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Published by Greombridge and Sons. 
NEW WORK BY SHIRLEY HIBBERD. 
Illustrated with numerous Engrayings, elegantly bound, 
price 3s. 6d., 
THE BOOK OF THE AQUARIUM 
AND WATER CABINET: 
Or Practical Instructions on the Formation, Stocking, and Management in 
all Seasons, of Collections of Fresh-water and Marine Life, 
BY SHIRLEY HIBBERD, 
Author of ‘* Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste,” etc., etc. 
CONTENTS. 
TEEH FRESH-WATER TANK. 
CuarTeR I.—Wuarisan Aquarium? The Name and Object—Philosophy 
of the Aquarium. 
CuarTer I].—Proper Kinps or Vesssets. Rectangdlar Tanks—Con- 
struction of Tanks—Warington’s Stope-back Tank—Bell Glasses and 
Vases—Stands for Vases. 
Cuapren Ill.—Firrine-up—Rockxworx. The Bottom—Mould—Planting 
—The Water— Aspect. 
CuarPTer IV.—Prants FORTHE AQUARIUM. How tostock a Tank quickly— 
Selection of Plants—Water Soldier — Startwort— Vallisneria—Ana- 
charis — Myriophyllum — Potamogeton— Nuphar Lutea— Pipewort— 
Utricularia — Isopelis—Subularia—Ranunculus—Hy drocaris—Alisma— 
Lemna, ete. 
CHAPTER V.—FISHES FOR THE Aquarium. Cyprinus Carpio, Gibelio, 
Carassius, Auratus, Brama, Leucisus, Rutilus, Alburnus, Phoxinns, 
Gobio, Tinca, Barbus, Barbatula, Cephalus— Percidee—Gasterosteus. 
Cuaprer VI.—ReEprinEs, MoLtusks, AnD IysEcts. 
Cuaprer VII.—SrtEction oF Stock. 
Cuapter VIII.—Grenzrat ManaGEMENT. Feeding—Conferve—Use of 
Mollusks—Objections to Mollusks—Use of Confervoid Growths—Peri- 
odical Cleansing—Exhaustion of Oxygen—Temperature—Dead Speci- 
mens—Disease of Fishes. 
THE MARINE TANK, 
Cuapter I.—Tur Vesset. Points in which the Marine differs from the 
River Tank—Stained Glass. 
Cuapter II.—Firring-up. The Bottom—Rocks, Arches, and Caves—The 
Water—Artificial Sea Water—Marine Salts—Management of Artificial 
Water—Cantion to the Uninitiated—Filtering. 
Cuapter III.—Cottecting SPECIMENS. 
Cuarter [V.—THE PLANTs. 
Cuaprer V.—THE Antmazs. Fishes—Mollusks—Annelides—Zoophytes— 
Actinia Mesembryanthemum—Anguicoma, Bellis, Gemmacea, Crassicor- 
nis, Parasitica, Dianthus, etc. 
Carter VI.—WuHart Is ANEMONE? 
Cuaprer VII.—GeneRrat MaAnaGEeMENnT. Grouping of Objects—Sulphu- 
retted Hydrogen—Preservation of the Water—Aeration—Filter—Decay 
of Plants—Death of Anemones—Removal of Objects—Density of the 
Water—Green Stain-—Feeding—The Syphon—Purchase of Specimens, 
THE WATER CABINET. 
Cuapter I.—Construcrion or Cazinets. Distinctions between the Cabi- 
net and the Aquarium—Construction of a Cabinet—Glasses. 
Cuaprter II.—Co.Lizetinc anp ARRANGING SpEctmENS. Implements for 
Collecting Nets, Jars, and Phials—Pond Fishing. 
Cuaprer IIl.—Tue Stock. 
CuaprTEr 1V.—Larva. The Dragon Fly—The Gnat—The Case Fly. 
