THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, June 29, 1858, 
193 
VARIETIES OE TANKS. 
During the last twelve months the makers have devoted a 
great deal of attention to the formation of strong, yet tasteful 
aquaria, and some very happy effects have been produced. 
Good, serviceable, well-jointed, iron-framed tanks, with orna¬ 
mental mouldings and slate bases, are to he procured at the 
following prices :— 
Length in 
inches. 
Height in 
niches. 
Width in 
inches. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
36 
18 
16 ... 
4 
15 
0 
28 
16 
16 ... 
3 
12 
0 
26 
15 
12 ... 
2 
10 
0 
24 
15 
13 ... 
2 
10 
0 
20 
14 
11 ... 
2 
0 
0 
18 
12 
10 ... 
1 
8 
0 
Those with more elaborate exteriors range from £10 to £30. 
TERRA COTTA AQUARIA. 
The following novel arrangement is effective:—Both base 
and ends of the tank are formed of a slab of terra cotta, 
glazed inside, grooved near the edges for the reception cf the 
glass at back and front. The terra cotta at each end is carried 
j round into a semi-circle, forming a kind of half-vase, which 
j is filled with Eerns, or plants in flower. Both material and 
manufacture are cheap, but the weight renders carriage ex¬ 
pensive. 
In selecting an aquarium, of whatever description, it is 
always well to visit the best makers. When green on the 
subject, I was supplied (to order) by some unprincipled 
manufacturers, since vanished, with a large tank glazed with 
sheet glass. Of course it was soon in pieces. 
What a distinction we find between the works of God in 
nature, and the dealings of man! Were the blackening 
effects of sin expelled, and the purifying influences of the 
Gospel infused into common business, we should, in all cases, 
be able to take the opinion of the seller; as it is, we must 
examine the article, if we know not that the vender is of 
sterling character. Cheap aquaria in zinc are now offered to 
amateurs. By all means avoid these makeshifts, or, on coming 
down stairs some fine morning, you may be mortified by the 
sight of a broken tank, dead fish, and—won’t you get it —a 
damaged carpet !— E. A. Copland. 
[This, and two more communications, completing the sub¬ 
ject, are posthumous, for their author is no longer of this 
world. It is with far more regret, than usually accompanies 
the recording of the death of one known only to us as a cor¬ 
respondent, that we make this announcement. 
Me. Edward A. Copland, of Bellefield, Chelmsford, has 
! contributed numerous articles to the pages of this Journal, in 
which, we have reason to know, he took great interest. We 
are informed that, for the long period of two years and four 
months, he was labouring under pulmonary consumption, and 
though, like most persons subject to that insidious disease, 
he was sometimes better, yet he finally sank on the 22nd of 
June, in the twenty-third year of his age. He was a young 
man of considerable ability, and was brought up as a civil 
engineer. During his long illness he was a regular contri¬ 
butor to this and various other periodicals. He also wrote 
the pamphlet “ Photography for the Many,” originally pub¬ 
lished in these pages, and some others. His great object and 
[ desire was to employ himself, whilst able, for the glory of 
God, and the good of his fellow creatures, as may be seen 
from the religious tone of many of his papers. His endeavour 
was to combine religion with the matters of every-day life, and 
his end was “ peace.”] 
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY’S MEETING. 
The June Meeting of the Entomological Society was 
held on the 7th inst., the chair being occupied, in the ab¬ 
sence of the President, by J. 0. Westwood, Esq., M.A., 
Vice President. Amongst the donations announced as re¬ 
ceived since the last Meeting were—Dr. Asa Fitch’s valuable 
“ Reports on the Insects Obnoxious to Agriculture in the 
State of New York;” the “ Report of Proceedings of the first 
Meeting of the East Kent Natural History Society," pre¬ 
sented by Capt. Cox ; also, the first volume of the “ Annals 
of the Entomological Society of Belgium,” which led the 
Chairman to congratulate the Society on the addition of 
another to the various National Societies for the Cultivation 
of Entomology, founded on the example of those of London 
and France. The publications of the Linnasan Society, and 
various other recently published works on Entomology, 
were also presented by their respective authors. 
