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Thuret’s thirst for knowledge. He associated himself 
with Dr. Bornet, P nona hed himself at Cherbourg 
in November, 1852. The demonstration of the sexuality 
ее, a p on the va Lactuca an 
researches on th i 
overy of ed E ori ed: о 
hey are not 
friend and e 
undertook the publication of his list of the ‘seaweeds 
of Cherbourg, he found in et an assistant and 
i t. 
mpaired 
th of Е doces 
ed a shore rich in ew æ, and i 
adm iate асное: seemed to him & осиб | site 
ilt there a house, a 1 
00 
mandy, M. Thuret’s health bec 
that d was comp e to livei i the Sou 
ld 
g 
oa is Nar equalled ру, pr 
copical obse now prese 
additional illustration (fig. 7 id F many mer 
M. Thuret's delicate health prevented him from fol- 
lowing his microscopica 5. therefore 
i 
а evergreen, and which flowered fro ctober 
une. In spite а via байо, he collected 
more than He k particular care to 
have his We named; sou ght for each the 
situation bes appeared uoo rad and had them 
plan ex Le 5 own inspectio 
The ноба we have already given, and the 
incidental notices in vo i and iii, and else- 
where, wil show that "this diria has 
Australian aspect, rom the numbe 
In fac 
arka ble 3 Europe, and 
in its own special department quite unrivalled. 
On the re t of his health M. Thuret 
resumed his studies, E 
he passed two or three months at the seas 
erifying the smallest details, the 
desire ы аек need з е and verify his 
tions over and o 
always "incomplete, t the “аййсану of expressing him- 
nt ith satisfaction to himself—difficulties which 
Ted 
еу are of such a MAY that little else is left 
о, m. it Mee P them be truly said Non multa 
hi multu 
The i 
limited to 
arrival in Provence that M. 
founded | his Flora of vp maritime Alps. 
M. inet took uet: interest in histo 
and the fine arts ; eatly interested in the 
кае questions, both d theological Pid "cm iastical, 
hic ате now exciting so M att n in зал 
and ne е: eg eoque 
arti 
EC Rye 
d vog ki ne mos 
Careful in not allowing his generosity to be 
made public, he. ос ел to the letter the меи of 
e Баң he aot to let the le ow what 
that М. Th y In fine, w preso c wk word 
€ furnished a type of a savant and a 
B To th, та. аа eget fitly add the portrait of Dr. 
late y ow-labourer of Thuret. Of 
рык m o combined their researches n 
plants, and in maintenance 
garden ; while Dr, An Бони skill asa y her, 
de ograp: 
of which our readers have had examples, 
the silken cocoons, 
tioned Бу Rosel) are not spun by the larvee. 
enabled him to kee p Релиз records of a large 
number of the more intere sting plants in the garden, 
in which both were so much interested. 
Natural mee i 
PULEX IRRITANS, or the common Flea, and several 
of the allied роон though LÁ injurious to vegetable 
cially unpleasant to ышы 
once in existence, however m their presence may 
be реч ignored, nage powers of annoyance do 
not rest her 9 por ет r ne of their 
a iat Hey 
1 
irt and we 
he nd rags, however, are the more congenial 
locality-neglecied ‘straw and d ust, và — of 
ome of dom m especiall 
in 
Ер 
et 
9. 
able insect visitations of the garden, that, as far 
Pob. it may be kept in check, 
HE //, 
y Ett 
^ n ea н is = well known for all general 
require description, its peculiar 
fealty compressed fonk, dark brown and shiny 
Heic EEG d the activity of its sudden priae: 
usually at Pers showing and removing its prese 
whilst мае two pair of thoracic scales which represent 
the absen , the adaptation of the posterior pair 
the peculiarities of structure 
sucking ien, tus by which it effects its 
require t the aid ofa magnifying glass to make them 
out clearly. 
The female of P. те is pee by Professor 
Ко ucing 
тее white eggs of oval shape, from wbich, after the 
creia of six days in summer and a longer peri 
in pom ere creeps hi — тт ce about 
half a in length, which, after its full 
growth, spins a a vem from which rides 
da t 
larva: of the dog flea may be — only too 
oman, where a 
o lie in his sisters room during 
his occasional visits in household parlance, ** 
bo ite worm-like grubs coincided 
cripti 
under my own | 
Of the numerous species of нз the genus is com- 
nl t with in England, 
other animals have 
ea, ‘but com ing little in contact with 
human industry, give no personal annoyan d i 
the case of the mole the specially large flea is so 
difficult ipee: as to be popularly supposed to 
live solitar 
The food of the flea grub is various, the scraps of 
hair, wool, feathers, and such like matters accumulat- 
nd other locali 
1 attractive ; 
and the Амен of flea visitation with which I hav 
et wa Е ard, where the 
y the accumulations of 
ad been et, not X properly cleared away 
for : pei emen length of 
uch cases an ralis pa at om y in the 
first | Шеше к and the removal of rs 
if they have been allowed to collect, is nw e preventive 
or the cure, followed up by th orough washings with 
ling up cracks a 
E water, lime washings, fil 
chinks in floors or walls, a 
Dog- шен, which o 
may be su 
dimit will always more or less 
Still, clearing away all har arbouring mee 
gene neral —— to qo m all the details, will do 
much to them 
For pers od г б still, pe in the days of Tusser, 
the rule holds good :— 
** Where chamber is swept, and Wormwood i is strewn, 
No flea for his life dare abide to be known." 
It is said that Ragusa enjoys an immunity from 
fleas on account of the cattle being littered down with 
Wor d, a icall ngst ou b 
whether used as er or in sprays fresh from the 
bush, the use of wood is a great defence, and 
bunch of leaves carried in some part of the dress, or 
laid in a handkerchief beneath the pillow, is often 
rive — ese unpleasant intruders, 
ack our арни 
ome point of Meer to all in their itque 
om od of 
koe aided observa 
esence dins neg 
only to T it under notice with a view to tope 
in check, О. 
Apiary 
BEESWAX AND COMBs, — I find many strange 
notions still prevail tds the present race of bee- 
k hough th 
eepers, alt ere are a p s — of 
n; intelligent who take pide n their 
apiary. Many of our cottage tt кө hold the 
antiquated and rather crude notion that a 
or the co 
ri open flowers, botanicall 
ave at once either кор to t 
learned it from 
Айше мө t truth, worthy of notice and of 
thought - all who care to make their apiary profit- 
ist 
h ‘it can be made from common brown sugar. 
Vhe осу is hived should, for about a 
