Crickets 



( 249) 



Crinum 



plant will grow, consequently propagation offers no 

 difficulties. Broad, shallow trendies are made, and 

 in these the pieces are dibbled about 4" apart each 

 way ; a dressing of decayed cow manure or river 

 mud is then given, and in a few days the water is 

 allowed to rise 2" or 3". These beds are replanted 

 annually, and they provide a crop each month. 



with doing damage to the very young growths of 

 plants. Crickets may be trapped'with a mixture of 

 treacle, flour, and beer, in the form of a syrup, 

 adding a very few drops of oil of aniseed. A small 

 amount is placed in a clean vessel, the outer 

 sides of which are covered with cloth to assist the 

 crickets to enter the jar. The so-called singing is 



CltlNUM GIGAXTEUM (fee ji. J"'0). 



After eacli cutting a top-dressing is given, and the 

 Cresses are beaten down with a flat board. Cresses 

 grown on moist borders are always coarser and of 

 more pungent flavour than those grown in running 

 water. 



CRICKETS. 



The domestic cricket (Gryllus domesticus) is 

 found in the hot, dry air of stokeholes, and fre- 

 quently passes to the houses, where it is credited 



produced by the friction of the basal portions of 

 the wing cases against each other. 



CRINUM. 



Description. This largo genus of bulbous plants 

 (ord. AmaryllidoM 1 ) inclu<!es stove, greenhouse, and 

 hardy species, some few of which ought to find 

 places in all gardens. Apart from the acknowledged 

 U'auty (if the flowers, the leaves are decidedly 

 handsome. 



