July 1, 1909 
cannot protect themselves. A piece of 
Newspaper is generally handy, and this 
put over the little plot will protect it 
from frost. 
mended to kill slugs. 
the sole of a boot, or the garden trowel, 
as the most effectual. Third, watering. 
Do not wash them half out of the ground 
With the spout of a watercan. Usea fine 
Nozzle or rose. When planting be careful 
to observe the size and strength of the 
little plants. Plant the larger and 
Stronger growths in the centre of the 
Many are the devices recom- 
We recommend 
Plot and grade the smaller ones off to 
the edges of the circle, or whatever shape 
the plot may be designed. In this way 
the plants will grow better, and when in 
full bloom a much prettier effect will be 
Ziven than if the seedlings are planted in 
4 promiscuous fashion. 
Record Prices for Orchids. 
In 1906, 1,150 guineas were paid at 
Public auction in England for an Odonto- 
Slossum crispium pittianum Orchid plant 
Consisting of three bulbs and a young 
break, The blossom is described as 
being most exquisite in color and delicacy 
f form, At the same sale, 800 guineas 
Were paid for an F. K. Sander, 470 
SUineas for an Abner Hassal, and 400 
8Uineas for a Pittios, and in the previous 
Year 875 guineas were paid for an Odon- 
toglossum. From the foregoing, it would 
Appear that a fortune awaits the grower 
Who can produce certain varieties, but, ° 
Probably, also, it would require a small 
fortune to obtain the bulbs wherewith to 
buila up the fortune in posse. 
—~Queensland Agricultural Journal.’ 
A Lost Orchid Rediscovered. 
In 1905 the ‘Lost Orchid, Cypripe- 
dium fairrieanum, was rediscovered by an. 
Englishman, azd he, with Mr. 8. P. 
hatterji, tho well-known florist and 
Nurseryman of Calcutta, have the secret 
of its natural habitat between them. 
hey had, in the year mentioned. a fine 
Stock of plants, and became entitled to 
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the reward of £2,000 (says ‘Indian 
Gardening’) offered by a certain London 
firm of plant merchants to anyone who 
would rediscover the ‘ Lost Orchid’ The 
locality where this Orchid was found 
remains a profound secret, at least, such 
was the statement made at the time, but, 
suffice it to say, it was not found in the 
Garo Hills, its supposed natural habitat. 
There was no doubt at all as to the 
identity of the plant, as it was submitted 
to Dr. Prain, Superintendent of the 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, This 
was probably the most important and 
sensational announcement that the horti- 
cultural and botanical world has received 
for many years, The plant was lost to 
the world in 1876, and, until its redis- 
covery, may be said to have been practi- 
cally extinct in Europe. 
A Gardener’s Son who has 
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Kubelik, the violinist, who, by the time 
he was 26, had earned over £100,000 by 
his playing, writes a correspondent of the 
¢ Gardeners’ Chronicle’ (Eng.), is the son 
of a gardener at Prague. He has inheri- 
ted his father’s horticultural tastes, and _ 
recent world’s tour took the 
opportunity to collect specimens of 
tropical trees, roots, and plants to em- 
bellish his own beautiful garden at Kolin, 
where he lives, within a few miles of his 
birthplace. the 
loveliest place he has ever visited, but no 
one could conceive the floral beauties of 
the Sandwich Islands. 
abundant there that they grow even on 
the roofs of the houses. On leaving his 
Honolulu, the populace 
on his 
He says Colombo is 
Flowers are so 
concert at 
accompanied him in procession back to 
his ship. 
carried a wreath of These 
wreaths they presented to him, and they 
were piled up on deck. As the ship left 
the island the visitor had to throw some 
of the wreaths over his shoulder into the 
sea, This is a native custom betokening 
a ‘farewell to Flower Island.’ 
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