Published by Grcombridge and Sons. 

 NEW WORK BY SHIRLEY HIBBERD. 



Illustrated with numerous Eugravingg, elegantly bound, 

 price 3s. 6d., 



THE BOOK OF THE AQTJAEIUil 



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 "Eustic Adornments for Homes of Taste," etc., etc. 



CONTENTS, 



TEE FIlESH-"WATEil TANK. 



Chapter I.— What is as- Aquakium ? The Ifame and Object — Philosophy 

 of the Aquarium. 



Chaptek II. — Pkopek Kixds ov Vessels. Eectangrflar Tanks— Con- 

 struction of Tanks — ^Yariagton's Stope-back Tank — Bell Glasses and 

 Yases — Stands for Vases. 



CflAPTEu III. — FiTTixG-up— EocKWOBK. The Bottom — Mould— Planting 

 — The Water— Aspect. 



Chaptee IV.— Plaxts foktheAqtjaeicm. How to stock a Tank quickly — 

 Selection of Plants— Water Soldier — Startwort— Vallisneria — Ana- 

 charis — Myriophyllum — Potamogeton — Xuphar Lutea — Pipewort — 

 TJtricularia — Isopelis — Subularia — Eanunculus — Hydrocaris — Alisma — 

 Lemna, etc. 



Chapter V. — Fishes for the AQUAEirsi. Cyprinus Carpio, Gibelio, 

 Carassius, Auratus, Brama, Leucisus, Eutilus, Alburnus, Phoidnus, 

 Gobio, Tinea, Barbus, Barbatula, Cephalus— Percida; — Gasterosteus. 



Chapter VI,— Eeptiles, Mollusks, a^d I>-sects. 



Chapteb VII. — Sei.ectioj^' of Stock. 



Chapter VIII.— General Maxagement. Feeding— Confervas— Use of 

 Mollusks — Objections to Mollusks — Use of Confervoid Growths — Peri- 

 odical Cleansing— Exhaustion of Oxygen — Temperature — Dead Speci- 

 mens — Disease of Fishes. 



THE MAEIInTE TANK. 



Chapter I. — The Vessel. Points in which the Marine differs firom the 

 Eiver Tank — Stained Glass. 



Chapter II. — Fittiitg-up. The Bottom — Eocks, Arches, and Cares — The 

 Water — Artificial Sea Water — Marine Salts — Management of Artificial 

 Vi^ater — Caution to the Uninitiated — Filtering. 



Chapter III= — Collecting Specimens. 



Chapter IV. — The Plants. 



Chapter V. — The Animals. Fishes — Mollusks — Annelides — Zoophytes — 

 Actinia Mesembryantheuium — Anguicoma, Bellis, Gemmacea, Crassicor- 

 nis. Parasitica, Dianthus, etc. 



Chapter VI. — What is Anemone ? 



Chapter VII.— General Management. Grouping of Objects — Sulphu- 

 retted Hydrogen — Preservation of the Water — Aeration — Filter — Decay 

 of Plants — Death of Anemones — Eemoval of Objects — Density of the 

 Water— Green Stain— Feeding— The Syphon— Piu-chase of Specimens. 



THE -WATER CABINET. 



Chapter I. — Constkection of Cabinets. Distinctions between the Cabi- 

 net and the Aquarium — Construction of a Cabinet — Glasses. 



Chapter II. — Collecting and Arranging Specimens. Implements for 

 Collecting Xets, Jars, and Phials — Pond Fishing. 



Chapter III.— The Stock, 



Chapter IV.— Larva. The Dragon Flv— The Gnat— The Case Ylv. 



