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long, colour dirty white, fleshy, slightly 

 curved, bristly, and without legs, but 

 furnished at the sides with tubercles, 

 which aid it in moving. At the latter 

 part of May, these grubs enter the 

 chrysalis state, becoming white, and 



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having the appearance of the body of a 

 beetle stripped of its wings, and in a 

 mummy state. From this state the 

 perfect insect comes forth, at the end 

 of June, in the form of a small beetle, 

 as pictured in the accompanying draw- 

 ing, but not longer than the curved line 

 by its side. It is black, slightly glossy, 

 numerously granulated, so as to re- 

 semble shagreen, and a few pale-grey 

 hairs scattered over it. The best mode 

 of saving succulents from this pest is 

 to have it very assiduously sought for 

 among them during the month of June. 

 If the beetles are allowed to deposit 

 their eggs, the mischief is done. 



C. tanebricosus infests the apricot. 

 Mr. Curtis says, that " every crevice in 

 old garden-walls often swarms with 

 these weevils; and nothing would 

 prove a greater check to their increase 

 than stopping all crevices or holes in 

 walls with mortar, plaster of Paris, or 

 Roman cement, and the interior of hot- 

 houses should be annually washed with 

 lime ; the old bark of the vines under 

 which they lurk, should be stripped off 

 early in the spring, and the roots ex- 

 amined in October, when they exhibit 

 any unhealthy symptoms from the 

 attacks of the maggots of (7. sttlcatus. 

 When the larva} are ascertained to re- 

 side at the base of the wall, salt might 

 be freely sprinkled, which will kill thorn 

 as readily as it will the maggots in 



nuts ; strong infusions of tobacco- 

 water, aloes, and quassia are also re- 

 commended." 



CURCU'MA. Turmeric. (From kur- 

 ktun, its Arabic name. Nat. ord., Giu- 

 gcrworts [Zinziberacesc]. Linn. 1- 

 Jfuncnidria \-MonoyynhC). 



Most of the species possess the same aro- 

 matic stimulating properties in the roots, or 

 rhizomes, and seeds, as the common ginger, and 

 are objects of some beauty from their coloured 

 bracts. Stove herbaceous perennials ; rich 

 sandy loam ; root division. 

 C. eerugino'sa (bronzed). 5. Red, yellow. May. 

 East Indies. 1807. 



nma'da (Amada-ginger). 2. Red, yellow. 



April. Bengal. 18HJ. 

 j amari'sshna (most bitter). Red, yellow. 



April. East Indies. 1822. 

 | ungustifu'lia (narrow-leaved). 3. Yellow. 



July. East Indies. 1822. 

 I aroma' i tea (aromatic). 2. Yellow. June. 



East Indies. 1804. 



cai'sia (ffrey). 1. Yellow. May. Bengal. 



18)9- 



como'tta (tufted-flowered}. 2. Red, yellow. 



May. East Indies. 181Q. 



ela'ta (tall). 3. Crimson. May. East Indies. 



181Q. 



ferrugi'nea (rusty). 1. Yellow. May. East 

 Indies. 1819. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 12. Yellow. May. 



East Indies. 1820. 



leucorhi'za (white-rooted). 1. Red, yellow. 



May. East Indies. 1819. 



lo'nga (\oi\s-rooted). 2. August. East 



Indies. 1759. 



tnonta'nu (mountain). 2. Red, white. May. 



East Indies. 1824. 



parvifln'ra (small-flowered). J. White, 



violet. January. Prome. 1S28. 



petiolu'ta (frmg'-nower-stalkcd). 2. Blue. 



August. Pegu. 1822. 



Roscam'na (Mr. Roscoe's). 1. Scarlet. 



September. East Indies. 1837. 



recUna'ta (leaning). . Pink. April. East 



Indies. 1S2Q. 



rube'scens (blushing). 3. Red. July. East 



Indies. 1805. 



rubrictui'lis (red-stemmed). 1. Yellow. 



May. East Indies. 1822. 



viridijlo'ra (green-flowered). 2. Yellow, 



green. July. Sumatra. 1822. 



xanthorhi'xa (yeliovv-rooted). 4. Red. May. 



Amboyna. 1819. 



xcdoa'riii (Zedoary). 3. Red. July. East 



Indies. 1797. 



zeru'mbet (Zerumbet). 3. Yellow. July. 



East Indies. 1807. 



CURRANTS. THE RED, JH'be's ru'- 

 brum ; THE WHITE, R. rn'brum, var. 

 album; and THE BLACK, or li. ni'tjrum, 

 are all deciduous shrubs. The culture 

 of the RED and WHITE differs in some 

 degree from that of the BLACK. 



lied Varieties. The following are 

 the best j 



