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; & at night they may be seen by the aid of a lantern crawling about, in large numbers, but with their tails still inserted in their burrows.

During the day they remain in their burrows, excepting sick individuals which are    which for some rather come wander about & die on the surface (generally these include the affected by the parasitic larvæ of a fly),

It is commonly said has often been stated   that at night earth-worms never completely leave their burrows completely of [illeg]; but this an error.

Except at the [illeg] pairing season, when for an hour or two on the evening many those hermaphrodites which inhabit adjoining burrows expose to greater part of their bodies for an hour or two in the early morning, & occasionaly with. Sick individuals, which are generaly affected by the parastic larvæ of a fly, must also be excepted, as they for some unknown reason wander

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self-fertilised plants then had the advantage; but that ultimately both the two crossed plants were at last victorious.

Summary on the Leguminosae.— Six genera in this Family were experimented on; and the results are in some respects remarkable. The crossed plants of the two species of Lupinus were conspicuously superior to the self-fertilised plants in height and fertility, and when grown under very unfavourable conditions, in vigour. The scarlet-runner (Phaseolus multiflorus) is partially sterile