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kingdom than that between the pineapple and 
fe the Southern moss which drapes our subtropi- 
cal trees. And yet the discriminating eye of 
the botanical analyst readily detects their 
close kinship, and places them side by 
side. My knowledge of the Southern 
flora and fauna is limited. I do not 
happen to know of any insect that 
inhabits the swinging fringe of the 
bayou, but if any there be I should 
confidently expect its discovery also 
upon the leaves of the pine- 
apple. There is, indeed, 
scarcely a single family of 
plants without its responsi- 
ble specialist among the in- 
sect tribes. We have already 
noted a number of such, and 
the list of ready authorities 
is doubtless as complete 
throughout this primal su- 
preme botany as in the 
modern human infringement. 
Among these orders not al- 
ready mentioned is the Willow 
family —the poplars and _ wil- 
lows being interchangeable as 
the choice of many insects. 
The great Composite have 
" many experts, likewise the 
oak pink, polygonum, mint, and 
vanunculus. There are many dis- 
‘ ea ciples of the Rose—keen senses 
that discover it in the apple, cherry, 
plum, hawthorn bramble, cinquefoil, 
spirea, and strawberry. The Apple-tree moth 
A RANDOM POSY, ‘ 
