í — likely to prove : a serious obstacle to 
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Sein few Pres 3 Gobies. 
A veusr 6, 1859. 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
653 
some “common Anemones, with a fresh supply a numbers of little bell- Jike Meduse, which as ng, but they presenta starved and 
ick] cen ntre orname! nt is à scallop — denm a — morsel of dried meat (or 
4 habitation, and things prospered un — t f tur sma all shell fish when they can be ges to 
left Aquarium at Dover during a E e ose elegant 1 fan is const antly expanded md th p t 
Continent, — arin to corrupt the water, the 3 of whose tube has consi iderably i full beauty. In London we find it ry to cover 
and its guardians becom g alarmed, renewed — ts first introduetion to our Aquarium Not long r vessels with a sheet of glass, so protect them 
Bur and d! it 3 Reb on a fresh footin, -— e of our mischievous Prawns bit off th rlet | from the „which is of highly injurious, but 
September 5, 1857. " | cork- ike peo which serves as a stopper to its tube, this is not needful elsewhere. wot will 
From that day but it re ced, and its owner doe not epe attend the first establishment of an Aquarium, 
.2 
to * uin, a resolved to 83 
to 
in pah vouring scover the right 
ght balance of app 
and puma, is cx bs so as to ensure the heal thy | co: 
ced 
mber 
— a my —— wei Actinia 5 
Overcome 
development of both, and convin t this cannot isy 
be fai rtained as lo: the supply of water is Anemones (Actinia pe 1 Scarlet , Madrepore water. This is never needful if the , quantities of 
periodically renewed, we have never again ^ it, | (Balanophylla regia), 1 Pholas candida (?) which may g 8 pply — 
pape i on two occasions we have found it necessary | may not have ceased to exist, as it has long been lost to Iti is very desirable that an equal temp ld 
toit owing to the meus p is quantity | view, having penetrated too far into the rock to admit that th 
im external causes. The loss tion | of its looking abroad upon the 3 2 more; 2 be allowed 2 heat the "a nor the M to — it 
is supplied by the occasional addi io rA i g f Ch itons several 3 a group f Mussels, ai and winter. Our Aquarium oo wellin a 
spring water. We took however a keg-full of y t close to the ari yw room con- 
water with us ndon in case of emergency; but they subsist. M tly inhabit 
having considerably added coll it to | old inhabitants of th Aquarium, aa ny survi 0 In simple a account of our processing may, we 
fill a tion = Mig ck i of later in aua ion. With to vegetati ust, unt — — oer encouraging to beginners, 
spécimens which 2 to prefer shallow Soon H 8 plants of the Ses Lettuce (Ulva QW ith | a so very humble a 
e purc at Confervoid and Sea | scale pot ——— — nwi 
Street, Strand, two „Aeli Gemmacem oA -— still Lichens of every hue which have pot ony Pauly et After all that can be said upon th e 
in full vigour and bea eauty, a small Dianthus, since d lead, | th rocks, pem! tothem a richness and v ol must return to the oft repeated saying, that ex- 
and a fine specimen of Serpularia tha inter might admire, are al an perience is the best teacher—not the — of 
which came to an | untimely end, oper at 8 but these are Ne antly sufficient others ih although we may thereb: to avoid 
x us out o X pure com- | to keep. up à constant supply of oxygen, which they the mistakes into which others have fi rs rege gaining at 
its — Him ttwo. This i — individual has since | . And now I must add a few words as to the mode » yet inasmuch as cir e seldom identical in 
vered its missing limbs, has four g t Man, the case 2 tw e individuals, ‘there i is always much eed 
shell, and finally has b to nati rom one's own experience. 
on account of the mischievous propensities which have 8 pe the trouble and a M rough the danger of 5 f making that of others a substitute » for 
grown with its growth, and ma dangerous to|attendant on its mana gem can assure such gie n and reflection by which alone 
remain nger an inhabitant of our peaceful|that o urs has long ¢ rn us any trouble at all, real pleasure and profit from the 
— ui minu Nat in these his lowest works" to 
except the addition of some ee either to rub the e glasses c clea , to remove anything m and sion the wisdom and goodness of b 
— — : fresh stock = Hei a to mow down | like decayed matter gradi e ‘corr pt the water, or P t Creator and ours. Energy and perseverance 
- — wth fast covering t en — pre occasionally to feed the Anemones, Crabs, and . — | in this, as in every other kindred pursuit, the real secret 
fo eat an extent whos n Jul In so doing we are guid. circumstance; 
di Eds removed with our live stock to DON rs 
leaving the An nemones for weeks without. pa when 
be that by which I subscribe myself Sir, your obedient 
t, Nil desperandum. 
i 0 
Aquaria after recovering from the tt 
influence of the journey, soon resumed their ‘pristine 
dition, the water b in its 
elearn: ress, the rd lively “and healthy as before, 
When lo! a dimness was one ow observed upon the 
sides of the larger rg t peared mand 
ney appear 
3 ign RAIN AND SNOW FALLEN INTO HOWARD'S kernel 3 
ES ABOVE THE GRASS AT COBHAM LODGE, COBHAM. 
1832 
| 1833 | 1884 | 1835 | 1836 | 1887 i 1838 J 1839 | 1840 | 1841 
Hagel. With & reas in 1897 1 1898 | 1899 | 1680 | 1881 | 
-— until at length it began to p t the un " 
TVT 
wis Roaster d occurred, and although | March :. 1.26 | 1.94 1.01 2.50 
we L^ such Lar expected di -.| 1. s 2.47 2.25 
ment, and tad Gare t from 2 in — ng i Tu — di" IN 
work on the 1 that no hes to - animals July .93 | 244 5. 2.71 
was to rod apprebendai from the e of e Au 2. 1.34 2.9 1.87 
microscop zetable g yet so | 2:21 | 5.17 2.56 | 3.48 $4 3085 
3. 1 1 4.68 
2 
E it. . vat remedy could 
59 | 408 | 89 | 1.93 | 2-84 6 1.32 2.57 | 2.50 
4. 2.54 | 2.00 2. "65 1.37 | 2. : 
1. 2.50 3.58 . 1.28 
4. .98 | 3.10 .99 
" 2.31 92 1.13 
2.58 58 2.10 
30 04 3.48 
Vie 1.50 1.96 
4.57 | 2.61 5.74 
4.77 
Us 
i|: 
were for at : c: 
fluid for pure water - : K 
the knot of our perplexity without furt | 1842 | 1 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | rear | 1545 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1858 | 1854 | 1855 1856 | 1857 pe 
id as to the foll, i ins to . d MEDI 2 : 4 à ; s is 
i i i January. .83 | 1.68 | 3.95 | 2.83 | 2.96 | 1.33 1.42 | 1.44 | .84 | 2.98 | 2.86 | 2.60 | 1.:2 | .46 | 1.22 | 2.57 | .78 
E nicht gum v pei 2 D February | 1.87 | £05 | 222 | 1.07 | L98 | 1:28 | 271 | 1.47 | 1.28 | .78 | .65 | .80 | .97 | LOT | .99 | .14 | 1.68 
x ghty reservoir with its pur arch ..| 1.79 | .88 | 240 | 1.10 | 1.04 | .62 | 3.39 | .88 | .19 | 3.86 | .20 1.29 | .26 | 1.37 | .72 | .88 | .55 
tible supply ready for immediate use. Others—and April ..| .32 | 1.82 | .31 | .83 | L89 | L48 | 4.01 | 315 | 2.73 | 1.53 | 46 | 2.56 | .92 | .27 | 2.85 | 1.89 | 2.84 
these far-sighted ones were in the minority—main- Par, --| 1:78 | $99 | 44 395 . 
3 : ; A unb ul. .68 | 1.43 . F * : - E 3, " » * a le 
tained that a little present pains and trouble might July . 1.62 213 102 | 282 | 217 | 148 | 2.96 | 3.66 | 3.39 | 209 | 3.36 | 515 | 139 | 639 | .73 | 1.28 | 247 
save much future annoyance, with a repetition of all A . 3.00 | 3.90 | 2.18 | 2.56 | 291 | 1.02 | 3.44 | .69 | 1.56 1.35 | 4.89 | 2.16 | L61 | 1.02 | 3.17 | 270 | 2.00 
the difficulties attendant he first establishment Ee ica — R 1.18 - IM — Hd I HM <= F n i 12 Yu M e 
nh badai i ns r..| 1.25 | 3.75 | 4.96 | 1. 73 | 244 | 3. 43 | 9. S : x à € 40 
e 5 Bree it would en ene with the | Novemb. | 4.65 | 3.29 | 276 | 270 | 1.42 | 182 | 1-81 | 1.00 | 202 | -Ya | 5.54 | 93 | 1.87 | 1.95 | Lor | 145 | -82 
giv » water i e ite of « 1| di persev in and th ere Decemb. | .62 | .30 | .29 | 1.61 | 1.26 | 268 | 2.77 | 1.87 | 1.51 | 352 | 2.99 | .44 | 1.40 | 144 | 1.08 | .48 | 1.67 
ue in T ot a vus emen: - - j 
— T Total. 21.87 !97.43 | ‘girs (29.58 105.90 18.52 30.36 |22.:5 lier 17.38 lento 25.19 \16.50 28.92 H . (83.02 l T 
So these pertin nacious few 
tedious process having been successfully accompli 
in their * | 
resoly 
EA the exception tie the loss of some part of the 
opening of the i npe kind of 
— for on) 
some kind friends at Dover su 
„which Tee useful 
well as 
of 
ON THE HEATING OF THE SOIL OF HIGH! 
MOUNTAI 
upplied rem: mitted b 
about 1 
The ga: is placed on the Grass about 40 feet north of the north corner of Miss Molesworth’s house, Cobham Lodge, 
Cobham, Bur m As e top of the ve he is m. 12 inches from the Grass and 100 feet shore the level of of the 
14 
foot loam on clay, above the 
NS, 
AND ITS INFLUENCE UPON THE LIMIT OF ETERNAL | 
SNOW n ALPINE VEGETATION. | 
CHAR. 
Beitr . 
y 8 „M. 
estimates this quantity vi 4 of the total heat trans- 
mit tted by the sun to the art at any given 1 momen nt. 
UN A 
ce se proves that the — 
at | e 
foot i is placed on the 
the 
the soil exerts a powerful influence upon the * 
geography of sa high Alps: it is this which m 
upward the line of eternal s cr the melting of which 
is principally den to the ere of the subjacent ground. 
II travellers who ‘ties asce these elevated —— 
e Alps 
edge 
body breaks a gabe ae rond Mir does no 
the soil. with 
So ome e perceiv 
alts 8 
as lively and ornamental additions to our stock. 
these Prawns are still alive and v ka ohy 
prey traverses a ; considerabl es sir poh mg | danella alpina. 128 
them for deus pe than that which arrives at the level of the sea, it | the leaves f the L 
year, our e|ought to heat the summit "ont the snow in 
and they have again | than that which penetrates as far as the plain; but the | sliding of the = 
our summer so; rarefied air unding the summit does not e so | lanches of turfy 
sige! they poma much heated as that plain; hence it should | which explains the 
at the follow that the soil at the surfaee and for about a foot | number of individuals wh thus pon 
aig of dep apon o bigh become m heated | limit of the eternal showa v or 
eir being | than the air, whi wy would take place in cone of the Faulhorn, ag cr ad 
heene plains little elevated esen. Now this is fully | feet, the superficies abont n i 
un eir present condition— Glass | confi by experien as I show in this ^ near SE ne ters 8 que 
— 6 Sea Anemones (Actinia | thro ugh observations sad in August 1842 on ing p! the midst of the 1 of Mont 
ibrya poema of erent colours; 1 Gem, Panthers by MM. e pos Peltier, compared with Septem Ba a fe fet e the, sen hoted 19 
ns (Palemon Squ illa); a 
kle e (Cardia elio; an Oyster within a 
the ere eg E bivalves, 
moe €—— 
esponding ones made at RH M. Qu st rg 
with those made i in 
Spitzbergen in in 1539 Sedi the Ae "uu 
Every 
bering to th 
rii of oe glass or dir 
the water with „a and graceful motion, 
m, L., 
T 
255 — PN Md. ’ Saxil 
Lem ‘mtg s. muscoide ides, 
echerche.” í 
This sire] considerable heating of the surface of | 
