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U.  cornubiensis  (=  77.  stricta  Lindley).,  fide  A.  Ley. 
A  drooping  tree  by  the  Verger’s  garden,  the  only  one  in 
The  Close,  Salisbury;  a  sample  or  two  ;  May  10  and  Aug. 
11,  1909.— Coll.  E.  J.  Tatum.  Comm.  E.  F.  Linton. 
Betula  alba  L.  ( =  verrucosa  Ehrh.),  form  B.  pendula 
Roth.  (Ref.  No.  3380).  Borders  of  Torrachilty  Wood, 
near  Achilty,  E.  Ross,  v.c.  106,  July  15,  1909.  Branches 
drooping  vertically.  Abundant  and  very  beautiful  in  the 
neighbourhood  of  Garve  and  Strathpeffer.—  E.  S.  Marshall. 
B.  alba  (=  verrucosa )  x  tomentosa.  (Ref.  No.  3381). 
Garve,  E.  Ross,  v.c.  106,  July  20,  1909.  The  former  parent 
was  probably  the  form  B.  pendula  Roth,  as  the  branches 
drooped.  A  good  intermediate ;  nearer  to  alba  in  leaves, 
and  to  tomentosa  in  catkins.  Lateral  lobes  of  female 
catkin-scales  patent  or  slightly  falcate-reflexed. — E.  S. 
Marshall.  (See  also- Rept.  B.E.C.,  1909,  p.  473). 
B.  alba  x  tomentosa.  (Ref.  No.  3382).  Garve,  E. 
Ross,  v.c.  106,  July  20,  1909.  This  is  much  nearer  to 
alba  (- verrucosa )  in  catkins,  and  to  tomentosa  (pubescens) 
in  leaves,  though  these  shew  decided  influence  of  alba  in 
their  toothing  and  more  or  less  acuminate  apex.  Branches 
drooping.  I  think  that  the  tomentosa  parent  was  most 
probably  the  glabrous  form,  var.  denudata.  Lateral  lobes 
of  female  catkin-scales  patent  or  somewhat  falcate- 
reflexed.  Upon  the  whole  a  good  intermediate. — E.  S. 
Marshall. 
B.  tomentosa  Reith.  and  Abel,  var.  parvifolia  E.  S. 
Marshall.  (Ref.  No.  3383).  Garve,  E.  Ross,  v.c.  106,  July 
20,  1909.  Leaves  small,  cuneate-based.  Catkins  few, 
small,  hardly  exceeding  those  of  B.  nana  in  size.  It 
seems  to  be  the  B.  alba ,  var.  parvifolia  Wimmer.  This 
is  about  the  most  extreme  form  of  it  that  I  have  yet  seen. 
— E.  S.  Marshall. 
B.  nana  L.  Gorge  of  a  stream  descending  from 
Sgurr  a’  Mhuillin  (Scuir  Vuillin)  to  Loch  Achanalt,  E. 
Ross,  v.c.  106,  July  19,  1909.  Some  of  the  bushes  were 
the  largest  that  I  have  ever  seen,  up  to  four  or  five  feet 
long.  It  is  here  protected  from  browzing  animals,  and 
fruited  freely.  Good  material  may  be  acceptable,  though 
the  plant  is  not  asked  for. — E.  S.  Marshall. 
