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-‘_ SOME VALUAOLE ORCHIDS REMARKABLE EXHIBITION AT A LONDON SHOW, Priceless Plants Brought the Forests of South America. The great flOWel‘ show the Royal Horticultural Society inst held in the Inner Temple Gardens, contained many flol‘ul oddities and a few strik- ing novelties, says the London Ex- press. The most remarkable feature of the display was the wealth of orchids. “more you have Sollu't hing like $2 75,- 000 worth of these fantastic flowers massed together, you are bound to find something rare, weird, or wonâ€" derfully beautiful. Well known growers had brought plants from all parts of I‘anlanvd, and at the end of the three days' floral carnival they were able to congratuâ€" late themselves upon Inning done a record amount of business. One of the largest growers present stated that the orchid is growing more popular every year, and that owing to the comparatively rarity of the plants prices are always rising. Plants listed at twenty guincas ten years ago are worth fifty guineas toâ€" day. VALUE OF PLANTS. The romance that attaches to the plants, the fact that dangers of all \ol‘ts must be faced in tropical j‘ung- ms and forests by those who collect them, the weird shapes and wonder- ful hues (some of them almost inde finable) of the flowersâ€"all these have caused the orchid to catcl‘ the public interest, and now, when a. man with a full purse and a love for flowers covets orchids. he leaves no stone unturned to gratify himself. There are many common orchids worth, say, half a guinea a plant; and there is no reason, considering their abundance, for thinking that they will ever be aught but common. But when you come among the highly priced specimens, the orchid market sees sometimes some amazing fluctu- ations. A grower may, one year, have a certain plant worth a comâ€" paratively small sum, but in a few Years that same plant may be priceh .ess. ONLY WHITE FLOWER. Several years ago the Cypripedi'um é‘arieanum, a variety of the lady’s llipper orchid, was catalogued by Messrs. Bull, of Chelsa, at half a guinea a plant. Toâ€"duy there are enly three plants of that. orchid in txistcnce, and they are worth at least 1,000 guineas apiece. The ether plants have all died off. Vessrs. Bull showed the only white orchid known to exports. For fifty years collectors had been hunting for ouch a specimen, when one of the firm’s collectors found it in a Brazil- ian forest.“ Naturally the plant is priceless. , Its name is Laella Purpu-rata, Queen Alexandra. It is of purest white, with a yellow throat, lined with dark brown. Mr. Hall says that he will not run the risk of hybridiz- mg the plant with itself for fear of weakening, or perhaps killing it, by allowing it to produce seed pods. He intends to propogate it by dividing the roots. The fascination of hybridizing seiz- cs upon all orchid growers, and they find the. process an endless source of delight and profit. They never know what whim of shape or color will result, but they are perfectly aware that the mere taking of a. tiny atom of pollen from one flower and placing It on the pollen of another may some times mean a fortune. The show itself supplied on in- stance of fortunate hybridizing. There was an insignificant little bunch of orchid blossom representing one small hybrid plant in l‘telgium, for which its ownerâ€"Mr. Charles Vuylstcke â€" would not take $15,000. The plant was considered far too precious to send to London from. the nurseries at Loochristi, where it was raised. One extraordinary thing about this hybrid is that its father, Cochlioda =Noetzlina. a small flower of vivid scarlet, is not a quarter the size of O'dontoglossum Pescatorci, its white and purplish crimson mother. Yet the resultant hybrid is every bit as large. if not larccr Tll‘nn its mother. Anâ€" other point :11 wt itâ€"indeed, the fea- ture that in. us it so valuableâ€"is that it is the lust odontogloss’um or- chid to show a hue of red. For years hybridists had been experi- menting to introduce rod into the odoutoglnssum family. Mr. \"inI- stoke has succeeded, and his new orâ€" chidâ€"~Odontioda Vuylstekcgshows a blue of scarlet on a ground of white. Its lips are of l‘lLll yellow, and its border is of rose lilac. Messrs. Cypher, of Cheltcnham, showed a valuable novelty in the form of a white and green orchid of the lady‘s slipper varietyâ€"Cyprich 'lum (‘allosum Sandoraeâ€"of' pure white, lined with light green. Among the grouing mass of color presented by the thousands of or- chids were many individual speciâ€" mens which at once caught the eye. Sometimes it was for some amazing hue that defied all description, and at other times it was because of an uncanny shape that gave to the flowâ€" er an air of sinster intent. “0b,” was the first surprisnd com- meat of one fair lady \ix'itor, on catchingr sight of a (‘y'pi«i,\~.jiun] on,“ datum Walliin that looked like a. wo- man mad with drink, “will it hurt?" Then, recovering herself, she added GOOD REASONS FOR ALL HE SAYS me DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS 'CURED W. N. BASKIN‘S PAINS. Well-Known Norwood Contractor Always Has a Good Word for Dodd’s Kidney Pills. Norwood, Ont., Nov. 21â€"(Special). â€"Mr. W. N. Ilaskin, the wellâ€"known lumbcrmaq and railroad contractor. here, is one of those who never fail to say a, good word for llodd’s Kid~ my 1 ills. Mr. Baskin gives the rea- son why as follows: "For tWo years I was laid up with Lumbago and Kidney Disease. At times I would Lemme very weak and Would have to give up worc. I (lid work on the C.P.R. and the Parry Sound ILIL, and people all know how sick I was. "Reading of wonderful cures by Dodd's Kidney Pills led me. to try them, and I can Say I have not had any pains since I used them. It just took three boxes to cure me Completely." Lumbago is one of the results of Kidney Disease. Cure your Kidneys with Dodd's Kidney I‘ills and you, will cure your Lumbago. 5 with a great deal of truth, "some of them do look dangerous at. first." There Was another cypripedium that suggested a piratical ro-ver; indeed, looking at some of these flowers from certain positions, you could conjure up all sorts of images, quaint, beauâ€" tiful, and ghastly. SOME FLYâ€"TR AI’S. In a corner away from the orchids were seine plants that really meant danger, although only to insects. There was a specimen of the Dionoea MuSLipul-a, the Venus flyâ€"trap plant, with its uglyâ€"looking traps laid ready baitrd for unsuspecting flies. Within the trap is a sweet nectar which insects love, and several little spines which they must touch before sipping it. But the touching of those spines means that the trap snaps, closing its teeth and barring all means of escape for the intruder. Then the flower feeds. Another insectivorous plant shown Was a Sarracenie Wilsonii, a. trunmct- shaped trap about nine inches long. At the bottom is the inevitable bait of nectar. The inner sides of the trumpet are slippery as glass, and when an insect once reaches the bait it can never climb into safety again. but fails a prey to the voracious plant. _-._._+__-___ QUITE SAFE W'ITII HIM. Pretty Daughterâ€""Ma. may I go boating?” Fond Motherâ€"“Indeed you sha’n’t. The idea! Who invited you?" Dallghterâ€"“MI‘. Bliffers.” Fond Motherâ€"“Oh, yes, you may go with Mr. Illil‘fcrs. He has a cork leg, and if the boat upsets, just you hang on to that." __I_ TILL NOON. The Simple Dish That Keeps One Vigorous and Well Fed. When the Doctor takes his own medicine and the grocer eats the food he recommends some confidence comes to the observer. A Grocer of Ossian, Ind. had a practical experience with food worth anyone’s attention. He says: "Six years ago I became so weak from stomach and bowel trouble that I was finally compelled to give up all work in my store, and in fact all Sorts of work, for about four years. The last year 1 was confined to the bed nearly all of the time, and much of the time unable to retain food of any sort on my stomach. My bowels were badly constipated continually. and 1 lost in weight from 165 pounds down to 88 pounds. “When at the bottom of the ladder I changed treatment entirely and started in on Grape-Nuts and cream for nourishment. I used absolutely nothing but this for about three months. I slowly improved until I got out of bed and began to move about. “I have been improving regularly, and now in the past tu'o years have teen working about fifteen hours a day in the store and never felt bet- ter in my life. “During these two years I have never missed a breakfast of Grape- Nuts and cream, and often have it two meals a day, but the entire breakfast is always made of Grapeâ€" Nuts and cream alone, “Since commencing the use of lGrapeâ€"Nuts I lia‘e never used anyâ€" lthing to stimulate the. acligi of the ibowels a thing I had to do for Lvears. but this food keeps me reguâ€" lar and in line shape, and I am grow- ing stronger and hemier every day. l “)Iy customers, naturally, have ween interested and I am compelled lto answer u great many questions labont Grape-Nuts. "Some. people would think that :1 simple dish of Grapeâ€"Nuts and cream would not carry one through to the lnoonday meal, but it will and in the ‘most vigorous fashion." 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I suppose some folks would call that a. kind of a peculiarity, but I never take any notice of it. only I tell him he's got to put the pieces hack. and he does." Doctor Ipolitely. but looking at his watch with visible impatience) â€"â€" “Pardon me, madam, but my time is not my own! You have given me all your symptoms in sufficient de- tail; and now, perhaps, you will kindlyâ€"â€"erâ€"ahlâ€"--â€""- Husband (not So omiside‘atc)â€""lfaria, he doesn’t want to hear your. tongue any more. He wants to 100.15 at it.” Lover's Yâ€"7. (Wise Head) Disinfec- ant Soap Powder dusted in the bath, softens the water and disin- fects. The. Groomâ€""What, are you think- ling of, dearest)” The Brideâ€"“I was thinking if your father and mother had never met, or mine had 'never met, or we had never been born, or hadn’t loved each other, or â€"-ouâ€"â€"something, how dreadful every- thing would have been." lllnanl's Llnlmeni [lures lllslemier. 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