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tree, and builds its cocoon upon currant bushes ; 2. The Ailante, whose food is the 
Ailanthus glandulosa or Japan varnish tree, a very hardy tree, suited to our climate ; 
and 3. The common silk-worm, which feeds on the white mulberry. Caterpillars 
and moths are very beautiful insects, and those we have had under consideration 
are particularly so. We have heard some people scream at a caterpillar and ex- 
claim that they could not touch it. We grant you there are some things in nature 
that are not very loveable, but these moths we have been considering I think would 
satisfy the most fastidious, especially when we reflect upon the lines of the poet 
that :— 
" We all are creeping worms of earth. 
Some are silk-worms, great by birth ; 
Glow-worms some, that shine by night ; 
Slow-worms others, apt to bite ; 
Some are muck-worms, slaves to wealth ; 
Maw-worms some, that wrong the health ; 
Some to the world no good willers, 
Canker-worms and caterpillars, 
Found about the earth we're crawling, 
And for a sorry life we're sprawling. 
Putrid stuff we suck which fills us, 
Death then sets his foot and kills us. 
Kingston, Ca., 15th Feb., 1861. 
ON THE HUBBARD SQUASH. 
Br Thomas Beiggs, Jk. 
This Squash, of which two fine specimens were exhibited to the meeting, was 
described by Mr. Briggs as having a thick hard shell or skin, when fully ripe, of a 
dark dull green color, sometimes with stripes of light green or lead color thereon. 
The flesh is of a rich golden yellow, fine grained, compact and dry, flavor delicious, 
and of first quality. It is superior to the Boston marrow, and there is no squash of 
which I have any knowledge that equals it in s^Ycctncss, firmness of grain, or in keep- 
ing qualities It is not a large squash ; its usual weight is from six to eight pounds, 
sometimes as heavy as twelve to sixteen pounds with good cultivation. In shape 
(as will be seen by the samples accompanying this,) it is a little elongated, and has 
always a small tapering point at the top, slightly twisted and turned aside. One of 
the many good qualities of this squash is that it keeps well during the winter ; it is 
