GOLDFISH FOR WATER GARDENS 
(See Color Illustrations Inside Back Cover) 

WATER GARDENING can hardly reach its best 
development without Goldfish in the Pool, so 
much do they contribute to its beauty and inter- 
est, and to easy success of its maintenance as well. 
Almost any outdoor Pool gives suitable condi- 
tions for the fish to increase in size and also to 
reproduce. Goldfish fed occasionally at the edge 
of the Pool will soon be inclined to school and 
approach the visitor at the Pool border, bring- 
ing life and color to the whole scene that could 
be had in no other way. Goldfish in the Pool will 
destroy insects and their larvae, and are especially 
effective in destroying mosquito larvae. 
With the tremendous resources of the world’s 
largest commercial Goldfish Hatcheries at our 
command, we are able to offer you the utmost 
economy in Collections of Goldfish for the Pool, 
and to supply any special orders. We invite spe- 
“cial inquiries. 
Be careful not to overfeed Goldfish. We sup- 
ply a variety of special fish foods suitable for all 
feeding requirements. (See page 19.) 
Goldfish may well be left in the Pool over 
winter if the water 1s deep enough not to freeze 
solidly to the bottom. Break a hole or two in the\ 
ice occasionally to increase air in the water. If 
you keep an indoor Aquarium, take the best 
specimens from the Pool for your enjoyment 
throughout the winter. 
If the Pool must be drained for the winter, 
fish not to be kept in an Aquarium can be stored 
in tubs or other containers in the basement. Here 
the water must be changed occasionally, or a 
trickle of running water provided, unless you 
can transfer some sagittaria, myriophyllum or 
other oxygenating plants with the fish and estab- 
lish balanced Aquarium conditions in the storage 
tubs. 
If you are interested in raising Goldfish in the 
Pool, get them in before the spawning season in 
early May. Provide root clumps of floating plants 
(Water Hyacinths, etc., page 14) or bunches of 
submerged grasses tied together and allowed to 
float (see Milfoil, page 14) in which the eggs 
will be deposited. It is difficult to determine the 
sex of Goldfish, and a dozen or more should be 
placed in the Pool if breeding is desired. 


