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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
109 
A NEW GARDEN WORM. 
Аа зіпсе x days of Hensen and Darwin 
t has been recognised th 
the soi 
nit kéo contents o 
they live, yu is ci 
from e» standpoin 
stantly Ше d it is 5 mission to keep 
= Ta always in the memory of those con- 
s ago I contributed to these pages 
of these that 1 propose to 
tion in 
the present paper. 
ins at present un- 
be many worms of different 
коону, - 
€ the 
Ther still 
kinds, fne е; tiny . ач, aeris 
traeids) to the larger water w 
Fic. 55.—4 NEW GARDEN WORM : 
SPARGANOP: 
more robust e worms, in our old E 
— Mh hate en 
be hope 
fi 
studied sue carefully, ar and in on described 
oe vore dh as sica as 
new jos ince of 
Sparganophilus have been found, bát their home 
‚ and the question ke da S 
slands, 
“then о 
ie a кута of these is 
imported? From inf 
бле. 
е from Mr. Bartlett, it seems that the worm 
he sent = W. eee е tablished in the 
gardens Pencarrow, and be looked 
upon as аг Its pres ina 
Lily tank suggests that а wat 
ө the worm may roots. 
ould be glad if I ооа peed light on ihis 
nae at 
d ri very нетте en ы: 
си: Ай large w nable 
to assume that. “tt а ап Vrae tun but 
ie ч it is capable of мемар itself to the con- 
amane оГ, life which exis this country. I 
may be that many such worms o survive 
me панад 
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ог generic пате 
chang 
Sparganophilus elongatus, Friend (see Fig. 53), 
attains a length of eight inches when fully adult, 
but does not ope an eighth of an inch in dic 
meter. а thus 
more 
rm 
e 
Bg ora of 13), ae as 
early in the year for the 
worm ibit its most perfect ed con- 
dition, 1 Bend not be surprised if the girdle 
is found, later in the year, extending further 
segm 
o a too 
y of the worm is of a c NM 
g to vat 
ings 
YT 
not dors: 
others. Елер че хисаб of as makes 
the appea rance of the y worm attractive, ree enean 
bi gem it may be to the touch. 
А wi d і A" 
in Florida, closely worm 
notice in’ some particulars, "ough differing in 
others. These differences, however, are chiefly 
HILUS ELONGATUS, FRIEND. (G. GIRDLE.) 
in ‚ and can only be made out by 
pert. Benham's worm is only half as long as 
and ilies fo sed qa 
boxes, orated, essed ` 
cotta August to Cathay, ЧЫЙ, Birming- 
ham. Hilderic Fri 
wagers ee нанай. пела перт 
ions expres: correspondents.) 
Phyll istis 
on this beetle (see 
ayan Berber 
ink it right to sake this ear pros 
is a small matter. J. S. Gamble, Hi gh field, 
East Liss, 
rovement of Freesias.— 
e Impr tracts 
from an ae b 
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