A FLORAL WONDER.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 359, 26 March 1903, Page 6

A FLORAL WONDER.

OJdIMMI %r a Grow«» ef nslHsiala aavd Kiown aa tha "H«ita Dalvr.* Tli« newest floral wonder la tha "-Shasta daisy," originated by * flower grower of California. It measures a foot in circumference, and wbtn one wea exhibited recently in a florist's window In San Francisco, peopla literally flocked to see it, says the Philadelphia Saturday Erening Post. It is really a new kind of flower, and has been produced by a«T«ral years of crossing and selection, three different kinds of daisies being used —the common American specie*, the larger and coarser European sort and the Japanese daisy. There are throe rows of petals of the pureat white, and each blossom Is upheld by a single strong and wiry stem -Which is nearly two feat long. One advantage of the Shasta daily ia said to be that it ia exceedingly hardy, enduring much cold, so that it ea,n be grown <rut-of-dooTf. It It elaimad that it prospers in almost any kind of soil, blooms all summer long (in California nearly all tha year round) and may be rapidly multiplied by diriding the roots. , A peculiarity of this new and beautiful blossom ia that it socmetfcnea ahowa colors, indicating that daisies of T**ioub huea and of gigantic sis* may h* placed on tha market before loaf. ,

■Platow P»m*e That DMhuw Ilaat. The increase in the number of tall building! has resulted in a larger use of ribbed and prismatic glass for windows, as well as in the production of Improved varieties of such glass. The Illumination of dingy rooms, fEut in by lofty walls, is increased by the reelection, from the many facets of the glass, of light which would otherwise pass the windows without penetrating the interior of the rooms. The employment of diffusing glass is rcgard•d as introducing "a new era is inlerlor lighting." :*....