﻿INDEX. 
  

  

  [Note. 
  — 
  The 
  references 
  are 
  

  

  Armstrong, 
  "William 
  32, 
  34 
  

  

  Bacteria, 
  food 
  for 
  oyster 
  fry 
  7 
  

  

  Beaufort, 
  experiments 
  at 
  33 
  

  

  Blackford, 
  Eugene 
  G 
  34,36 
  

  

  Bouchon-Brandely, 
  G 
  3, 
  17 
  

  

  Brooks, 
  Prof. 
  W. 
  K 
  3, 
  5, 
  9, 
  11, 
  17, 
  34, 
  36, 
  38 
  

  

  on 
  oyster 
  culture 
  32 
  

  

  Brush 
  as 
  collectors 
  3, 
  39 
  

  

  Canals 
  for 
  spat 
  culture 
  13, 
  26 
  

  

  area 
  of 
  27 
  

  

  Cherrystone 
  River, 
  oyster 
  culture 
  5,10,15 
  

  

  Chips 
  as 
  collectors 
  23 
  

  

  Cohasset, 
  experiments 
  at 
  4, 
  5, 
  9, 
  10, 
  15 
  

  

  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor, 
  experiments 
  at 
  34, 
  36 
  

  

  Collectors, 
  apparatus 
  used 
  - 
  33, 
  34 
  

  

  best 
  materials 
  for 
  21 
  

  

  care 
  of 
  receptacles 
  for 
  29 
  

  

  covered 
  with 
  lime 
  or 
  cement 
  ... 
  20 
  

  

  form 
  of 
  receptacles 
  for 
  23 
  

  

  fry 
  on 
  under 
  side 
  6 
  

  

  method 
  of 
  handling 
  receptacles. 
  28 
  

  

  method 
  of 
  placing 
  13 
  

  

  old 
  forms, 
  inefficient 
  31 
  

  

  position 
  of 
  4 
  

  

  position 
  of 
  receptacles 
  for 
  28 
  

  

  size 
  of 
  receptacles 
  for 
  28 
  

  

  surfaces 
  must 
  be 
  clean 
  4, 
  5, 
  18 
  

  

  used 
  in 
  Europe 
  18 
  

  

  Coloration 
  of 
  valves 
  38 
  

  

  Coste, 
  Prof. 
  P 
  2 
  

  

  Cunningham, 
  J. 
  T 
  37,38 
  

  

  Currents, 
  effects 
  of 
  8 
  

  

  Decaisne, 
  researches 
  of 
  40, 
  41 
  

  

  Density 
  of 
  water 
  6 
  

  

  Distribution 
  according 
  to 
  depth 
  6, 
  18 
  

  

  along 
  the 
  coast 
  7 
  

  

  Embryos, 
  destruction 
  of 
  9 
  

  

  swimming 
  at 
  surface 
  32 
  

  

  Enemies 
  of 
  young 
  oysters 
  31 
  

  

  Fay.J.S 
  11 
  

  

  Fertilization, 
  use 
  of 
  artificial 
  9,19 
  

  

  Filters, 
  objections 
  to 
  use 
  1 
  

  

  Fixation, 
  curious 
  instance 
  of 
  second 
  37 
  

  

  effect 
  of 
  currents 
  9 
  

  

  takes 
  place 
  by 
  left 
  valve 
  37 
  

  

  where 
  occurring 
  4 
  

  

  Food 
  of 
  oysters 
  7,33 
  

  

  Fortress 
  Monroe, 
  conditions 
  at 
  10, 
  15, 
  17 
  

  

  Fry, 
  adhering 
  to 
  lower 
  side 
  of 
  collectors 
  6 
  

  

  going 
  through 
  steam-pump 
  unharmed. 
  5 
  

  

  Greening 
  of 
  oysters 
  8,40 
  

  

  Growth 
  on 
  collectors 
  39 
  

  

  Hampton 
  Creek, 
  oysters 
  in 
  mouth 
  32 
  

  

  Heilprin, 
  Prof. 
  Angelo 
  37 
  

  

  [431 
  

  

  to 
  page-figures 
  in 
  brackets.] 
  

  

  Page. 
  

  

  Huxley, 
  Prof. 
  T.H 
  3T, 
  38 
  

  

  Jetties 
  in 
  canals 
  14 
  

  

  Kemmerer, 
  Doctor 
  20 
  

  

  Lankester, 
  Prof. 
  E. 
  Ray 
  40,41 
  

  

  Long 
  Island 
  Sound, 
  oyster 
  culture 
  in 
  6, 
  15, 
  16 
  

  

  McDonald, 
  Marshall 
  3,4,17 
  

  

  Marennin, 
  name 
  for 
  greening 
  principle 
  41 
  

  

  Mather, 
  Fred 
  5,34,36 
  

  

  Mobjack 
  Bay, 
  oyster 
  bed 
  10 
  

  

  Monads, 
  food 
  for 
  oyster 
  fry 
  7,8 
  

  

  Mya 
  arenaria 
  40 
  

  

  Natural 
  banks, 
  nuclei 
  of 
  10 
  

  

  position 
  of 
  10 
  

  

  Navicula 
  ostrearia 
  40, 
  41 
  

  

  Ostreaangulata 
  3 
  

  

  edulis 
  2 
  

  

  virginica 
  3,39 
  

  

  Oyster 
  collectors 
  used 
  2 
  

  

  Oyster 
  culture, 
  elementary 
  principles 
  4 
  

  

  sketch 
  of 
  experiments 
  1 
  

  

  threestages 
  19 
  

  

  Oyster-shells 
  as 
  collectors 
  2, 
  21, 
  30 
  

  

  how 
  fall 
  on 
  bottom 
  22, 
  29, 
  38 
  

  

  Oyster 
  spat, 
  method 
  of 
  obtaining 
  1 
  

  

  Ponds 
  for 
  spat 
  culture 
  13, 
  26 
  

  

  areaof 
  27 
  

  

  Potsherds 
  as 
  collectors 
  22 
  

  

  Practicability 
  of 
  new 
  method 
  24 
  

  

  Puys6gur, 
  researches 
  of 
  40, 
  41 
  

  

  Ravenel, 
  William 
  de 
  C 
  36 
  

  

  Rice.HenryJ 
  3 
  

  

  Rowe, 
  H. 
  C 
  2,7,8,31 
  

  

  Saint 
  Jerome 
  Creek, 
  experiments. 
  ..4, 
  17, 
  18, 
  20, 
  36 
  

  

  location 
  for 
  spat 
  culture 
  15 
  

  

  Sediment 
  injurious 
  to 
  spat 
  22 
  

  

  Slates 
  as 
  collectors 
  3, 
  21 
  

  

  Spat, 
  abundance 
  on 
  natural 
  banks 
  .- 
  38 
  

  

  Spat 
  culture 
  adapted 
  to 
  canals 
  12 
  

  

  conducted 
  in 
  tanks 
  15 
  

  

  convenience 
  of 
  system 
  27 
  

  

  Spatting 
  in 
  narrow 
  channels 
  11 
  

  

  Spawning 
  ponds 
  used 
  for 
  fattening 
  15 
  

  

  season, 
  critical 
  periods 
  11 
  

  

  Starfish 
  destructive 
  to 
  spat 
  31 
  

  

  Stockton, 
  experiments 
  at 
  4, 
  20 
  

  

  Tanks, 
  used 
  for 
  spat 
  culture 
  15 
  

  

  Temperature, 
  influence 
  of 
  7, 
  35 
  

  

  Teredo, 
  copper 
  paint 
  a 
  protection 
  against. 
  . 
  28 
  

  

  Tiles 
  as 
  collectors 
  3,21 
  

  

  Walters.F.A 
  35 
  

  

  "White.Dr. 
  CharlesA 
  37 
  

  

  "Winslow, 
  Lieut. 
  Francis 
  3, 
  5, 
  9, 
  11, 
  17, 
  39 
  

  

  "Wood's 
  Holl, 
  spat 
  culture 
  at 
  11, 
  15, 
  16, 
  17, 
  19, 
  37 
  

  

  "Worm-tubes, 
  destructive 
  to 
  spat 
  31 
  

  

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