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Then there wuz a display of every kind of horticultural machinery and implements, glass housen, aquariums, ferneries, all sorts of ornaments for gardens. All kinds of small fruits and how to grow 'em, everything relating to the culture of vines, vineyards, wine cellars.
But in the wind, despite the difference of social station, an instant affinity had been established and an elopement was under way. Persons with umbrellas clamp them down close upon their heads and proceed blindly like the larger and more reckless crabs that you see in aquariums. Nor can we know until now what spirit for adventure resides in an umbrella.
In this way, cascades, fountains, rustic arbors, rockeries, aquariums, tiny lakes, and every variety of landscape ornamenting, could be supplied at a comparatively small cost to each family. Should any one wish to sell, they disposed of their house and one-twelfth of the undivided ground, and a certain per cent. of the value of its ornaments.
But suddenly his manner changed again and he took me by the arm with his same old cheerful smile. "But we haven't seen the butterfly-houses yet nor the aquariums. Come along. I am very proud of my butterfly-houses." Off we went again and came presently into a hedged enclosure. Here I saw several big huts made of fine wire netting, like cages.
They may be kept in aquariums with perfect success, and for that purpose it is better to gather them on single shells or stones, so that the whole community may be removed unbroken. These colonies of Hydractinia have one very singular character: they exist in distinct communities, some of which give birth only to male, others to female individuals.
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