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Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2385, 22 October 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

Tin-, (Jiicun Urgent of Spain is skilful embroiderer and Ins just completed a nuigniliccnt Hag for a m w ironclad named after her. Tim standard is over 11 yards long and I!.' wide. A ckxtxkman said to a minister: “ When do yon expect to see Deacon S. again " Never,” said the reverend gentleman solcndy; "the deacon is in heaven." An Kxpkxsivk 1 Foi-.nv.—Tlie orchid craze is mil- of the most expensive hobbies a wnnmn an have, (hire, in Kngland, a rich Ini !■ nv••hern ’ Woman gut herself into royal society by cultivating orchids and making a c dll-elimi that was the talk of J-ingian I, and won the smart owner a visit train the queen. Urchids arc air plants, and slow up in the air fastened on the trunks of trees. They sometimes droop down eight or ten feel and blomn profusely, ofioti having as many as three hundred l)i;v.'Oms on a single plant. They come hum all latitudes, will grow under all climatic conditions and are as fascinatingly curious :h monkeys. They resemble in appearance reptiles, insects, animals, and there is (.lie that looks the picture of a. i. liite-robrd nun. They are enormously e.pmisive. A plant may cost hundreds of pounds. The richest colours known are displayed by orchids. They stay in bloom a long time, and an orchid has been knnvn to retain its flowers in full bloom for five consecutive llio-ll.li .