[Illustration: PLATE V. 1. Laurencia pinnatifolia. 2. Polysphonia parasitica. 3. Ulva latissima. 4. Rhodymenia lacinata. 5. Gracilaria confervoides. 6. Codium bursa. 7. Iridæa edulis. 8. Zonaria parvula. 9. Ectocarpus tomentosus. 10. Corallina officinalis.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OCEAN GARDENS: The History of the Marine Aquarium, AND THE BEST METHODS NOW ADOPTED FOR ITS ESTABLISHMENT AND PRESERVATION. BY H. NOEL HUMPHREYS, AUTHOR OF “BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS;” “BRITISH MOTHS AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS;” “INSECT CHANGES;” ETC. [Illustration] LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, SON, AND CO., 47 LUDGATE HILL. MDCCCLVII. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LONDON: THOMAS HARRILD, PRINTER, SALISBURY SQUARE, FLEET STREET; AND SILVER STREET, FALCON SQUARE. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS. [Illustration] CHAPTER I. PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER II. THE FLOOR OF THE OCEAN 9 CHAPTER III. THE AQUARIUM 19 CHAPTER IV. THE VEGETATION OF THE MARINE AQUARIUM 39 CHAPTER V. THE ZOÖPHYTES 51 CHAPTER VI. THE MOLLUSCS, &c. 64 CHAPTER VII. THE ASCIDIANS, BARNACLES, SEA-CUCUMBERS, NAKED MOLLUSCS, SEA-WORMS, &c. 86 CHAPTER VIII. THE FISH AND CRUSTACEANS OF THE AQUARIUM 95 CHAPTER IX. CONCLUSION 106 [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF PLATES. [Illustration] PLATE I. SEA-WEEDS. NO. PAGE