
AQUARIUM SOCIETIES 

AQUARIUM SOCIETIES 
Europeans apparently interest themselves more in the study of Natural 
History than Americans. The middle and more educated classes devote 
much of their leisure to pursuits which take them far afield for healthful 
exercise, agreeable diversion from the cares of business and every day ex- 
istence, and pleasant mental occupation. ‘This particularly applies to the 
Germans, their elementary schools devoting considerable attention to sub- 
jects which foster in the minds of the children a desire for information and 
research. The beginning of the pursuit may be some chance animal or 
plant noticed during a ramble and taken to the home, there to awaken a 
desire for further information of its habits. This interest then grows and 
often culminates in the establishment of a household collection of animals 
and plants, sometimes far in advance of what would satisfy the more 
practical-minded citizen of the United States. 
The outcome of this desire for a glimpse of nature in the household 
is a very large number of popular societies devoted to various branches 
of nature study, among them many Aquarium Societies. Every larger 
city of Germany has one or more of these of which the best-known are: 
Verband der Aquarien und Terrarien Fretinde, Berlin. 
Verein fur Aquarienfreunde, Berlin. 
Triton, Berlin. 
Elodea, Berlin-Moabit. 
Nymphe alba, Berlin. 
Lotus, Vienna. 
Humboldt, Hamburg. 
Salvinia, Hamburg. 
Nymphea, Leipzig. 
Wasserrose, Dresden. 
Isis, Munich. 
Sagittaria, Keeln. 
Hottonia, Darmstadt. 
Ulva, Kiel. 
Heros, Nurnberg. 
Tausendblatt, Plauen 1. V. 
Vallisneria, Magdeburg. 
Nerthus, Braunschweig. 
Brehm, Gelsenkirchen. 
Aquaria, Zwickau. 
Verein fur Volkstumliche Naturkunde, Stettin. 
Verein fur Aquarien und Terrarienkunde, Dortmund, and others. 
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