798 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. * [Avavsr 22, 1868, 
igent men, of the Termites, ог „white ants, whose habits he bs. 
€ лөө ү it qoa „чы Md ы | e таару м aped MES rich a nue Mr. vu ended pos closely. nan" he hag 
m Sir (e There dera spurious plants О of tha t ned in the count: ty only four years, and then t e ants are me "d e-coloured, „о bodied 
баг as Di of your а Mes his intimate, but I left {о А o9 his researches in the Eastern wet E reu y anything In common with це 
| ё although І have observed that | ре elago ; Mr. . Bat es, however n, ipgere red be 1 d, an d ept their 
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and luxuriant, and less productive вап others. The esie him reluctantly Dur ing munities. In beth there are, besides the mal 
сац атар XX n УЫ, им Ej pots i d aH these eleven years he pen i а set of individuals of no fully дете} 
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REDE Stom ан constantly Ns y yl the er UE р огч и H his 3 рес uliar speciality ; H ndn of undeveloped a and when it, comprises, 
I have not yet le: lear hed. Ih pp mi RE species, individuals of different 
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s À, Aug. 18, | his duh и ound t at this tribe was better adap r щ to be 
of all авта W. Wor ie у, а, an almcst any Уну group of animals ог plants to ri e defined, The con iar heppena in in the termi 
of ЖЕКЕГЕ that the Manetti sto grows on the st ur Red facts i in illustration of the шай}йацда weh | and кыы, im ўв aat t bid eniin of. their 
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clay of. Forest. Hill equally scs as on the sands all species undergo in Datare, under changed loca [commu ni е, е division 
i $ be tions." In this pursuit he was eminen en 
osa pun aa саттор ш и ад ke s et ud the E of butterflies which he has | wonderful insects are m divided into two classe 
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il- is | testing Mr. Darwiu's theory of natural selection. the ] and queen, who e the 
very- mg. dm melle pa ерер "їз tho Manet To all lovers of n: dem history, Mr. Bates's book otü ie whole Tee and secure the exit of the m. 
r о Кын» а еы эй "strongly. modla mo} will be of the greatest interest; bia notices on the and females, when they acquire wings and fly ош to 
iie the light soil, реча За бе ачу - imals, insects, &с., which fell iu his way, showing | | pair and „dissem nate the race; the other to defend the 
ihat which is claye у, but dry. àrm summers e|great powers o accurate observation, and also of community i 
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am now engaged in heard the objection raised, that these Volumes are ill- | no kind of work, A t in po course ме кыы ttn 
mall lake on a most porous subsoil, every written, and wanting in life; but we are unwilling to | wings to enable them to issue forti. nd. dissemina! 
4 wires á very careful puddling, and that be too critical оп a book containing so much valuable their kind. The wo orkers and soldiers are wing 
i a few feet of the | matter. Eleven years of wandering in а semi-civilised | and differ. solely in the shape "d armature of the 
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e око а scientifc friend of the | t that tl t | th is of very large size, дай. із puri * 
ung men in his place of Beinen to copy a few bota- | Writer are rarely united i in one individual ; Кез ж every kind wish poscis! organs of offence 
—€ names prie Mn, and ooking over "what had ! promise the lovers of natural history dies d in к iie se defence in the form of horny pr MÀ resem 
been written, was surprised yo гал the name “ Large- | Volumes they will find such a store of interest- | pikes, tridents, and so forth. Some species P 
niaceæ.” Оп ро inting out the evident incorrectness ing information, that they will have plenty to|possess these extraordinary projections, but ee in 
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es речат inccrrect, 16 being in the дайа manner in which that information is conveyed.|shaped in some kinds as sickles, in others as sie 
‚” and as “big” was rather a slang 4nd after all, accuracy and minuteness of. detail | and sa 
term, the e classical “large” had. been substituted, | Often produce on the m а геч: d of a picture;| “A Termitarium, although of different. shape, size, 
hence * Largenoniacem." B. S. [Your young шап jand thus we think alm realise the|texture of materials, and. built in аенын, Sad 
must be an Ass. a rance: of a tropical cal forest, vi its noonday according 1 to the species, is is alwa ays omposed of a: а vasi 
- Aster Grub.—I have a iren fine lot of Asters of "t silence, and the hot sleepy atm osphere brooding 
ihe best . sorts just in full growth and coming into | all Nature, contrasted with the hum and murmur si galleries, built up with particles of earth or vegetable 
bloom, оь unfortunately. they -are this | animal life which rises вз twilight сошев оп. Here are | matter, gementad together by the в aliva of ü the insects. 
Љу а brown grub, . an inch tures. There visible 
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which -the rind off quite round the plante | ‚ “ The trees were now taller, the underwood less | еп connected with covered roads, which 
А jut де the surface of the де plants боі wi cinia in pses into the wilder-| н. р sole одар. of communication with the outer > 
course immediately die. kw" list nearly 100 plants | ness on Sizes. crowns of the trees, | w orld, The structures are prominent objects in all 
jn two days, and I am afraid — I shall lose all. scarcely vo of which could be seen together of th 
I argue tried Jey lime and strong lime-water, also dry | Same kind, were now far away above из, in another| “А 3 ves one the exodus of the winged males 
t wit ith effect. I shal 1 be glad v) any of your corres- world as p were. We could only see at times where | and females mpleted Lnd ma contains 
——— of saving the plants, | there жаз а break above the tracery of the foliage | Termites of all Е and in all stages of develop- 
Iam now trying dry flowers of sulphur, but. І do not th blue sky. Sometimes the leaves were | ment. On close examination. I found the young of. 
вее any ade qu ч J. Hardy, Bures, Esse. pa ;almate, or of the shape of large outiciete БЫ, hands;|each of the four orders of individuals crowded 
Tric: n$.— Lam ba рру to find mm Mr, | аё others, finely cut or feathery like the leaves of ата and apparently feeding. 2 the same cells. 
ыан e! not pasce ted this beautiful.and rare | Mimosæ. Below, the tree-trun were. everywhere | T he full- — workers show test attentio 
plant to the sacrilegions hands е visit the many | linked together T Sipós; the woody the g larva, carrying —€— in their month 
favourite Fern localities of North Wales. This plant | Climbing and creeping trees, whose fo. foliage is far away мам the, legen from. one cell to another, бшщ Ше 
ia originally brought from obit y poor Williams, Nor mingled with „that „of the taller теи took по , notice of the full-grown ones, -It was no 
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Asplenium septentrionale, Hymenophyllum Wilsoni entwining S nake-like Ez the tree AU or е | au which were о beco! ecome males and female: 
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А n tbe chair, The Kleine Ein crickets ipa asshoj s siah e ed mad worker 
. men were added, to ү Council for the H dida pus Pd sanding n DE i ike ti эч жашы, qure 
bs xd hs Generi re klen y year ATI рес culiar note; the plaintive Loc snl of tree frog pul | в аге, like the maies and females, distinct {кош бө 
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y, nd t of. ki nd Chaudos, de night came on, many species | of b and toads i in 
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Gli to profes ep the various IM itals 
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medical schools i in illustration of their lectur "s hende от up. enam e gen d: de- 
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in whieh he visited them ; puesing. A eed ; 
Joticeg of 230065. | excursions which he made іп company with Mr. Wal- 
The Naturalist ота, By Н. W. Batea lace, and and which that gentleman has ken of | 
^ и Sro, Maray T 1363, | eim hooks. anh which pe ene, may to à certain 
n years ago, two Mr. | Perhaps the оа iscus 
‚апа Mr, T E Cv eer rica | by Mr. Bates аге the habits inm өү күчүе) > 
ros ia Соз Amari manjom and the T [à tho mimoto зоа оГ which -found several 
dicc mieted te d examples We will endeavour to his account 
