432 THE 
GARDENERS 
CAYRONICEE, 
fibre, o. pai Sveitin in the fibre after treatment with 
Selena a 0.2 
I had a to be able to give an analysis of the 
Jute Bast in the condition in which it is removed from 
the 
dust ae the 
mployed to make silk hats, and the waste 
fibre yields an aebllehe pulp for ‘the inaitte, 
Fie. 89,—1, ILEX 
preps of = with bright org = be apr 
nd woven into what are kn 
tic is produced at Fi more 
w Paper 
t the late meeting of = British 
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AZALEA VISCOSA . A FLY: 
CATCH 
i -Ugni this van Mr. Ew. W. Bailey gives the 
Bas. N. alit the current number ot the 
so Th repeal us observations 
atts: e fiycatchore ee 
published Ba: in 
Beare ves teed 
my forest : 
n to all botat ; i Sweet swam 
ea viscosa corolla covered on the 
innumerable clammy and gla andular h — 
a prolongation of the cuticle, an 
a eta and i Á" gland. 
ap 
ie the bud 
whole s 
h 
urface of the 
are 
I have been a 
„apparent y cruel occupation 
considered entertaining, in ing the & capture of 
es by the Azaleas, When g frst brought the flowers 
home, many small tase re as a ants 
trapped amidst the hairs. The 
alive severa hi 
dom. 
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orse, as other legs were by this means brought in con- 
tact with the glands. These emit long glairy threads, 
which fasten to the hairs of the flies’ s' legs. ‘They may be 
drawn out to a great agg th and tenuity, still retaining 
their strength. If two buds are presse ether, 
en drawn apart ANE threads may be seen to 
bind them. There isa complete network of them between 
the various glands, They will confine the strongest fly ; 
is at once held like Gulliver among ili 
a ho rera 
lifted a Hewes bodily from the windeweaitl; perhaps a 
| quarter of an inch, but at once sank back exhausted 
Tmt 
amidst the hairs. One, after long efforts, Tora ae 
seemed incapable ‘remy its legs ; it flew awa ay readily, 
i I fi e 
d i nice purp 
merely diate the 1 facts as I have observed the 
others can supply fufther information. 
MH 
THE COMMON HOLLY AND 
ITS VARIETIES, —]I. 
THOUGH eae popular and se = its 
inary fo evergreen s 
em ; perhaps 
ord though 
appreciated in regard to a an r 
ere are, we w persons com- 
ively, amongst those w 
hardy shrubs, ch are full 
of variety that we 
Holly, and from 
ergreen whose beauty is 
tot its flowers, at 
e grou 
= invite especial, attention to ae 
is point of view 
dutiede from its foliage, 
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AQUIFOLIUM NOBILIS ; 2, I, AQUIFOLIUM GRANDIFOLIA, 
So much is this the a 
| ane re with it 
cs a wrie 
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0 
a woodcut, 
ë offer are the result of a wal 
i ich collection i 
and char. of their s 
of varieties, called Black Hollies in the : 
ave the of the young shoo 
ark 
most Shabace diate) of a 
ed to 
ho 
unable to 
them, of breed “bashed and purl 
sented in plants grown and kno 
pos. We propose to take the "yeni 
A. LEAVES GREEN. 
? Side ts divariodts, debs, Vi 
inches 
aves large, 3 
