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FOREST AND STREAM. 



SisJf §nJtm;e. 



This Journal is the Official Organ of the Fish Cnltur- 

 ists' Association. 



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Seth Green Honored .—We (earn from the Rochester 

 Democrat that the Sooiote d' Aeelimatation of Paris has re- 

 quested and obtained permission of Seth Green to translate 

 his -work on Trout, Culture into the French language. The 

 request urges that such translation would be of great ser- 

 vice to Frenchmen. The honor is well merited, showing 

 that Mb labors and talents are appreciated abmad, as well 

 us at home. 



—Fishermen will do well to observe that, in accordance 

 with a law passed by the last Legislature, the Board of 

 Fishery Commissioners give notice that black-bass spawn 

 from the first day of May until the fifteenth day of July, 

 pickerel spawn in March, April and May, pike and perch 

 in April, May aud June, suntish in June and July, Trout; 

 from i be fifteenth of August until the first of April, yellow 

 perch in March, April and May, cattish in June and July, 

 during which time it is unlawful to take the said fishes. 

 The penalty for having any of these fishes in possession 

 during the times mentioned is $5. 



AQUARIA AT THE STATE FAIR. 



Editob Forest jiffit Stream:— 



Among the many attractive tilings shown last week at Rochester hardly 

 any interested, instructed and amused more people than the hue displav 

 of fish exhibited by Sets Green, While many points or seeintng attw- 

 tion were, at times, almost deserted, these beautiful aquaria were densely 



ponoeattof , :„ -••:.- ■•■•!. .. •■.•;: ..,. .r.m rjtni courtesy of Mr. Green 

 be was admitted v. lOiln the circle. The arrangement was ux, ellei 1 1, 



■ and a 



y aud a 



iMichie 



id other bri 

 kept them fresh, cles 



nve. A due description of alt that was there open to ever 

 be very valuable to your reader?, but, the time of your cones) 

 far loo limited to permit suitable notes to be taken. Amoi 



i g fish ;o sportsmen were the young Kennebec 



small Sacramento and Pacific salmon, the salmon troui, the 



the latter beautifully shown, and the famous grayling, with i 



nine Fellows batched rrom eggs obtained by Mr. eirecu n 



■ I y bass were well represented by specimens or blat 



tiawbery bass, rock bass, aud rock flu buss, and the bright- 

 ; i, familiar to recollections of pin hook ventures, delighted 

 the little ones held up to look. Oue large tank was filled with a great 

 variety of life. Boss, »ai Sab, turtles, crabs, eels, trout, smrgeon, and a 

 dozeu other wriggling, creeping aud crawling forms were all living in 

 Bl the hue pickerel being '-for this occasion only" well con- 

 ducted— probably being a vegetarian reformer at this peace congress— 

 aud looking through This animate mass were dozens of wondering eyes 

 uiai. seemed never to tire of seeing so clearly the life that, goes on under 

 l he waters. 



The .effect of seeing the crowd through the glass and water was very 



droll. The motion and refraction of the water mingled the features of 



: ,ii to the glass with the tins within, until one's studies of 



the riuiiv denizens were interrupted by a series of eyes, mouths, and 



equally 



It 

 (weei 



i> . ■ i 



ed Man 



■ u-alun 



,„.:- 



ing the 



■lit fai. 



and » 



bird- and an 



u heproi 



[flit (lie 



'tlllyap. 



i it with new ideas and 

 d it is to be hoped that 

 ! a way our wild game 

 m its breeding season 



i - lab ..• an annual meeting of the Ameri- 

 >n, it would add great interest, and many 

 » deliberately study the classes of fish and 





UXITKI) SPATES Fl-ll tJoil.MI.~MON. i 





Uepaiitisent of tui; Pacific Coast, - 





McClotjii Kn kk. CaC. KepCeDlber g3d. 1S74. | 



Zuiron Fob 



est and Stbeam:— 





celved from A, P. Uockford. Esq., Super intendment of Fish 





jike City, Utah, interesting accounts of the shad, salinor 





.. ib Mr. Stone lias introduced there. Some of the youm 





ere left there Inst year on the overland trip wiih sbad ti 



ahfoinia, 1 



ave b^en seen within a few weeks, and are about three 



, 



or the California salmon eggs v, bicM Mr. Btone sent then 





nety-aevc-n per cent, hatched, and of Ihe young s..lmoi 



Air. Kockwuod has recently taken a few mountain herring— which are 

 rare in the Ten iniry, except at very hich altitudes- and lie intends to 

 try tile experiment of propagating them, tie also sends wiih his letter 

 for out) hu ndred and tif ty thousand aali.CAHl) more California 



. of this year's taking. Very truly yours, M. L. FanntN. 



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Pise QimrcRE in New JiseaEY.— Negotiations have been 

 opened for the purchase of Lake Weewanapee, Couueciicut 

 Farms, Union County, N. J. Tlie price fixed is $800,000, 

 mid the transfer is to be made on Tuesday next, Ihe lake 

 covers an Area of 800 acres, and is fed by never-failing 

 L'he purchasers are to use it tor the raising of 



leaches, trout ami salmon. It will be divided off into 

 ooinpai'lrueii.is, so that the several species of fish in its 

 ,.i i , may be divided from eacli other, ft is said that the 



, being' conducted in the interest of the 



Prussian GovurmnenCtuid that the salmon will he taken to 

 Prussia to stock the rivers of that country.— A. Y. Times, 

 21th. ^ = _______ 



fc ew things are more willfully tenacious than a newly 



tarred boat turned keel up on the beach, A man who sits 

 down on one is ant to grow misanthropic, mood3 r and inac- 

 tive when he attempts to rise; aud uo matter how many 

 tailors' hills he owes, he is pretty sure to require a re-seat 

 iu full for his pants. 



Jjfctfmal gistorn. 



An Anchorite. — There is an attractive strip of woods 

 in Beverly called' Snake Hill, which an enterprising gen- 

 tleman is opening to the public, constructing roads through 

 it, and bringing out, its hidden beauties. As one of his 

 workmen was splitting open a large log, nearly three feet 

 in diameter, he found carved, near the heart, a figure of an 

 anchor six inches in length. The log had been split with 

 powder, and consequently the annular rings could not be 

 counted, but it, is thought thai the tree was not less than 

 ninety years old. The figure, which is solidly filled with 

 pitch, was not deeply cut, probably only through the liber 

 and cambium layer of the young tree. 



If Ihe handiwork of the person who carved it could 

 speak, what a history it could unfold of the silent, pro- 

 cesses of nature First, after the healing of the, wound, 

 the forming of the liber, or inner bark; then the layer of 

 wood which, as the inner bark is exposed to the elements, 

 by the dropping away of the outer, hardens, is surrounded 

 b\ another layer, and so on till the once living outer sheath- 

 ing of wood becomes hard and sapless heart. In all these 

 years the shape of the anchor is. retained, to be brought to 

 light years after its author has returned to dust. 



The IIaypf.n Expedition.— Special dispatches from the 

 Hayden Expedition have been received of importance. 

 The results are far beyond the work of previous years. A 

 new pass has been discovered over tbe main divide low 

 enough for a rauroad to tbe Gunison Valley, the richest 

 region of the Rocky Mountains. The finest collection of 

 fossil remains ever found iu America, has been discovered 

 by Professor Cope, paleontologist, on the shore of the an- 

 cient ocean in New Mexico. Forty-seven specimens were 

 found in oue day. The megatherium, the mastodon, and 

 all classes of saurian monsters illustrating the gigantic 

 natural wonders of extinct aires are among t hem , 



MATING of Pigeons. — Seeing in many numbers of your 

 invaluable paper invitations to fanciers to send .you accounts 

 of extraordinary matching or mating among "birds, I take 

 the liberty of sending the following as likely to interest, 

 brother fanciers. I have now in my loft an African owl 

 cock whom I mated with a hen of the same kind; they 

 lived harmoniously together, and raised last season five 

 pairs of young. During the winter I had til 



lo 



tbe 



ick. 



•ely little 



; hut 



triced 



r hen the 

 fellow, set. about finding another wife f 

 a few davs he succeeded in finding a v 

 Agate hen, who in due course laid the u 

 he (the owl) assisting her regularlv in in 

 when flying about the loft I noticed he 

 attention to a blue Antwerp, who, in a 

 agate laid, also laid him a couple of err 

 most exemplary manner, assisting both 

 suit being that the agate's eggs are hatched 



'hich are due in about four days. If they also hatch 

 I will write vou further on the subject; but I think that, as 

 the young aiready hatched get bigger, the owl will find 

 plenty to do to help the one hen. 



ng 



them, 



nd th. 

 svj regularly feeding 

 irp in incubating hi 



THE MICHIGAN GRAYLING. 



I HAVE just returned from a visit to the An Sable. 

 There 1 made acquaintance for the first time with the 

 American grayling', which I found to be no myth, but a 

 numerous and rising branch of the salmon family. The 

 grayling is a beautiful lish, and at Ibis season is in tine con- 

 dition. It spawns in May. It seemed to me more gamev 

 than Rangeley trout of the same size— two pounds aud be- 

 low—taking the fly with great vivacity, even suggesting 

 the land-locked salmon with its similar four or five leap's 

 into the air and spirited struggles to release itself from 

 the hook. It did not, seem to heed the presence or passage 

 of a boat, but was moody like land-locked salmon about 

 biting. For instance, one morning they stopped biting 

 about nine o'clock all along the stream at" points a mile or 

 two apart. This is observed in many kinds of fish, how- 

 ever. The flesh of the grayling is sweet and delicate, but 

 lacks the high flavor of trout and other fish of the salmon 



These fish are certainly abundant in the Au Sable and 

 its branches, in the Horsey and in Ihe Manistee, and prob- 

 ably other streams in Northern Michigan. The latter 

 Stream is, as yet, comparatively untouched by the angler. 

 All are easily accessible, and afford the finest fly-fishing. 

 The Au Sable is a stream to captivate the heart of an angler 

 in- the eye Of 8 painter; water clear as crystal, flowing 

 swiftly over sand gravel and clay, winding between hanks 

 clothed with the "forest primeva'l," and affording charming 

 spots for camping and the "noonday roast." 



I was fortunate on this visit to 'the Au Sable in being 

 a guest of Mr. D. U. Fitzhugh, Jr., of Bav City, who", 

 despite his disclaim of any light to Ihe office, will have to 

 stand as the discoverer and patron of the American gray- 

 ling l-'i-h iiiiiurisis and anglers have put him on the roll 

 of honoi in thai, capacity, and he must stand it, Whether 

 posterity can or not. Besides filling this honorable office 

 gracefully, Mr. Fitzhugh is a most hospitable and genial gen- 

 tleman and a true angler, able to quote his line Of Horace 

 or Goldsmith apropos, and to cast his line with equal pre- 

 cision into that pleasant place just where the quick water 

 melts into ihe still. Lcn Jewell, the "brave boy" who ac- 

 companies him on all his hunting and fishing expeditions, 

 rises above the emergencies of shooting a rapid, or pitch- 

 ing a camp, as he does in stature above the heads of his 

 countrymen. Fortunate are they who go into the woods 

 willi two such companions. B. F. Bowdes. 



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CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE. 



Dei'aktment op Forme Pahkb, I 

 New Yoi:a.Oct.4, iSti. f 

 Animals received at Central Park Menagerie for the week ending 

 October 3d, ISM: 

 One hrnwn Pelican, I'ekcanuifuscus. 



One Sharp-shiimed Hawk, Accipeter fmem. Presented by Mr. E. B. 

 Gleason. 



One Flying Stiuirrel, I'ltrooiys j-o!uct!la. Presented by Miss Mary A. 

 Cole. W. A. Cosxux, 



faadlnnd, Ettwn and %mdm. 



LILIUM JAPONTCUM LONGIFOLIUM. 



"Smithson," of Paris, Mo., asks us to give him and 

 others a description of this surpassingly beautiful lily, and 

 its method of cultivation. We comply with pleasure, aud 

 place at the head of this article a well executed illustration 

 of this celebrated lily. The japonicum longifolium is, as 

 you will observe, somewhat of a trumpet-shaped flower, of 

 the purest pearly whiteness. When fully grown, and under 

 good aspect, it is from four to four and a half inches in 

 length, and rich in all the developments of a perfect, 

 flower. It is also a perfectly hardy and healthy plant, in 

 which it differs somewhat from another and very valuable 

 flower called the lilium lancifolium, which will be spoken 

 of in a future number of this paper. 



The longifolium rarely exceeds two feet in height, and a 

 mediun is generally found to be eighteen inches. The 

 bulbs are generally small, and of compact and finer scales. 

 It, is not at present, grown in such numbers as it should be, 

 but we believe the time is not far distant when it will take 

 a foremost rank among our choice bulbs of the outdoor as 

 well as indoor garden. It need only to be known more 

 fully to be thoroughly appreciated. Among its many rec- 

 ommendations to favor is, that it can be forced with great 

 success. It is admirably adapted for all the uses to which 

 we put our favorite potted plants. We have frequently 

 grown them in the house with the very best success. If 

 our friend Smithson will only follow otir directions he will 

 find himself in possession of the. most beautiful flower of 

 the floral catalogue, and at almost any season of the year. 

 Tlie soil we have found best adapted for the growth of the 

 above bulb has been composed, when of a made soil, of a 

 friable nature— say loam or peat, and sand, as follows: 

 One part yellow loam, one part silver sand, one part of old 

 peat soil, aud one part of decayed soil from forest leaves. 

 If to these you add half a pint of pulverized charcoal, or 

 charcoal dust, you have the best compost to be had for 

 your plants, either for the garden out of doors or the pots 

 within doors. If you choose to give a stimulus to your 

 plants, you should add another part of old, well rotted 

 cow manure. Plant your bulbs, if for out of doors, at a 

 depth of four and a half to five inches, and if for pots a 

 little less. Iu winter cover the outdoor plants with dry 

 leaves or straw. When once well planted they need not be 

 removed oftener than once in three years, and" then only to 

 recuperate and replant. 



About the middle of April they will commence to grow 



quite rapidly 



The best 



water at evening. 



houses— they will 

 raised them under g 

 Here a peculiarity 

 plants is necessary 

 6th you will fill youi 

 leaving the stem bar 

 roots in abum 



nd will no 

 vill be to apply w 

 ng. If 



lui 



loosiderable water. 



b a garden syringe tepid 

 them under glass, or in 

 thus be grown well in common glass 

 ;ed a good circulation of air. I have 

 lass frames with sun heat alone, 

 of culture not common to tetany other 

 for our bulbs. From June 1st to the 

 pots to the brim with a turf or peat, 

 which will send out its strong tap 

 Now you will tie up your stems to 

 itakes, aud give your plants an abundance of light 

 npd air. About the. 20th of June you should water them 

 copiously with soot water, which can be made as follows: 



Take one peek of i 

 let it settle, then eti 

 to use from a coi 

 buds appear, if vo 1 

 placing them in at 



nd eight gallons soft water; stir it, 

 illy skim oil the top. and it is ready 

 m' watering pot. When the flower 

 tsh to hasten them, you can do so by 

 u room kepi, moist and close. Your 

 Japan, will at this stage bear a con- 

 it, and repat 



all your care. As 

 bloom, place them in 

 full sunlight, to yyell ripen the bulbs. Gradually diminish 

 the waterings until you find your bulbs quite dry, aud 

 when the stalks are dead cut them, aud place the pots in a 

 good dry place until the next season. Then turn them out 

 ot their pots, and select llic best bulbs for replanting again 

 in pots, and the rest you may plant iu a bed in the garden 

 to recuperate for a later bloom in the fall. 



INow let none of our readers fail of raising good, hand- 

 some Japan lilies next year. If they do it will not be the 

 fault of Ollipod QctLL. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Thaxter, St. Louis.— Can you tell me anything concern- 

 ing the "Cassaday grape"— what color, what habit, time of 

 ripening," etc. 



This grape was a chance seedling, produced in the gar- 

 den or H. P. Cassaday, Philadelphia, Pa. The bunch is 

 of a medium size, quite compact, aud bunches shouldered. 

 The berries are of medium size, round, of a pale green 

 color, and covered with a delicate white bloom. VVhen 

 this grape becomes very ripe we have noticed that its color 

 changes to a light yellow. The skin is quite thick, but a 

 little tough. The fruit is very sweet aud pulpy, and has a 

 peculiar sweetness, unlike any other grape we have eaten. 



