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It ^ said that fish feed on the Isoetes; and that when 
toought within the reach of cattle, it is greedily eaten lj 
tiiem, and proves fattening. 
The cultivation of the Quillwort presents few difficulties; 
m fact, water and a little soil are the only requisites. In 
sack a miniature lake as has been recommended to be,intn£ * 
^ced m a Wardian case fitted up for Club-mosses, this plaht v 
and the »«m might be made to thrive: but the most 
interesting way in which it could be grown would be in an 
opiatic plant-case, with transparent sides, or in any substi- 
S3XJES * ite econoiQyc(rald not ^ 
' ■ plant-case admits of much variety of detail, 
ine most usetul form is probably that of a rectangular glass 
Slf o 0 ^ 6 r ^" lsl t e S12e » he ld together by a light metal 
feme, and closed in by a glass lid or cover. This would 
E a stand - °n the bottom of the ; 
f firom , the proportionate-sized - 
wuT.Khu -T- °* J roc J :s sh(m ld be introduced, among i 
Se ^ ^ troduc ^ d W0Bld s erve to fix and nourish \ 
in th P ir ^fr,%^n hU i 3 th® *»aller aquatic plants might, though 
S lKeT r e ement ’ be examin ed without difficulty, and 
of ri ^ Pr0per s . itnatio . n | or such a case wonld be the inside 
/ convenient window, provided it were not too much 
8,111 ’ l° T Placed where the sun 
the nlanta Wfm n on the temperature of the water, 
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