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Meaning of Plant Life--Captive and domesticated germs--Solomon's observations denied by Buffon but confirmed by recent writers--Ants as keepers and germinators of corn--Ant fields--Ants growing mushrooms--Leaf-cutting ants--Plants which are guarded by insects--The African bush--Ants boarded by Acacias and by Imbauba trees--Ants kept in China and Italy--Cockchafer _v._ ant--Scale insects--A fungus which catches worms 281