VOLUME II. 



HEN first issued the " Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information " 

 consisted simply of "fly sheets" which were published at 

 irregular intervals. A gradual improvement was effected 

 during the past year, the numbers were continuously paged, the 

 arrangement somewhat altered, and the Bulletin itself brought into 

 a more handy and complete form, which it is proposed to continue with 

 with very slight additions. 



The Bulletin has been well received by the agricultural 

 community, and the demand for it has been large. Copies are 

 allotted, free of charge, to residents in the Island who choose 

 to register their name and address at the office of the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, and persons outside the Colony can obtain it at the rate of 

 twopence per copy. Postage extra. 



The columns of the Bulletin are open to correspondents who are 

 willing to contribute matter of interest to Botanists, Agriculturists, 

 and Horticulturists in general, either in the form of articles or letters, 

 as the Bulletin is specially maintained to further the development of 

 these interests, to form a means of inter-communication and exchange 

 of ideas with Colonies similarly situated, and to secure a complete 

 record of facts and experiments which it is hoped will be useful for 

 future reference. 



WATTS' ASPHYXIATOR. 



90.— THE PARASOL A^T.— (An Exterminator.) 



One who has not seen the work of devastation which the little 

 creature known as CEcodoma cephalotes or Parasol Ant, is capable of 

 doing to the vegetative organs of trees and shrubs, can hardly 

 realize the difficulty such attacks present to the cultivator in countries 



