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THE AQUARIUM BULLETIN 



one would have to go far to duplicate. 

 There may be a scarcity of true colors 

 in some things, but this has had no 

 effect on the tropical or live-bearing 

 fish. Nature surely spared no effort 

 in painting these little beings, and no 

 artist has yet done them justice in his 

 attempt to picture them. They must 

 be seen to be appreciated and no more 

 favorable opportunity to view all types 

 has ever been afforded to the fancier. 



Mr. Visel's parti - colored fish 

 showed what can be done by careful 

 application to the subject. Mr. 

 Peters' collection, brought from Phil- 

 adelphia for the display, were equally 

 beautiful. The myriads of young fish 

 shown by Mr. F. B. Johonnot always 

 drew large crowds. Messrs. Froehlich, 

 Becker, Lindner, Peglow, Uhlig and 

 Wilcox also displayed excellent speci- 

 mens of both old and young fish. 



Mr. Tricker's water-garden passes 

 description. In profusion were shown 

 numerous forms of aquatic and semi- 

 aquatic flora which as usual won 

 signal honors. This display alone was 

 worthy of a charge for admission. 



A rather unusual display was made 

 by Mr. Richard Deckert, whose 

 articles have frequently appeared in 

 THE AQUARIUM BULLETIN. 

 Frogs of many species, newts, sala- 

 manders, etc., were shown in terraria, 

 beautifully arranged. Mr. Deckert's 

 long experience in the Bronx Zoolog- 

 ical Gardens has made his work and 

 display of intense interest. 



Mr. Huber exhibited a miniature 

 Japanese Garden which was novel. 

 Living trees, some over thirty years 

 of age, grew on the sloping hillside, 

 none of the shrubbery over three 

 inches in height, while little lagoons, 

 spanned by rustic bridges of quaint 

 design, cast their tiny shadows below. 



Not a detail was missing, the small 

 thatched buildings being lighted by 

 electric bulbs. 



Each afternoon except Sunday 

 motion pictures, accompanied by a 

 lecture on aquatic life, were offered in 

 the auditorium. Several reels were 

 shown, some picturing crustaceans in 

 their native environment, living 

 happily, feasting, fighting one another, 

 etc. As a scientific study, and of 

 general interest, they were especially 

 valuable. 



Mr. W. L. Brind, one of the mem- 

 bers of the Society, offered two reels 

 of his own taking, the first of the kind 

 ever attempted. One showed the 

 interior of Mr. Phillips' conservatory 

 and many of his fish, also specimens 

 owned by such well-known Brooklyn 

 ite members of the Society as Messrs. 

 Johonnot, Visel, Martinez, etc. Pic- 

 tured also were the different forms of 

 tropical fish, wildfish, and others. An 

 interesting type was shown crawling 

 on land as readily as it swam in the 

 water. 



Mr. Franklin Barrett of Philadel- 

 phia judged the Goldfish while Mr. J. 

 J. Halterbeck decided the awards on 

 the other classes. 



In addition to the fish, plants, etc., 

 were shown various forms of fish- 

 food, living and prepared, aquariums, 

 aeration appliances and aquarium 

 tools. 



Copies of back numbers of THE 

 AQUARIUM BULLETIN were 

 given to those who requested same, 

 while its display of photographs drew 

 crowds at all times. 



Of particular interest were the 

 immense Lionheads shown by Joh- 

 onnot, Moors by Peters, Visel and 

 Froehlich, and "John Bull," the larg- 

 est Moor squaretail ever seen. 



