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 “ Ped 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 he 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 he the means of establishing most of 
the kinds in this country, where they might no 
doubt he 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. 
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