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Easter Island. 



solid colors, and but slightly hairy. These are C. Tolmii, with 

 hlac flowers, and stem a loot high; C. nudus, with white flowers, a 

 few to ten inches high; C lilacinus, with pale lilac flowers, a 

 strong grower; and C. uniflorus, with lilac flowers and low. 



In cultivation most of the Star Tulips will do well in a clay or 

 sandy loam with a little mold, and dryness, shade or moisture, 

 as I have hereinbefore indicated. Carl Purdy. 



EASTER ISLAND. 



(From the Washington, D. C, Star, July 27, 1889.) 



HE hideous stone images and carvings in 

 stone and wood at the U. S. National Museum 

 attract attention to the curious people who in- 

 habit the Easter Island. The island was the 

 home of the image makers, and the products 

 of their skill and imagination are emblems of 

 hideous idolatry. Paymaster Thompson 

 gives an interesting description of these cu- 

 rious people and their relics. It is doubtful, he 

 says, whether the present race are descend- 

 ants of the image makers. He is inclined 

 to think that there was an earlier prehistoric race. One of the 

 most noteworthy facts discovered through their archaeology is 

 that they had a written language. 



— KiATivtS' _£^^ The collection from Eas- 



^^^^^^ ter Island includes images, 

 stone and wood carvings, 

 stone spear heads, various 

 implements, weapons and 

 utensils ol industry illustra- 

 tive of the 'civilization' of 

 the people. In his descrip- 

 tion of the relics of the 

 Easter Island collection 

 Mr. Thompson states that 

 it does not appear that the 

 ordinary stone and wooden 

 images, in which the island 

 abounds, were in any sense 

 idols. They seemed rather 

 to be erected as our bronze 

 is erected in the parks, to 

 commemorate individuals. 



Be this as it may, the visitor at the National Museum must be 

 strongly predisposed to look upon these monstrosities m carvmg 



