f 15 ome 
THE FOOD OF WORMS. 
(Concluded Mee rom page 37). 
ALL the ber зик to show that 
argely у ble atter, 
worms live lar 
th earth and small stones 
are not averse from anin 
ostly do so 
ut assumption 
amoeba 
which 
: mass is a very extensive 
rtant one for many 
reasons, Pe it ibt fis. reserved for later treat- 
nt. is is rgo 
adequa 
much to 
But there 
р in. ow can such an 
e microscopic erp 
сч on. which the worms, 
the am 
E the 
as 
esentations of them 
a pes and po plar UE histories. 
e in hes e to the naked , 
But it might ses replied, peni ko 
hen ak of 
amoebae we use t rm ‘vaguely ie include all 
& 
ve E ограда коза in the soil. Such terms 
bs and ‘insect are db employed in 
"rin 53 ar sense; and if worms have the 
ole of the minute life of the ee for their 
upposed to 
s opens up а fely big question, because of 
involves. If worms feed on the 
А тга ie 
u will—do 
Бє “tae d inni. 
been ire for food, onl 
vent. Hence we 
Е fam 
splenie iar 
buried 
carcases; or, if 
soil which might becom me 
contact. ves the dead, and so 
Would 
Е i M ac! ot i 
драга and digestive juices (contai 
Net tryptic ferm 
das: d finally, if voided in, would 
germs be active? active, would 
UH TE GARDEN ERS’ CHRONI CLE. 
ther, es. be lessened, remain = ог 
signs intenteati n? Here were all- 
вА. problems solve. He at on vn put 
"His assistants d 
m the affected ar and, to quo 
the “words of Me or caval, "tap ax moe 
ere found in the earth к Вы which filled 
their intestinal tae" or stomach. 
‘ast was ever thorough in his work. He 
[ examining 
pits vhich had 
m splenic " had been e 
ind that it exti the spores of 
The rich itd 2 these mo 
7 grass upon Vieh 8 
ae, w dim ? showers « come the 
pas For which reason, 
urg , animals should never be buried in places 
where cattle DN. 
The subjec y be approached in the next 
aves by the exactly enn avenue. We have 
een the results of e worms which have 
fed i et rich i ушт = us take the 
leaf-mould on which they usually subsist an 
sterilise it. e nu e i sustains 
Fei is of animal origin, sterilisation will remove 
and-the worms cease to flou had 
no question of other ing o 
se and the "leat- 
mo erg were ssi tute of living 
germs, the worms S RA to flourish. 
For a long time there has been a dominant 
theory that worms of чн kinds шау be 
regarded as the enemies of living plants. ia has 
been лед that hr wall ser the roots or 
other of Aste ao “ы; 
flowers, С Clover and i E de 
M iens introduc 
ould’ and eart 
zrowths. That is hardly eo one prodi. Mere 
reatures which find their chief sustenance 
in tiny, jelly-like animalculae * Brent the ar 
gument is not supported in the sense in which it 
has u: Шу Б n advanced, it is nevertheless true 
thai Darwin- observes) can find 
noted n in divi plant tissues, and are fre- 
ntly found doing the work of camp-followers 
One more fact may be “adduced in conclusion. 
tives. There are the 
native species 
ae are not 
microscope, have. watched - them g their 
food, have examined their parasites, analysed 
their faeces and the eor ed of their D 
and yet nes never once succeeded in findin 
amoebae ther 
The answer “seems oe clear. Worms do not 
эже уч ‹ аа а m the soil, 
d dé "be d erived from vege- 
tallo m matter, ЕЯ "езуіта leaves, humus, 
ure. Hilderic Friend. 
—— 
VIOLET CYCLOPS. 
Tue very pretty new variety of Viola анча 
ed іп The Gardeners’ Chronicle for 
ber 16, 1918, under the пате of Mrs. ‘David 
Lloyd rge ecalls — strongly— especially 
y Ше presence in the centre of = 
Tittle „Supplemen tary СЕ 
of “eye,” of а 
mm 
PER 
by Mes 
of Vi a odorata cy This whi 
T. ‘dition Pal Fleurs de аве 
r been well 
age 
fros c 
stalks on the ground, and so spoiling 
But th thorow 
95 
ARTEMISIA JUDAICA. 
USE of its graceful habit and the silvery 
йде of ita folia, 
ia the flow ga iL If s 
are sown early Marc wa: hous 
good p may y^ obtained: he planting ed 
et doo: n May. These may be de in the 
autjamr large specimens fare e 
raryyan чү season, and they pour be grown in 
а temperat e of 40° to 45° uring the winter. 
The illustration in fig 35 bei ns a 
lant 
that survived mild pied) unprotected, at 
Belvoir uin and became a large specimen 
the following seaso t occ ocoopled a a dry border 
pane. south, and nt much admired ые. А 
Divers, V. M.H., Westdean, Hook, nr. Surbiton. 
THE ALPINE GARDEN. 
WINTER- uod ei G ER 
in 
increase in 
sult, Mem p any rate, is tha 
e pot-bound. Plant them out in à 
yi 1n early 5 Jim i lift 
and them. Under glass 
glorious all through the winter, and will ‘provide 
ample stock of cuttings for July. 
id do worse 
se pri и in Ei ges 
eas 
p^ ioa. “all: intel P D e: which 
flourishes on my rockery, is Euphorbia bi- 
handsóme at all es, with 
im eere Like 
beauty. e stock is 
th 
sight ce Аа 
еч дое the earliest of hers ae flowers А 
g vey Haee the фам 
used to e it 
ct, cum 
is a good, hardy perennial, 
а: “= ey ae shoi 
flows: us magen 
Bulley, у мана Cheshire. 
