Canterbury, growing on the land formerly used 

 as a garden by the monks of St. Augustine, near the Gothic gateway 

 j et remaining of that monastery. Mr. Masters, nurseryman of Can- 

 terbury, who kindly sent us the drawing from which Jig. 2526. was 



engraved, conjectures it to have been planted by the elder Tradescant, 



who was once gardener to Lady Wootton, at Canterbury. No one 



remembers to have seen the original trunk in an upright position, and 



the two arms shown as springing from it have now become large trees. 



The very remarkable mulberry at Battersea, figured in our Volumes 



of Plates, is supposed to be 300 years old." 

 M. alba. Varieties. 1349. M. a. Moretti«w« is in the Horticultural Society's 



Garden. M. a. macrophylla Mr. Gordon thinks different from M. 



hispanica, the former having much the larger leaves. 

 1358., add to the paragraph entitled "Insects and Diseases:" "Mr. 



Berkeley mentions yjgaricus rhagadiosus Fr., Polyporus Mori Fr. t 



and Stictis coccinea Fr. t as the fungi on il/6rus." 

 JJroussonctia papyrifcra. Varieties. 1361., add: — 



" & li. p. 3/ructu albo has the fruit white." 

 1362., before " Statistics," add : " Sphagna peregrina Mont, is found on this 



plant. 

 Jioryn acuminata. 1371., add to paragraph headed "Spec. Char., Sf-c. ;" 



" Mr. Gordon informs us that B. acuminata grows much larger than 



I', /igustrina, and bears a considerable resemblance to a Persian lilac." 

 I . 1370., add to the "Statistics:" "In Suffolk, at Stutton Rectory, 90 



wars old, it is 30 ft. high, with two stems, each about 3 ft. 6 in. in 



( ircumference." 



Uima % cem. 



I 'Imiu campetlfis, 1378., add to " Varieties: 1 * — 



" • l,\ e. 19 ndna llort. is, Mr. Gordon informs us, a very dis- 

 tinct variety, not growing above 2 ft. high in 10 or 12 years. A 

 plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden, when taken up to be 

 removed, was found to have a root running along the surface of the 

 ground, which measured between 7 ft. and 8 ft. long." 



rt before " Recorded Elms:" — 



" The Fungi OB the elm are : /fgaricus 7/lmarius Bull. (K. of Plants, 15924.), 



A. vulpinus Sow. (l'<. of Plants, ioooo.), Polyporus alm&rius Fr. y Peziza 



