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CHAPTER VIII. 

 THE HOUSE AQUARIUM. 



Aquariums. Travelling Botanists. The Victoria Regia. The 

 House Aquarium. Its Construction. What causes the Cor- 

 ruption of Stagnant Water. Means of avoiding it in the House 

 Aquarium. The Cobbler. Interesting Habits of this Fish. 

 Aquatic Plants for the Aquarium. Hydrocharis. Pontede- 

 ria. Mimosa Pudica, or Aquatic Sensitive Plant. Rice grafted 

 upon Phalaris. Manner of grafting it. Aquatic Ranunculus. 

 Its Manner of Vegetation. 



The Aquarium. 



ALL OF you, ladies, are acquainted with aqua- 

 riums ; most of you have little ones of your 

 own, got up without expense, and I do not pro- 

 pose to you to attempt having them on the grand 

 scale that Mr. Ysabeau describes. His description, 

 however, is so interesting, that I will not omit it. 

 He says, speaking of large gardens, that an 

 aquarium is a conservatory, of a square or oval 

 form, with a ridged roof, the interior of which 

 encloses a basin in which ornamental aquatic 



