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THE AQUARIUM, OCTOBER, 1893. 



give occasional relief from close air, and 

 a little cluster of it in water will retain 

 bloom and fragrance for a fortnight, 

 the unopened buds all coming into 

 bloom as the older flowers decay and 

 fall." 



A moderately good, light, sandy soil, 

 the same as used for other bulbs, with 

 good drainage and plenty of sunlight, 

 meets its requirements, and after the 

 bulbs are potted it is not necessary to 

 set them away in the dark to form 

 roots, as they commence growing right 

 away and begin flowering early. If 

 planted at intervals from September to 

 November they will give a succession 

 of bloom during the Avinter months. 

 Fortunately, the bulbs are so cheap 

 that every one can afford to pot up a 

 good supply of them. 



The Giant Bermuda Freesias, intro- 

 duced last year, form a magnificent 

 strain of mixed hybrids, producing 

 flowers of various colors, from fine 

 white to deep orange, shaded, blotched, 

 straw-color, etc., and are very large. — 

 Mayfloioer. 



WATER LILIES. 



The beautiful fiower beds of Lincoln 

 Park, Chicago, could not detract the 

 attention from the ponds containing 

 the aquatic plants. From early morn- 

 ing until night the World's Fair visitors 

 surrounded these ponds. We noticed 

 nearly all the known species and varie- 

 ties in the collection and nearly all of 

 them were in bloom when we saw them. 

 As could be expected the two Victoria 

 Regias in bloom, with the curious 

 tray-like leaves of the plant, were looked 

 upon with great admiration. 



While in Washington this summer 

 we saw the Parrot's feather(Myriophyll- 

 um proserpinacoides) very advantage- 

 ously used. The basin in front of the 



U. S. Treasury building is planted with 

 various rich colored varieties of nymph- 

 aeas. Out of the center of this large 

 basin, rise, arranged above each other, 

 two smaller ones, bowl shaped, in 

 which the water falls after leaving the 

 Jet. The lower of these contained the 

 Parrot feather, growing luxuriantly and 

 overhanging the edges of the bowl like 

 a great mass of Lycopoclium. The 

 effect was very beautiful and novel. 



The basin in front of the AVhite 

 House, also that in the grounds, con- 

 tained besides other choice aquatics the 

 most brilliantly colored and largest 

 nymphaeas we ever saw. All the new 

 varieties were represented. 



W^e saw a great many beautiful foun- 

 tains and lily ponds this summer and 

 shall return to this subject in our next 



issue. 



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HYACINTH BULBS WITHOUT 

 MONEY. 



In order to increase the circulation 

 of The Aquarium, we make the fol- 

 lowing offer: For every name and ad- 

 dress you send to us of a person inter- 

 ested in aquarium, window gardening 

 or natural history, who is not already a 

 subscriber of The Aquarium, we will 

 send to you, free hy mail, one imported 

 Dutch single Hyacinth bulb-, choice of 



color left to you. 



♦ 



Shipment of Fish, Eggs, etc., from N. Y. 

 State Hatchery. 

 Total shipment of fish, eggs, etc., under 

 m}' supervision, from the Caledonia (N. Y.) 

 Hatchery for the year 1893 : 



Whitefish Fry. . .18.850,000 

 Ciscoes " ... 4,355.000 

 Muscalonge'- .. 2,150,000 



Lake Trout Fry . 2,715,000 

 Brown •• .. 805,000 



Brook " ..1.815,000 



California " .. 145,(Kio 

 Matured Bass Frv. 2(),7o0 

 Pike •■ 8,370,000 



Bullheads " 750 



Lake Trout Eg^s 1,030,050 

 Brown " 2,50,000 



Brook '• 150,000 



Shrimp 1,500,000 



Total production of fry, eggs, etc , 41,563,- 

 500. Monroe A. Green, 



Wm. H. Bowman, Superintendent. 



Commissioner in charge. 



