. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Fruit-culture; Gardening. THE CALIFOENIA HOKTICULTUEIST. 145 Australia, and it is not improbable that the species recently found in this harbor may belong to one of the species I have named, and have been imported on the bottom of vessels from some of the ports with which we hold commercial relations. "With the ship-worms and sea-lice op- erating as in the specimen submitted by Mr. Arnold, a most careful inspection of all submerged wood-work connected with harbor improvements on the coast, is absolutely necessary, or great loss of prope
. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Fruit-culture; Gardening. THE CALIFOENIA HOKTICULTUEIST. 145 Australia, and it is not improbable that the species recently found in this harbor may belong to one of the species I have named, and have been imported on the bottom of vessels from some of the ports with which we hold commercial relations. "With the ship-worms and sea-lice op- erating as in the specimen submitted by Mr. Arnold, a most careful inspection of all submerged wood-work connected with harbor improvements on the coast, is absolutely necessary, or great loss of property and perhaps bodily injury may ensue. So far as protecting piles by saturation with some chemical, obnox- ious to the animals referred to in this paper, and which will measurably retain said quality for a reasonable length of time, and resist neutralization by the. LlMNOBIA TEBEBBAKS. WHITE (SOLDEEE) AKT. sea-water, experiments carefully and considerately made are certainly war- ranted, and any process by which a successful result should be obtained, would justify a very considerable ex- pense, and still be good financial econ- omy. Before closing, I will mention another family of wood-eaters, the Termites, or white ants, which in some parts of the world are exceedingly destructive; they are principally confined to tropical countries. "When they attack wood- work, they form innumerable galleries, all of which lead to a central point, and in their work they seem carefully to avoid piercing the surface of the wood. Hence the articles which they have per- forated appear perfectly sound, when the slightest touch is almost sufficient to cause them to fall to ;* In connection with the depredations of the various forms of Xylophaga, it will be well to call attention to certain species of wood referred to in the paper on " Australian Forest Trees," read by me at a meeting of the Academy on the first of last In said paper, I mentioned the Eucalyptus
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