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atiiijL^ partii ions are visible tlirougiiit. This on llie submerged timbers of all the pub- 
part exi)aucls upward aud ouLvvai'd to ibe lie and i)rivate swimiuing- batiis that are 
Toargiii, wiiieli is iolded into numerous slaiioned in summer time at tbe down 
deei) undulations or trills, wljicli are | town section ol" New York City, par- 
everywhere covered witli numerous line, ticidarly Hall's swimming baths at the 
short, cro.vded ten lacles." in color this Battery. The sjnall salmon colored 
vaiiety of anemones varies Irom pure anemone, seen at the lelt hand in the 
white, through all the grades of the illustration, is likewise to be met with 
browns, often pink, salmon color, and at in immense quantities at Baxter's and 
times beautifully mottled. When the an- 1 other swimming baths situated on the 
rig. 2. 
emone slowly glides along the smooth 
surface of a rock, or up the glass walls of 
an aquarium, it often detaches (by con- 
traction) small particles of i's body (from 
the base or foot part on which it moves). 
In tlie course of a few days these begin to 
develop tentacles, as shown in the illustra- 
tion, Fig. 1. Other varieties propagate by 
budding from the side of the column, 
and by small egg-like bodies which 
are ejected from the mouth. The white- 
armed anemone {Sagartia leMcolena) 
shown at the right hand in Fig. 2, is 
a small variety found in great abundance 
East Elver from Fifty-first Street and 
higher up. 
The stout-armed anemone {Toelia crassi- 
(Xjrtiis) which for short is called by 
keepers of aquaria the ''Crass," is the 
hirgest and most brilliant of all the North 
American anemones. Its body and disk 
are brilliantly marked with red and white 
strips. It is a ravenous feeder and does 
not hesitate to take into its capacious 
maw a good sized mussel, or even a fish, 
if it but once obtains a good hold of it 
with its tentacles. All the specimens 
that I have had of this variety of ane- 
