Their [aphids'] punctures of the leaves of peach and nectarine trees in the vernal months; and of cherry, plum, and currant-trees in the summer, produce a swelling and elevation of the cuticle of the leaf on its upper side, and consequent curling of it with its upper surface outwards, which terminates in a destruction of it, …

In virtue of treaties four ports have been thrown open to commerce, Tanshui and Kelung on the north, and Takao and Taiwang-foo on the W. side.

Protocol A was used for osmylating all T’s, and Protocol B for osmylating all T’s and C’s in an Oligo.

The specimen bore no flowers or seeds, but has been recognised as Blue Weed or Paterson′s Curse (Echium plantagineum).