. Beautiful shells; their nature, structure, and uses familiarly explained, with directions for collecting, cleaning, and arranging them in the cabinet and descriptions of the most remarkable species. Shells. SJiells of Common Occurrence, 143 Of tlie Helices proper, we figure fifteen different species; they are mostly too well known to require to be more tlian mentioned. Of tliese the largest and most familiar, Helix aspersa, or common snail (Fig. 23), is the largest and most destructive in the. 26-27. 3. Helix aspersa (the Common Snail), Miiller. 24-25. H, revelata (the Green Snail), Ferussac
. Beautiful shells; their nature, structure, and uses familiarly explained, with directions for collecting, cleaning, and arranging them in the cabinet and descriptions of the most remarkable species. Shells. SJiells of Common Occurrence, 143 Of tlie Helices proper, we figure fifteen different species; they are mostly too well known to require to be more tlian mentioned. Of tliese the largest and most familiar, Helix aspersa, or common snail (Fig. 23), is the largest and most destructive in the. 26-27. 3. Helix aspersa (the Common Snail), Miiller. 24-25. H, revelata (the Green Snail), Ferussac. 26-27. H. nemoralis (the Girdled Snail), Linnceus. garden. Its usual diameter is an inch and a-half. It is olive coloured, with dark brown bands. The shell is in reality not slimy, though apparently rough on the surface. It is alleged that barrels are ex- ported as a dainty to America, and that the London markets are largely supplied with it as a remedy for pulmonary complaints. In the United States it has been successfully acclimatized, and is now. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Adams, H. G. (Henry Gardiner), 1811 or 12-1881. London, Groombridge and Sons
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