Nature and Habits of the common Wasp. 



621 



exudans 



regerminans - 



LinnaeVi! 



densa 



trossula - 



flexuosa 



nitida - 



propendens 



margaritacea - 



baccans - 



princeps 



decora - 



odora rosea - 



fastigiata lutescens 



ampullacea 



Height. 



Circumf. 



Ft. In. 



Ft. In. 



1 



4 6 



1 6 



5 8 



1 6 



3 



1 6 



4 6 



1 



4 6 



1 2 



4 8 



10 



3 6 



10 



4 4 



8 



3 



10 



2 6 



1 



3 4> 



10 



4 3 



8 



4 6 



4 



3 3 



1 



4 6 



Name. 



mundula 



recurvata 



petiolata 



Aitonidna 



infundibuliformis 



WestMingia [ Ross] 



Lamberto'ana - 



elegans -■■■*.- 



empetrifolia lanata - 



mammosa 



coronata «■ 



intermedia 



suaveolens 



pendula - 



retorta - - 



Height. Circumf. 



Ft. In. 

 3 



Ft. 



In. 







8 



1 











6 







10 



1 







1 











10 



1 











6 



1 











10 



2 







1 







1 











7 



With good plants of E. depressa rubra, Bowieana, lanata, sexfaria, Hussellidna, 

 Banksia, and many other species and varieties. 



I beg to observe that the circumference of many of these 

 valuable kinds of .Erica may be doubted by some, particularly 

 when the height of the plants is considered. Who would ever 

 think of Erica MassonzV, only 2 ft. 6 in. in height, feathering 

 round the very rim of the pot with young shoots, with 136 

 heads of flowers on it, being 8 ft. 7 in. in circumference ? I 

 know many will say it cannot be in England. .Erica metulseflora, 

 3 ft. 6 in. high only, but 10 ft. 2 in. in circumference, with young 

 wood all above and below the edge of the tub; it is in bloom, 

 with more than 2000 heads of flowers on it, at this very time. 

 No one would believe that these and many others, two years ago, 

 were as tall as I am, scraggy, and naked-stemmed ; but so it 

 was ; and, if I should be spared another month, they will be 

 still more dwarfish. 



Bicton Gardens, Oct. 29. 1842. 



Art. VI. On the Nature and Habits of the common Wasp. 

 By J. Wighton. 



Although the wasp is ferocious and cruel towards its fellow 

 insects, still it is very lively ; indeed, more so than the honey-bee. 

 Some give wasps the credit of being " more polished in their 

 intercourse with each other," that is, they do not attack and 

 plunder others' dwellings like the hive-bees ; but this praise is 

 hardly due to them, for, unlike honey-bees, wasps store up 

 nothing in their nests worth plundering. However, except their 

 voraciousness, they are peaceable, and will seldom attack one 

 without provocation : but it is useless for me to say any thing in 

 favour of wasps; nobody likes them ; few persons think such pests 



