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difS 



e 



cult 



^^ ^rak ;, 



y 



o 



ur 



t 







uire 



greater 



» ers of 

 bablv i 



ama- 



y in this 



al 



e 



parts of 



:iucila';e, ia 



iiu- 



for the 

 s clafs of in- 

 bod. Surely 

 iture, as by 

 without 

 ds, feeds, or 



ire 



yet em 



jued 



prov 



ided for 



: of the Au- 

 Dther to her 



fure 



ea 



res pi 

 :eiving i^ • 

 ed vyith ths 

 ■f feafonsi^ 



. farln3) 



or 



nau 



chi^oi 



le 



rt an 



ferve5> 

 ift "P 



that 



fccun 



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m 



VI. 7 



SECRETIONS 



t 



J 



Jluft to be wafhed away by the rains ; a fcarcity 



r 



prod 



in wet 



fummers; hence the neceffity of a careful ch 



f feed 



heat ; as that, which had not received the duft of the anthers, w 

 not t'l-ow, though it may appear well to the eye. 



a A fobftance fimilar to this is faid to be collefted from e.tenfi 

 ^inderwoods of the ciftus labdatuferus in fonae eaftera countr.es by th 



fineul 



contrivance ; long leathern th 



D 



d to 



P 



and 



dra^'wn over the flowers of thefe (hrubs about noon, which th- 



or refin with part of the anther duft, which adh 



■ 



le£l the wax 

 the leath 



d is occafionally fcraped off for ufe 



Thu 



pt that (he 



M 



fome de-ree the depredation of the bee is imitated, exce 

 loads her thighs only with the anther-duft, which accord 

 Tohn Hunter conftitutes the bee-bread found in hives for the fupport 



of the larva or bee-magg 

 conftriiaion of her combs 

 vend 



and that (he fwallows the wax for th 

 well as the honey for her winter pro 



3 



. «nd thus every way injures the fecundity of fl 



A wax in America is obtained from the myrica cerifera, candle 



berry my 

 feparate 



., the berries of which are boiled in water, and the wax 

 The feeds of the croton febiferum are lodged in a kind of 



ves the 



like the 



tallow; hi both thefe plants the wax or tallow probably fe 

 purpofe of preferving the immature feeds from moill: 

 oil found in flax-feed, rape-feed, and in many kernels, they may con- 

 ilitute in part the nouriQimeiit of the new plant. 



It muft neverthelefs be obferved, that Mr. Sparman fufpeds, that 



en wax-like fubftance on the berries of the myrica cerifera is 



th 



45 



And D 



depofited by infeas. Voyage to the Cape, V. I. p 



Halde defcribes a white wax made by infeds in great quantity round 



the branches of a tree in China, which is called Tong-tiin. Defcnpt. 



of China, V.I. -p. 230. And laftly, fir G. Staunton mentions a white 



wax on a plant in Cochin-China, which he believes to be ftrewed on 



the plant in the form of white powder, which has this finaular pro 



,perty, 



that one part of this white powder mixed with three parts of 



M 



olive 



