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EXTRACTS. — NATURAL HISTORY. 
Acacia pubescens 
-conspicua 
- diffusa 
Andromeda buxifolia 
Azalea sinensis 
Cactus Jenkinsoui 
-Curtisii 
-new scarlet 
Calceolaria Youngii 
-and five varieties. 
-Wheelerii 
-and five varieties 
Calindrinia grandifiora 
GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
,Chironia trinerva 
Chorizema Henchmanni 
- rhombea 
Doryanthus excelsa 
Erica, sixty choice kinds 
Eutaxia Baxt£ri 
Glycine cocciuea 
Hibiscus Lindleyana 
Hovea Celsii 
- latifolia 
- linearis 
Ixora rosea 
- coccinea 
reticulata 
Kennedia monophylla longi-racemosa 
Colvillii 
Ledocarpum pedunculare 
eximia 
Malva miniata 
punctata 
Oxalis Bowieana 
excelsa 
- Deppii 
eclipse 
Ruellia Sabiniana 
elegans 
Scottia dentata 
rosa mundi 
Silane regia 
Dahliaflora 
Sollya heterophylla 
imbrieata 
Thunbergia alata 
Rawsonia speciosa 
- grandiflora 
rosa-sinensis 
- fragrans 
corallina 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
Bats of the ordinary size, are very numerous in Jamaica; they are found in 
mills and old houses, especially such as are little occupied ; they do great mis¬ 
chief in gardens, where they eat the green peas, opening the pod over each pea, 
and removing it very dexterously. Bishop Heber says, “the vampire bat of In¬ 
dia is a very harmless creature, of habits entirely different from the formidable 
idea entertained of it in England. It only eats fruit and vegetables, and indeed 
its teeth are not indicative of carnivorous habits; and from blood it turns away 
when offered to it. During the day-time, it is, of course, inert; but at night it 
is lively, affectionate, and playful, knows its keeper, but has no objection to the 
approach and touch of others.” Mr. Waterton, however, when speaking in the 
“ Wanderings” of the vampire of South America says, “ there are two species in 
Demerara, both of which suck living animals; one is rather larger than the com¬ 
mon bat, the other measures above two feet from wing to wing extended. So 
gently does this nocturnal surgeon draw the blood, that instead of being roused, 
the patient is lulled into a still profound sleep.” The larger vampire sucks 
men and other animals; the smaller seems to confine itself chiefly to birds.— 
Mag. Nat. Ilist. 
