﻿XCVIII 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  heterophylla 
  ((3), 
  Villarsia 
  nymphwoides 
  (1), 
  Polygonum 
  amphibium 
  (1 
  

   bunch), 
  Ranunculus 
  lingua 
  (6), 
  Nymphwa 
  alba 
  (2). 
  

  

  Seeds. 
  — 
  Nelumbium 
  speciosum, 
  Nymphtca 
  ampla, 
  Nymphwa 
  cyanea 
  

   (stellata), 
  Nymphwa 
  lotus, 
  Victoria 
  regia 
  (50). 
  

  

  Under 
  date 
  of 
  July 
  26, 
  Mr. 
  Hessel 
  reported 
  : 
  

   'Pond 
  No. 
  6 
  now 
  has 
  the 
  richest 
  growth 
  of 
  nelumbiums 
  I 
  ever 
  saw. 
  

   The 
  vegetation 
  is 
  even 
  with 
  the 
  wire 
  fence 
  and 
  the 
  flowers 
  are 
  about 
  one 
  

   foot 
  higher, 
  making 
  the 
  g 
  rowth 
  fully 
  7 
  feet 
  high. 
  I 
  counted 
  this 
  morn 
  

   ing 
  about 
  350 
  open 
  flowers 
  of 
  nelumbiums 
  in 
  this 
  pond. 
  All 
  the 
  nelum- 
  

   biums 
  in 
  this 
  pond 
  got 
  some 
  bone-dust 
  this 
  spring, 
  and 
  the 
  insects- 
  

   (moths) 
  are 
  almost 
  all 
  destroyed. 
  

  

  The 
  Northville 
  Station. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1884 
  a 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  car 
  

   when 
  on 
  a 
  western 
  trip 
  left 
  at 
  Northville 
  1,000 
  carp. 
  On 
  January 
  24 
  of 
  

   the 
  present 
  year 
  Mr. 
  Clark 
  reported 
  that 
  800 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  still 
  in 
  the 
  

   ponds, 
  several 
  shipments 
  having 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  individuals 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  

   number 
  having 
  been 
  lost. 
  The 
  loss 
  was 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  carp 
  being 
  placed 
  in 
  

   tanks 
  in 
  the 
  house 
  for 
  convenience 
  in 
  shipping. 
  But 
  few 
  orders 
  for 
  

   shipping 
  having 
  been 
  received, 
  the 
  carp 
  were 
  turned 
  into 
  a 
  vacant 
  pond 
  

   in 
  January, 
  after 
  which 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  loss. 
  The 
  800 
  carp 
  were 
  held 
  pri- 
  

   marily 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  answering 
  the 
  calls 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  from 
  people 
  

   in 
  Michigan 
  whose 
  ponds 
  were 
  not 
  ready 
  the 
  preceding 
  fall. 
  

  

  s. 
  The 
  Goldfish 
  (Carassius 
  auratus). 
  

  

  The 
  Washington 
  Station. 
  — 
  The 
  propagation 
  of 
  Japanese 
  and 
  common 
  

   goldfish 
  was 
  carried 
  on 
  as 
  usual 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Hessel. 
  The 
  

   number 
  of 
  each 
  variety 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  (1) 
  Common 
  goldfish, 
  3,700 
  ; 
  

   (2) 
  Japanese 
  (including 
  fan-tail), 
  4,600; 
  total, 
  8,300. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Henry 
  W. 
  Elliott, 
  writing 
  from 
  Cleveland, 
  Ohio, 
  September 
  14, 
  

   1885, 
  says 
  that 
  the 
  25 
  goldfish 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commis- 
  

   sion 
  he 
  put 
  into 
  his 
  pond 
  last 
  April, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  then 
  only 
  3 
  

   inches 
  long. 
  They 
  have 
  grown 
  to 
  8 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  produced 
  

   thousands 
  of 
  young, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  pond 
  is 
  fairly 
  alive 
  with 
  them. 
  Some 
  

   of 
  the 
  young 
  fish 
  are 
  nearly 
  inches 
  long 
  already. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Frank 
  1ST. 
  Clark, 
  writing 
  on 
  September 
  21 
  ? 
  1885, 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  From 
  two 
  

   pairs 
  of 
  Japanese 
  goldfish, 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  last 
  

   winter, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  D. 
  Yerkes 
  has 
  from 
  500 
  to 
  1,000 
  little 
  fan-tails 
  hatched 
  

   this 
  summer." 
  

  

  t. 
  The 
  Golden 
  Ide 
  or 
  Orf 
  {Leuciscus 
  idus). 
  

  

  The 
  Washington 
  Station. 
  — 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  unusually 
  low 
  tempera- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  during 
  the 
  spawning 
  season 
  of 
  this 
  fish, 
  which 
  event 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  May, 
  the 
  spawn 
  was 
  completely 
  destroyed. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  items 
  are 
  added 
  for 
  the 
  information 
  of 
  persons 
  desiring 
  

   to 
  cultivate 
  this 
  species: 
  

  

  The 
  golden 
  ide 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  kept 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  pond 
  with 
  carp. 
  The 
  

   carp 
  make 
  the 
  water 
  muddy 
  and 
  the 
  ides 
  destroy 
  the 
  ova 
  of 
  the 
  carp. 
  

  

  