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few feet only, pushing her head beneath a clod of earth or other loose 

 material; remains perfectly still as if lost in hopeless grief for many min- 

 utes.— F. G. Sanborn. 



Winter-blooming Jessamine. — This season has proved especially 

 favorable for the beautiful winter-blooming Jessamine which adorns 

 several gardens of this city. Notwithstanding the "cold snap" that 

 occurred early in December, the buds have steadily developed and are 

 now (January 15th) in full bloom. A bush, belonging to one of the 

 members of the Naturalists' Club, which has spread extensively over 

 the wall at the south-eastern corner of his house, and climbed to the 

 height of ten feet, has its multitude of gracefully drooping branches 

 literally covered with rich yellow blossoms, which, in the absence of 

 foliage and in contrast with the bright green branches, pressnt a very 

 brilliant and unique appearance, the interest of which is heightened by 

 its occurrence in the dead of winter. 



It may be of interest to some who have not given themselves the 

 trouble to investigate this highly ornamental exotic, to be informed 

 that it is of Chinese origin and was first introduced into England by 

 Robert Fortune in 1844, where it was cultivated with success, and 

 whence it has found its way to America. It was named Jasminiiim 

 nudiflormn by Dr. Lindley, and is briefly described in Loudon's Ency- 

 clopaedia of Plants ; but, strange to say, has not been enumerated in 

 any of our standard text-books, and is not even mentioned in the Pro- 

 dromus of DeCandolle. — L. F. Ward. 



The Phylloxera and Potassium Sulpho-carbonate — In a letter 

 to M. Dumas, M. Aubergier of Clermont Terraud, describes the use 

 of sulpho-carbonate of potassium to destroy the phylloxera, at an ex- 

 pense estimated a 300 francs per hectare. The fourth day after water- 

 ing with the solution, viz ; the 24th day of July, most of the insects 

 were dead. The second of August, not a single living one could be 

 found. The destruction was complete, as can be verified by M. Bal- 

 biana and Planchon, who visited the ground, and who saw the nume- 

 rous nodosities on the roots which proved the former activity of the pest. 

 M. Dumas further stated that coincident with the disappearance of the 

 phylloxera, the roots and leaves of the vines pushed forth with wonder- 

 ful luxuriance. 



