BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LITERATURE RELATING TO 



OYSTER CULTURE. 



Arcana Naturae detecta ab Antonio Van Leeuwenhoek, 

 8 vo . , Liigduni-Batav oruni . M D C XC V . 



The antiquated memoirs of Willis, 1672 ; Lister, 1678 ; 

 Jac. Brach, 1689, are now more curious tlian useful. 

 Mery, (Mem. de TAcad. des Sciences, 1710 ;) Adanson, 

 (Histoire Naturelle des Coquillages ;) and Joh. Easter? 

 1762, considered the oyster hermaphrodite. Th. Sprat 

 in 1669 compared the fry to a drop of melted tallow 

 which had fallen on a solid body aud hardened, remark- 

 ing also that it commenced to form a shell in 24 hrs. M. 

 Deshayes, in 1846, was the first to indicate the true 

 position of the reproductive organs. Little exact knowl- 

 edge had been acquired, however, previous to the time 

 of 'Davaine, Lacaze-Diithiers and Coste, from 1852 to 1857. 

 To Leeuwenhoek belongs the honor, however, of having 

 made the discovery of the existence of spermatozoa ; he 

 believed moreover, that the sexes were separate, a con- 

 clusion which is now well grouded so far as the American 

 oyster is concerned, while it is ax^xmrently to a great 

 extent true of the species which the famous inventor of 

 the microscope studied nearly 2()() years ago. 



Testacea Utriusque Siciliae eorumque Historia et Ana- 

 tome. J. Poll. Folio. Parma 1791—95. 



On the propagation of the common oyster and the large 

 fresh-water muscle. Croonian Lecture for 1826, by Sir 

 Everardllome. Phil. Trans., 1826, 4 to., pp. 89 — 48, pis. 



III.— yi. 



De Danske ostersbanker, H. Kroyer. Kjobenhavn, 

 1837. 



Recherches sur la G^n^ration des Huitres. Par C. 



