The Isles of summer; or, Nassau and the Bahamas .. . were very greatly surprised to learnthat it was a species of Japanese sponge. It was obtained inJapan when the Judge filled the office of United States ministerto Japan. We also saw in the little embryo museum which is connectedwith the Nassau public library, a delicate foreign sponge, packedin cotton wool, which closely resembled handsome thread lace. In a recent official report of the Governor of the Bahamas, hestates that it has been discovered in Germany that the spongemay be propagated by cuttings from living specimens, which,when faste
The Isles of summer; or, Nassau and the Bahamas .. . were very greatly surprised to learnthat it was a species of Japanese sponge. It was obtained inJapan when the Judge filled the office of United States ministerto Japan. We also saw in the little embryo museum which is connectedwith the Nassau public library, a delicate foreign sponge, packedin cotton wool, which closely resembled handsome thread lace. In a recent official report of the Governor of the Bahamas, hestates that it has been discovered in Germany that the spongemay be propagated by cuttings from living specimens, which,when fastened to pieces of board, ave placed in the sea. Skilfulcultivation may hereafter result in the production of the morevaluable sponges in many parts of the ocean world where theyare not at present found. SPONGES. 1. Tuba plicifera. Bouquet Sponge. 2. ParJiyrJialina rubens. Silk Sponge. Color, when living, red. 3. Hircitiiapurpurea. Wire Sponge. 4. Spongia tubuUfera. Finger Sponge. A peculiar variety of theGlove Sponge. />*//? ^.. ^ #&^ ^>. ^^?
Size: 1223px × 2043px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookidislesofsummerorn00ives
