SEA ANEMONES OF NORTHERN SEAS, 



This plate illustrates a few of the beautiful forms of Sea Anemones that are natives of our own coasts as well as the shores of nei^hbourins 

 countries. Several of these may be found in any rock-pool between hiiih and low water marks, though often harmonizing so well with their 

 surroundings as to be unnoticed by the casual observer. A few, like the Beadlet (the red figure near the centre of the foreground) exposs 

 themselves out of the water between the tides, and are consequently well-known. Though capable of movement by ijliding on their base 

 like slugs, they remain as a rule on the same spot, catchins their food by means of the numerous tentacles that surround the mouth. All the 



species here shown are drawn of the natural size. 



