Dr. E. Bade, now of New York, who designed 

 the German veiltail standard, has also been 

 taken into consideration. At our forthcom- 

 ing exhibition of "telescopes under one year," 

 each judge will work from this diagram and 

 will tabulate his results on blank forms pre- 

 pared by the Board of Governors. 



The ribbontail type has each tail forked or 

 cleft more than one-third of its total length, 

 but in all cases of double tailed fish, the two 

 tails should be completely divided their en- 

 tire length. Those with the tails joined are 

 known as web-tails, and are not eligible for 

 competition in any of the fringetail classes, 



Veiltail, broadtail and squaretail mean ex- 

 actly the same thing. 



The 5 for anal fins means that if they are 

 double, the fish is credited with the 5 points. 



This point system has been officially adopted 

 by the Society, and we hope at the next meeting 

 to select ideal diagrams for each class of fish. 



In the matter of color, we recognize four 

 divisions: Black, scaled fish, other than blacks; 

 calicos and transparently scaled fish, other than 

 calicos. 



Mr. Harry Peters has presented to the club 

 two cups, which shall be given for competi- 

 tion, as follows: One to be competed for by 

 novices or members who have not won rib- 

 bons; the other to be an open competition, the 

 provisions and rules for the competitions to 

 be left to the Board of Governors. 



Fontenalis antipyratica is one of the best 

 of ornamental aquarium plants. It is not a 

 plant which would be suitable to completely 

 plant an aquarium, but should be used in small 

 bunches in corners or fastened to rockwork, 

 where it will root and make a very attractive 

 appearance. A number of our members have 

 been in search of this plant for several years. 

 Mr. Barrett has recently received a limited 

 supply, which he will be pleased to share with 

 our members at a slight charge. 



