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STRANGE DWELLINGS, 



are the well-known ' cherry-galls,' which are made by a little 

 insect called Cynips qiiercus-folii. They are beautifully coloured, 

 some being entirely scarlet, while others are white, orange, and 

 red, in various gradations, something like the colour of a nearly 

 ripe peach, or those of a Newtown pippin. Perhaps they bear 

 more resemblance to the apple than to the peach, because their 



!ITISH GALLS. 



Leaf Galls of Oak. Bedeguar of Rose. 



Cynips KoUari (slightly magnified). 

 Oak Apple. 



Galls of Cynips Kollari. 

 Currant Galls of Oak. 



surface Is highly polished and shining, much like that of the 

 American apple. 



These galls may be found in profusion upon the oak-leaves, 

 and are most plentiful upon pollard oaks, upon the youngest 



