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PlcpMorrJiina 

 plana. 



Pachnoda 

 Jlaviventris. 



APPLE-DESTROYERS IN NATAL. 



CHAPTER VII. 



A JOURNEY TO DURBAN. 



Acacia mollissima. Heavy cost on imports to the Transvaal. Johannes- 

 burg and its Hotels. Heidelberg. A Priest of Islam. Across the 

 Ingogo heights to Newcastle. Durban. Colonel Bowker. Best 

 collecting-grounds around Durban. Flowers, fruit, and insects. 

 Peculiarities in rail way construction. Model Natal farms. Insect-pests 

 to gardens. Difficulties in coaching after heavy rains. The store- and 

 canteen-keeper of the veld. 



IN December 1890 I journeyed to Natal for the pur- 

 poses of visiting the farms where the Wattle (Acacia 

 mollissima) was cultivated, from which is stripped 



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