[577] 'Cottage Gardener,' 1860, p. 368.

[578] 'A Review of Reports,' 1808, p. 406.

[579] 'Gardener's Chronicle,' 1853, p. 45.

[580] Isidore Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 'Hist. Nat. Gén.,' tom. iii. p. 49. On the Cochineal Insect, p. 46.

[581] Capt. Marryat, quoted by Blyth in 'Journ. Asiatic Soc. of Bengal,' vol. xxviii. p. 229.

[582] Mr. Oxley, 'Journal of the Indian Archipelago,' vol. ii., 1848, p. 645.

[583] Mr. Abbey, in 'Journal of Horticulture,' Dec. 1, 1863, p. 430.

[584] 'On Naval Timber,' 1831, p. 107.

[585] Mr. Baily, in 'The Poultry Chronicle,' vol. ii., 1854, p. 150. Also vol. i. p. 342; vol. iii. p. 245.

[586] 'Cottage Gardener,' 1855, December, p. 171; 1856, January, pp. 248, 323.