NEW WORK BY SHIRLEY HIBBERD. 



This day is publislied, illustrated with numerous Engravings, elegantly bound. 

 Price Three Shillings and Sixpence, 



THE BOOK OF THE AQUARIUM 

 AND WATEE CABINET; 



Or Practical Instructions on the Formation, Stocking, and Management, in all 

 Seasons, of Collections of Prosh-water and Marine Life. 



BY SHIRLEY HIBBERD, 



Autlior of "Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste," &c., &c. 



CONTENTS. 

 THE FRESH-WATER TANK. 



Chapter I. — What is an Aqitakium? 



The Name and Object — Philosophy of the Aquarium. 

 Chapter II. — Proper Kinds of Vessels. 



Rectangular Tanks — Construction of Tanks — Warington's Stope-back Tank — 

 Bell Grlasses and Vases — Stands for Vases. 

 Chapter III. — Fitting-up — E.ockwork. 



The Bottom — Mould — Planting — The "Water — Aspect. 

 Chapter IV. — Plants for the Aquarium. 



How to stock a Tank quickly — Selection of Plants — Water Soldier — Startwort 

 — VaUisneria — Anacharis — Myriophyllum — Potamogeton — Nuphar Lutea — 

 Pipewort — Utricularia — Isopelis — Subularia — Eanunculus — Hydrocaris — 

 Alisma — Lemna, etc. 

 Chapter V. — Pishes for the Aquarium. 



Cyprinus Carpio, Gibelio, Carassius, Auratus, Brama, Leucisus, PutUus, Albur- 

 nus, Phoxinus, Gobio, Tinea, Barbus, Barbatula, Cephalus — Percidce — Gas- 

 terosteus. 

 Chapter VI. — Reptiles, Mollusks, and Insects. 

 Chapter VII. — Selection of Stock. 

 Chapter VIII. — Gen.fral Management. 



Feeding — ConfervEe — Use of Mollusks — Objections to Mollusks — Use of Con- 

 fervoid Growths — Periodical Cleansing — Exhaustion of Oxygen — Tempera- 

 ture — Dead Specimens — Disease of Fishes. 



THE MARINE TANK. 



Chapter I. — The Vessel. 



Points in which the Marine differs from the Eiver Tank — Stained Glass. 

 Chapter II. — Fitting-up. 



The Bottom — Hocks, Arches, and Caves — The Water — Artificial Sea Water 

 — Marine Salts — Management of Artificial Water — Caution to the Uninitiated 

 — Filtering. 

 Chapter III. — Collecting Specimens. 

 Chapter IV. — The Plants. 

 Chapter V. — The Animals. 



Fishes — Mollusks — Aunelides — Zoophytes — Actinia Mesembryanthemum — An- 

 guicoma, Bellis, Gemmacea, Crassicornis, Parasitica, Dianthus, etc. 

 Chapter VI. — What is Anemone? 

 Chapter VII. — General Management. 



Grouping of Objects — Sulphuretted Hydrogen — Preservation of the Water — 

 Aeration — Filter — Decay of Plants — Death of Anemones — Removal of Ob- 

 jects — Density of the Water — Green Stain — Feeding — The Syphon — Pur- 

 chase of Specimens. 



THE WATER CABINET. 



Chapter I. — Construction of Cabinets. 



Distinctions between the Cabinet and the Aquarium — Construction of a Cabinet 

 — Glasses. 

 Chapter II. — Collecting and Arranging Specimens. 



Implements for Collecting — Nets, Jars, and Phials — Pond Fishing. 

 Chapter III. — The Stock. 

 Chapter IV. — Larva. 



The Dragon Fly— The Gnat— The Case Fly. 



T-OXnoiST: GllOOMBEIDGE AND SONS. 5, PATERNOSTER ROW. 



