subject. We have been very fortunate in 

 securing- Dr. Herman Burgin to address us. 

 Dr. Burgin was for years president of our 

 Society and has himself bred many of the finest 

 fish ever shown. Beginners and others will 

 find much of practical value at this meeting. 



Several years ago one of our members, Mr. 

 Albert T. Coles, invented the spawning net, 

 a most useful device under certain circum- 

 stances. It was written up in "The Aqua- 

 rium" about a year ago, but a reference to it 

 at this time might be timely. It consists sim- 

 ply of an oblong cheesecloth bag suspended 

 on a frame so as to hang in the aquarium. The 

 bag should, if possible, extend into the water 

 at least, say, ten inches wide, sixteen inches 

 long and twelve inches deep. In the morning 

 when the fish are driving place the bag into 

 the aquarium, put in myriophyllum, water 

 hyacinth or whatever other plants you may 

 use to catch spawn on, and then lift in the 

 female and such males as may be selected for 

 the mating. This method avoids the use of 

 extra tanks for spawning purposes, assures 

 cleanliness, avoids change of water and avoids 

 undesirable matings, which are liable to occur 

 in a lar^e aquarium. 



PLATE GLASS AT LOW COST 



As plate glass is the largest item of expense 

 in constructing an aquarium, the amateur 

 often uses double-thick American ordinary 

 glass to economize. Plate glass really need not 

 be very expensive. There are a number of 

 plate glass insurance concerns who are fre- 

 quently taking out large remnants of broken 

 windows. These they cut into sizes and sell 

 at considerably below the market price, so that 

 a plate glass aquarium, which is very much 

 the best in every way, need not cost materially 

 more than the ordinary kind. 



Several of these insurance companies are in 

 the vicinity of Fourth and Walnut streets. 



If buying from the large dealers, try to get 

 plate glass of second grade. 



