CuHaPtTeErR IV. 
THE TYPES OF GOLDFISH. 
In describing the different types of goldfish, I have used 
a classification that a daily contact with the fish for many 
years and careful study of them has proved to my. satis- 
faction best suited for American and European purposes. 
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any 
other name would smell as sweet,” the late William Shake- 
speare, Esq., is charged with having said. Well, I presume 
for poetical purposes this is so, but for practical use I have 
found that the correct name of a thing is of great import- 
ance in many cases. For instance, in rose culture one must 
know the correct name of a rose and its typical character- 
istics in order to secure the desired effect before planting it. 
Each of the goldfish types has certain virtues of its own, 
one being better suited for a certain purpose than is another. 
They are all beautiful; to say which is most so is impossible, 
this depending much on the purpose they are to serve. 
THE COMMON GOLDFISH. 
I have chosen this type as the standard by which to meas- 
a 
ure the variations of the others; its description is for that rea- 
son very minute. 
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