170 GLAUCUS; OR, 
white lumps of jelly, which will expand in salt water 
into exquisite sea-anemones, of quite different forms 
from any which we have found along the rocks. One 
of them will certainly be the Dianthus,! which will 
open into a furbelowed flower, furred with innumer- 
able delicate tentacula; and in the centre a mouth 
of the most delicate orange, the size of the whole 
animal being perhaps eight inches high and five 
across. Perhaps it will be of a satiny grey, perhaps 
pale rose, perhaps pure white ; whatever its colour, it 
is the very maiden queen of all the beautiful tribe, 
and one of the loveliest gems with which it has 
pleased God to bedeck this lower world. 
These and much more you will find on the scal- 
lops, or even more plentifully on any lump of ancient 
oysters; and if you do not dredge, it would be well 
worth your while to make interest with the fish- 
monger for a few oyster lumps, put into water the 
moment they are taken out of the trawl. Divide 
them carefully, clear out the oysters with a knife, 
and put the shells into your aquarium, and you will 
1 There are very fine specimens in the Crystal Palace, 
