APPLE TREE TENT CATERPILLAR. 



type of annual for those who have little 

 skill in flower gardening, and who want 

 something that will yield a good display 

 of color with little trouble, 



PORTULACCA. Purslane Family 



This annual should be in every gar- 

 den, it is a neat, bushy little plant, with 

 saucer-shaped flowers, of very easy 

 growth. The shades of color, are from 



white, or almost white to rich magenta. 

 Sow when the weather is settled. Put 

 the seed into the open border, and the 

 lighter the soil, the hotter the season, the 

 more brilliant will be the display of 

 flowers. Sow in rows six inches apart, 

 and cover the seed with fine soil. 



F. Brunton. 



Maplchitrsf, Grimshy. 



Fii: 1I38--EAKLV .STA(iK of Uevki.oi'me.nt. 



APPLE TREE TENT CATERPILLAR. 



Ci,i>iocAMi'A Americana, Haki<i.>. 



OMI-: interesting phases in con- weather of April 26th. On April 20th 

 nection with the life history of we had 19 degrees of frost, and on April 

 this insect were noted this 21st 7 degrees. Again on April 27th 

 spring. A remarkable feature we were visited with 6 degrees of frost ; 

 was the rapidity with which the hatching yet, notwithstanding these low tempera- 

 took placesucceeding the exlrenifly cold tures, on -April Jijih I noticed on some 



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