Ants and Mites 



certain grasses, an Anthurium, Philodendron, Aechmea, 

 Peperomia, Phyllocactus, &c. 



Dr. Ule says that the gardens are ^^ geziichtet'* or 

 looked after by the ants which make them, and the 

 pecuHar growth of the plants increases the amount of 

 soil. Under the leafy shade of their own plantations 

 these astonishing insects enjoy a safe and comfortable 

 home.* 



It is indeed fortunate that man has had a fair start in 

 the business of replenishing the earth and subduing it, 

 for indeed these insects seem really capable of anything. 



1 Japp. 2 Haupt. ^ Parkin. * Ule. 



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