OR, THE HOME-CULTURE OF FRESH-WATER PLANTS. 
pearance of an ideal Prog beautifully wrought in 
Dresden china, than a real living and moving 
creature. Sometimes, indeed, he remains so long 
immoveable, in precisely the same position, as greatly 
to favour this notion; but he will suddenly catch a 
. fly, or some other small insect, with such evident 
relish, as to remove at once all idea of his merely 
porcelain existence. In the neighbourhood of 
Weimar the Tree Prog is common, and the students 
nicknamed the military of Saxe-Weimar after these 
little creatures, in consequence of their green and 
yellow uniform. 
That graceful and beautifully marked creature, 
the common Hedge Snake, might also be natural¬ 
ized upon the island of an Aquarium, in which a 
little cave of retreat might be fashioned for him, 
lined with a few dead leaves. Into such a miniature 
cavern he would retire in chilly weather, and in 
winter wholly hybernate ; while on sunny days, to¬ 
wards spring, he could come forth and bask on a 
convenient portion of the rockwork, or take an 
occasional bath, he being very fond of the water, in 
which his action in swimming is most graceful as 
well as singular. He should not, however, be placed 
on the same island as the little Prog, as, like some 
sections of the human race, he considers the Prog a 
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