TERRARIA AND AQUA-TERRARIA 



Aqua-Terraria. These receptacles combine the aquarium and the 

 terrarium, their purpose being the growing of aquatic and semi-aquatic 

 plants and the maintenance of aquatic and amphibious animals in sur- 

 roundings nearest to those of their natural habitats, that the adults as well 

 as the larvae and young may be kept for observation and study. The 



FIG. 238. Swamp Aquarium. 



effect produced is far more handsome than that of the aquarium alone, 

 and when the aqua-terrarium is of large size, it permits of most beautiful 

 and interesting arrangement, as may be seen by the illustration at the end 

 of this volume. The upper part is arranged to set upon the lower 

 aquarium, and of this latter the two sides and a part of the back are built 



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