. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 1087.—Helix Fig. 108S.—Girdled Shell. Fig. 1089.—Zonites crystallinus. Fig. 1090.—Succinea putris. Fig. logr.—Limnaeus Pereger. there were several species, but Dr. Gray, the great authority, assured me they were all the same: one naturalist has given seventy-seven names to varieties of this species alone. Of other Helicina, we have Zonites lucidus, a small species, and Zonites crystallinus (fig. 1089), which lives amongst moss and leaves. We have also Hel
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 1087.—Helix Fig. 108S.—Girdled Shell. Fig. 1089.—Zonites crystallinus. Fig. 1090.—Succinea putris. Fig. logr.—Limnaeus Pereger. there were several species, but Dr. Gray, the great authority, assured me they were all the same: one naturalist has given seventy-seven names to varieties of this species alone. Of other Helicina, we have Zonites lucidus, a small species, and Zonites crystallinus (fig. 1089), which lives amongst moss and leaves. We have also Helix cantiana, or Kentish Snail, which lives in hedges in Kent and Surrey, and some other counties ; H. concinna, or Neat Snail; and Helix or Succinea putris (fig. 1090), the common Amber Snail, which is abundant on the water iris in our lake, but of its natural history I know little. In the water of the lake we have great abundance of Limnaei, particularly of Limnceus Pereger (fig. 1091) and L. Stagnalis. They. 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 Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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