OR, THE HOME-CULTURE OF FRESH-WATER PLANTS. 



the " Pearly," from the brilliantly changing nacre- 

 ous hues with which his pure white is varied in 

 different lights, and another called the " Red Pins," 

 a beautiful fish of delicate azurine tone, having the 

 head, tail, and fins of intense scarlet. 



Surely here is a list to tempt a speculator. Let 

 a tolerably large tank be fitted up in some vessel 

 trading with China, and well furnished with hardy 

 water-plants before leaving the Celestial ports, and 

 then there is every probability that a cargo of these 

 magnificent fish would arrive safely in the port of 

 London, and be the means of establishing most of 

 the kinds in this country, where they might no 

 doubt be easily acclimated. Such additions would 

 impart quite a new zest to the pleasures of Gold Pish 

 keeping, and make the Aquarium rich with colours 

 that even the conservatory could scarcely match. 



