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offs: , and layi in autumn, which are better cal- 
poy ke phn ca of besereie But me is at her 
most curious anomal their history; for ccessio 
young eee can be poorer without the “presence 
the male in For ce, as soon A 
born, if it be see away and placed upon a plant aatet 1 
glass where n of sored, in access to it, it will 
notwithstan ding produce young, one of which being also 
removed, and treated with the same care, wi possess the 
same prolific faculty ; ; and thus Bon mne t succeeded in ob- 
of 
the t have been successfully pushed to 
thirty. The conten idpelad therefore that appear in our 
enema d uses may be easily 4 
p-gar sae vontid 
for, with pee hav 
mur has ‘alcuated ‘that, ¥ ane iy poten one female 
¢ the progenitor of 5,904,900 cendants. 
le power of fec sind it i is fortu- 
re subject to the attacks of 
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nently ether - the spring in clearing off 
the ides, as they hatch wai re, ag which had been 
laid on the buds the preceding 
mischief that follows , is saewt of the Aphides 
the 
roops, and ofen dies, when the 
number of the Aphides i is very grea —e 
are three thes: 
lice, Eriosoma of 
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and Cabba 
was sown in a garden sare probabl 
: not aware “ey it has ever been 
ep s grew very 
one reached th he height 0 of ye woe ba 
rh August i discovered clusters of ap Aphis 
have 
yy aad feel mene 
exami the 
vinced that they belong t with which Iam q 
unacquai sh have no doubt that it is confined to 
docality is very unaccountab Th I took from i 
spike or ear, not left in the garden; I sowed 
pe css / tt esa Ph I freely ao: — lam ata loss 
i Zee. "Phe fems 1s species, W 
= shall name Aphis Ze. "efi rer attracted my 
This sex is nguished by a pale ochraceous 
pas and ate the back was dark green, baciripr 
green, and the portion beyond 
middle was roy ; the aes were moderately ae and sees 
legs ochreous and eee the tips of the 
praesas srs eet being wh; antenneze bla — 
hreous at-the base (fig. 4). These females were sur- 
rounded by little groups of y » generally of a 
were 
reer portions setena ot the ‘nea an e eect 
re bd oe) ; the tubes were pale, long, and slender ; 
were very ord tata the — 
relike ¢ thee of the true Aphides very pale n 
jalan, Wat ut in some specimens they were arent davkee, 
tched them until ea tha the mide { 
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' car, Ble, ete and pl, 384, + 4d) fois, = ain met 3 
er the stigmatic spot pale green (fig. wis The natural 
izes of the sexes are shown at figs. 1 and 3 
As pee mer = i rae met As the destruction of these 
e various departments of the garden have been 
frequently publiahed in this Jour = it does not s seem to 
o repeat them upon th 
podem 
ON THE pctgie 3 tote OF LEONOTIS 
‘ed eg 
and one in particular, which is not yet out of blo It 
is about 8ft. high and 1 2ft. in circumference, an ays 
ago wa’ covered with leaves, and bore on each branch 
from three to four full and perfect whorls, forming a really 
splendid sight, Thi tw ck from a cutting in 
May 1840, kept in a 48 pot during the winter; in the 
beginnia April put into t 13in. in diameter, and 
11}in. high, and placed in a forcing frame, heated by hot 
wate 8 co with sand, a ept at a temperature 
varying from 75° to 50°, the fire being lighted in general 
stony 3 be plenty of 
net differed fob that of previous years; I 
ps te > ratieed the surface of the earth to become dry, and 
generally kept about a of water in the pan 
quantity required in hot weather was nearly three gallons 
daily. After Nov, 5tha n r of other plants being 
aced in the apres _ was quite cool and ven 
di 
tilated,and on the 22 
fire, as the stage was then re 
s, &c. Notwithstanding this che 
room without a 
rest of the Pelargonium 
but in some respects it is preferable to to have it at a seas 
when most other flowers are gon J. 
~G aS SUCCULENTS. 
w days ago to give your corre- 
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POR dats are 
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Ricaad w 
o doubt the picciners 
wadands shall cians ‘ti 
lainly a gommueliee 
culent plants 
y 
to give a few directions 
sib 
e very diffe rent in their structure 
dry rds 
1 
are fund, Soeaun if these ae Aa nee known, they a ate Bs 
and cer tain guides i in cultiy: 
To be grown well, the whole race of whatare called su 
test possible 
be 
= Pasag reper ee —T —_ = —— used, as some 
uch richer than othérs; 1 
psi videeally fount | the thew tate kinds of Aloe, 
family of this kind it is difficult vin point 
oo et ple and plants of ae iy 
o best in a rich free soil, such as equal portion 
sandy loam, and peat or leaf-mould, with a 
of bruised brick or t ree-gro wy a such 
e 
all pot 
Water should be given | to the slow-growing kinds ata 
dur ing Wi 
times wit 
ore pine are killed by over- watering ther by 
ys or a fortn 
e 
require more water, an 
A great deal of, misapprehension exists in the 
many persons concerning the temperature which 
these plants require. The w race of Mammilla 
ooks on gardening are generally consigned to the 
stove, and thus many ons are prevented fr 
them who would do if they knew the plants 
succeed in the greenhouse. By far the greatest 
at que perfectly there, where the ener ure is m 
ugh to exclude frost—that is, anywhere betw 
d 45 crm as may be most seabit he to the culti 
ing summer, but 
where they tea pro fr rom 
is an upright-g 
with finely-cut iets: at tes rs the Ls fruit 
fer a5 ep ame ut not produced in such abund: 
se 0 
DORATI’ssiMA.—This species forms a spreading 
: has downy leaves, ae numerous large bright red 
n the autumn ; ; an 
-Ortr chk which has large dark-red fruit, sh 
in every collect 
Cocci'n 
mall, 
Thi 
— a — weil black tai “whieh are very 1 
and o ae in 
ietaraies ae — t kind, 
rious-shaped leaves a ep d Sore hich ripen € at 
the autumn, and alg st well with the bright 8 
ck ane ene ? in 
Eine growing kind, witl 
Mg ‘phy Howeribg rather e€ 
beautiful s 
count of its profusion lowers in oe ori 
numerous small red fruit in the autu 
ACBACANTHA, A piticulai kind, with | a 
frat an ait aasply: “divided 
i This 
