THE 



CANADIAN 



NATURALIST AID GEOLOGIST, 



Volume III. 



DECEMBER, 1858. 



Number 6. 



Fig. 1. — Actinia Dianthus. Contracted. 



ARTICLE XXXII. — On Sea Anemones and Hydroid Polyps 

 from the Gulf of St. Laiorence. Read before the Natural 

 History Society of Montreal. 



■» The creatures to which this notice relates are of great interest, 

 whether we regard their singular and beautiful plant-like forms, 

 their zoological relations, or the curious questions that concern 

 their growth and reproduction. They are favourite subjects of 

 study with all sea side collectors, and they have engaged and. are 



