FORTUNES IN FLOWERS
The sudden fancy for carnations, i which resulted Ihe other day ia XIOO being paid for a single .plant, is not to be compared with the tulip mania that broke out in Holland in the middle of the seventeenth century. Then, as much as £1,00(1 was paid on several occasions for rare bulbs, and one, the Semper Augustus, actual'y changed hands for £1,700. Probably, this represents a record price for all time for a single plant, although in the early days of the orchid craze very large s u'ms indeed were frequently panl for new varieties.
Huron Schroeder, for instance, received .ClliS for a unique Cypripediirn Stonei. while another connoisseur paid C:i4() for a variety of Aerides Lawrenceoe. Then, again. Mr. Sander, the famous "Orchid King" of SI. Albans, acluallv bnugl'. back for C'2oo a plant he had' origi'.mllv sold for two guineas. Anolher 'ciisl,oner of hi- paid CIIIO f„r a bulb which llowercd out into a new ami elegant varieiy. The piircha-er made CSUO on his purchase by dividing the plant and re-selling it i» connoisseurs and dealer-. Mr. Sander hnusoH giving -50 guineas for one piece, whi-h lie kept for hvbr'uli-iug. So late as IS!l'» the on-hid- at lileuheim sold for no less than t.l.ilil. many
single plants fetching over Lloil apiece: while 11 r. I'.arilolt, the late superintendent of the Zoological Hardens, sold lor a vorv considerable sum two stray orchid- thai had sprung up on a rubbish heap .behind his house. These latter represented two dislmcl and new varieties, but no one knew how thev came there, or whence or when. It 'was -opposed, however, that they
arrived unnoticed amongst a consign ment of South American monkeys.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 234, 26 September 1908, Page 4
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284FORTUNES IN FLOWERS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 234, 26 September 1908, Page 4
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