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EUSTIC ADORNMENTS 



FOR 



HOMES OF TASTE, 



AND 



RECREATIONS FOR TOWN-FOLK IN THE STUDY AND IMITATION OF NATURE. 



BY SHIRLEY HIBBERD. 



PRINCIPAL CONTENTS: 



1. THE HOME OF TASTE. 



2. MARINE AaUARIUM. 



Zoology of the Deep— Construction of Tanks 

 Filling and Stocking Aquaria — Artificial 

 Sea-water — Management of Collections — 

 Anecdotes and Memorabilia. 



3. FRESH-WATER ACITJARIUM. 



Filling and Stocking — Itockwork and Aqua- 

 tic Plants — Aquatic Ferneries — Lists for 

 Plants for Aquaria — Fishes, Mollusks, 

 and Reptilia — Secrets of Success — Cheap 

 forms of Aquaria — Balance of Influences. 



4. WARDIAN CASE AND WIN- 



. TER GARDEN. 



Philosophy of the Wardian Case — Modes of 

 Constructing Cases— Ferns in Eooms — 

 Flowers in Wardian Cases — Designs, 

 Measurements, and Embellishments — 

 Crystal Palaces for Homos — Fern Vases — 

 Flasks and Pots — Application of Heat to 

 Cases— List of Plants for Large and Small 

 Cases. 



5. THE WALTONIAN CASE. 



In-door Hothouse — Conservatory, Window, 

 and Greenhouse Plants — How to Strike 



Cuttings. 



6. FLORAL ORNAMENTS -FOR 



THE TABLE AND WINDOW. 



Teaching of Flowers — Vases for Cut Flowers 

 — Modes of Pi-cserving Cut Flowers— 

 Boquet Stands — Flower Stages for the 

 Window— Crystal Palace Baskets— Cul- 

 ture of Suspended Plants — Lists of 

 Plants for Suspension — Trellises inside 

 Windows — A Gay Look-Out — Plant 

 Screens and Floral Blinds — Rustic Bal- 

 conies — Plants on Wirework. 



7. THE AVIARY. 



Bird Gossip — Designs for Aviaries — Prin- 

 ciples of their Construction — German 

 Cages — German Aviaries — Precautions 

 against Diseases — Grouping of Birds in 

 Families — Feeding — Taming — Manage- 

 ment. 



8. THE BEE-HOUSE. 



Pleasures and Advantages of Bee-keeping 

 — Wonders of the Hive — Construction of 

 Apiaries— Humane Management — Stocks, 

 Swarms, Hiving, and Depriving — Honey 

 Harvest — Bee-keeping in Towns. 



9. THE PLEASURE GARDEN. 



Taste in Gardening — Modes of Laying Out 

 — Scenic Effects — Terraces — Banks — Wa- 

 ter and Itockwork — Contrasts of Colours 

 and Landscape Uses of Flowers — Plants 

 for Pleasure Gardens — Geometric Beds — 

 Lawns — Roses and Evergreens — Bulbs — 

 Lists of Plants — General Management of 

 Border and Bedding Flowers. 



10. GARDEN AaUARIUM AND 



WATER SCENERY. 



Construction of Ponds and Fountains — De- 

 signs for Fountains — Planting and Stock- 

 ing — Ornamental Waters — Lists of Plants 

 for Water Scenes — Rockery and Wilder- 

 ness — A Nook of Coolness and Verdure — 

 Rules for securing Success. 



11. FERNERY. 



Situation and necessary Elements — Soil, 

 Planting, and General Management — 

 Shade and Moisture — Fems for Open-air 

 and Greenhouse Culture — Foreign Ferns 

 — Ferns in Pots — Fern Gardens made 

 Easy — Lists of Ferns for various Aspects 

 and Effects. 



12. EMBELLISHMENTS OF THE 



GARDEN. 



Vases and the Way to Plant them — Rustic 

 Baskets and Garden Seats — Pavilions and 

 Summer Houses — Bark, Thatch, Root, 

 and Moss Houses — Portable Summer 

 House — Flowers for Trellises, Baskets, 

 and Tree Stumps— Miscellaneous Garden 

 Ornaments — Last Words on Rustic Adorn- 

 ments and Out-door Pursuits. 



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THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF 



THE EYE, 



IIXTJSTBATIVE OF THE POWER, WISDOM, AND GOODNESS OF GOD. 



BY SPENCER THOMSON, M.D. 



"Blends, very effectively, the experimental knowledge which might be looked for from so eminent an 

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"The purpose of this work is excellent, and the manner of its execution equally scientific. Dr. Thomson 

 enters at a considerable length into the anatomy and physiology of the eye, in the same manner which 

 Sir Charles Bel] so admirably followed in hia Bridgewater Treatise upon the Human Hand. In this, as 

 in that ease, the desire is to illustrate the power, wisdom, and goodness of the Creator, and the success 

 of the one is commensurate with the worth of the other."— Bell's Messenger. 



