CHAPTER III.. Sea Anemones.

SEA ANEMONES.

Animal-flowers--A. mesembryanthemum--'Granny,' Sir J. Dalyell's celebrated anemone--Original anecdote--A. troglodytes--How to capture actiniæ--A roving 'mess.'--An intelligent anemone--Diet of the actiniæ--Voracity of these zoophytes--Defence of certain species--Actiniæ eating crabs--Their reproductive powers--Size of the 'crass.'--The Plumose anemone--Its powers of contraction, 45