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I feel anxious to see them get the victory, but the myriad hosts 

 almost ap'pal one's faith in their friendly succour. I have 

 no doubt that they will ultimately be victors, but when 

 each of their enemies produce four new foes daily, one 

 cannot help fearing that much mischief will be done to the 

 orchard before a clearance is effected. 



Figure 9 is an illustration shewing the Ladybird, and figure 10 the 

 larva of the Ladybird, in both of which forms of life it preys upon the 

 Aphis. 



Celandine Poppy. Among other troublesome weeds that should be 

 destroyed from our lawns and gardens during the month of May before 

 they seed, may be mentioned the Celandine Poppy ( Stylophorum 

 dlpMjllum). It belongs to the Poppy family {Papaveracea), and is 

 easily distinguished by its peculiar yellow juice, which stains the 

 hands in pulling it, and by its distinct columnar style, from which 

 the name Stylophorum, or the style bearer, , is gained. This last 

 peculiarity is one means of distinguishing it from the Celandine itself, 

 which has saffron colored juice, and similar small yellow flowers with 

 four petals, but has almost no style at all. 



A Botanical Society. I have seen something said about instituting 

 a botanical society. The idea is an excellent one, and should have 

 • every encouragement from fruit growers, for there are no two depart- 

 ments of science to which we are so much indebted as to botany and 

 entomology; and the advantages we would reap from the investigations 

 of such a society would be equalled only by the invaluable assistance 

 we have gained from the Entomological Society. What an addition 

 to our Annual Keport would it be to have a few papers on botany, 

 either purely scientific, or still better, applied to practical horticulture , 

 the productions of some members of this future botanical society. For 

 instance, hoNy interesting might a paper on the grasses {Graminae) 

 be made, treating of the more common kinds, of the soil best adapted 

 to each, and their respective uses. Or an article might be written 

 showing what characteristics the rose, pear, apple, plum, strawberry 

 and blackberry have in common, that they should be grouped together 

 under the same family, Rosaceae; or monographs might be written 

 upon various single plants, trees or shrubs, containing tilings new and 

 old, in reference to them, and embodying the results of careful obser- 

 vation. 



