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No. 7. — ActinojJus scalops is the name of the common "Trap- 

 door Spider" of the Botanic Gardens. This is a source of much 

 interest to visitors from the curious construction of its nest. 



No. 8. — Under the name of Pseudidiops Hartii Mr. Pocock of the 

 British Museum, (Vol. XI, Ann. & Mag. Nat. History,) has described 

 a "Tree Trap door Spider" found in the vicinity of the Gardens. 

 It builds a beautifully constructed nest so covered with lichens as 

 almost to render it indistinguishable from the bark of the tree on 

 which it is found. 



No. 9. — Another large spider common in the Garden, which may 

 be readily known by its resting with its legs in pairs in the form of a 

 St. Andrew's Cross, is known as Argiope argeniata. The cocoons 

 shew a remarkable variation in colour, which varies between bright 

 green and yellow. 



115.-ARISTOLOCHIA GIGAS, var. Sturtevantii. 



A PLANT which was received from Kew in 1893, has lately pro- 

 duced a numerous succession of flowers. These flowers are some 

 twelve inches or more in Avidth and some fifteen or eighteen inches in 

 length, with an appendage or tail some two-and-a-half or three feet 

 long. The peculiar foetid odour of this class of plant when in bloom 

 is well maintained by the one under review, so much is this the 

 case that it attracts flies in the same manner as carrion. The flower 

 itself is very handsome, and is like in many respects the native 

 Aristolochia grandiflora, Sw., but about four or five times the size. 

 Our plant promises to produce a supply of good seed in due course.* 



116. -FLOWERING OF THE BAMBOO. 



" Bambusa vulgaris," Schrad. 



It is a very rare and unusual thing to find the Bamboo in flower 

 or fruit in the West Indies. 



In the East Indies the fruit of the Bamboo is sometimes used for 

 * A fine supply has been harvested. — April 2. 



