. The pet book. Pets. THE TERRARIUM. ANY little creatures brought in from the fields may find a happy home 'in the terrarium which is a box, with its sides of glass or netting, that is fitted in various ways to be the home of its many inmates. Miss Alice I. Kent has given a most charming description of life in a terrarium, which was published in Nature-Study Quarterly No. 8, of the Cornell University Teachers' Leaflets, and permission has been obtained to republish it in this book of pets for the benefit of many children, "Here is a fragment of the drama, as written in one terrarium. This
. The pet book. Pets. THE TERRARIUM. ANY little creatures brought in from the fields may find a happy home 'in the terrarium which is a box, with its sides of glass or netting, that is fitted in various ways to be the home of its many inmates. Miss Alice I. Kent has given a most charming description of life in a terrarium, which was published in Nature-Study Quarterly No. 8, of the Cornell University Teachers' Leaflets, and permission has been obtained to republish it in this book of pets for the benefit of many children, "Here is a fragment of the drama, as written in one terrarium. This terrarium was made from an old berry crate. When the children saw it first, last fall, this is what it looked like: a large rectangular box, grass-green in color, thirty-nine inches long, eighteen inches wide and fifteen inches high. The long sides were of glass, the short sides and top of green-wire netting. The top could be removed like the lid of a box. It stood upon a pedestal-table provided with castors. In the bottom of the terrarium were three inches of rich soil, covered with the delicate green of sprouting grass seed. In one comer was a mossy nook, and in another a mass of thistles and clover. At one end, a small cabbage was planted and at the other lay several sprays of glossy pin-oak. Suspended from the top, was a large spray of purple thistles. 295. 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 Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930; Lord, Henry B. ins; Wright, Albert Hazen, 1879-1970 ins; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. ins. Ithaca, N. Y. : Comstock
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