OR, THE HOME-CULTURE OF FRESH-WATER PLANTS. 
which the “ Telescope” holds a prominent place. 
He is a fine large fish, delicately marked with very 
light shades of scarlet, black, and grey. 
Of the Nin-eubk-yu , or Nymphs, there are end¬ 
less varieties, all beautiful. The one called the 
Amber Yellow is very distinct. His ground colour 
is silver, with fine large patches of delicate amber- 
yellow, not at all inclining to scarlet, like our com¬ 
mon varieties—each patch deepening in the centre 
to a pure orange. 
There is also the Ruby, a fish of exquisite beauty, 
being of delicate, semi-opaque violet-crimson, fading 
to a delicate rose colour underneath. 
Of the Ya-tan-yu tribe or species, so named from 
the rotund, spherical, or egg-like shape of the fish, 
there are many very curious varieties : one, with 
a rich violet back, flushed with deep rust colour, 
whose native name M. de Sauvigny translates as 
the “ferruginous,” is very singular; as is another 
with a drooping, fringe-like, scarlet tail, known as 
“ Red Rringe.” 
The species Kin-teon-yu is very remarkable, and 
seems quite distinct. The tail and head are bent 
upwards, giving to the entire fish the form of a 
crescent; and they have the habit, it would seem, 
of throwing themselves over and over as they swim, 
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