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By the sides of the brook a much coarser variety, called Cladophora 

 crispata, appears, which is frequently a troublesome pest where we 

 grow plants in pans of water in our greenhouses. The fibres are 

 visible to the naked eye, and are branched, and not continuous, as 

 those of C. rivularis are. Fig. 



800 shows these fibres of the 

 natural size, and also when 

 magnified 100 diameters. In 

 our Central stream and in our 

 Backwater, in winter and in 

 early spring, we have numerous 



specimens of the beautiful frog's f ic. Soo.-Cladophora crispata, nat. size and x loo diam 



spawn conferva, the Batrachospermum moniliforme (fig. 801), which 

 is figured the natural size, and also when it is magnified 100 

 diameters. It is a much-esteemed object for the microscope. It is 

 not a universal plant in stream.s, but enough grows in my garden to 

 supply all the microscopists in England. It adheres to the stones in 

 water about a foot deep. 



Fig. Sol. — Batradiospermura moniliforme, nat. size and x loo diam. 



Fig. 802.— Cladophora 



glomerata, nat. size 



and X 100 diam. 



Contrasting with this, which is of a dark colour, we observe here 

 and there small quantities of the most brilliant grass-green wavy 

 patches. This is the Cladophora glomerata (fig. 802), and a truly 

 magnificent microscopic object it is. The arrangement of its fibres 

 is barely visible to the eye; when, however, it is magnified 100 dia- 

 meters, it shows well its branched form, and when further enlarged 

 it exhibits its more intimate structure. 



