A Piece of Extravagance.
Ou the authority of Modern Society, it is stated that Miss Helen Gould, the gentle maiden-millionaire, who takes a great pride in her eon;ervatories, has committed a little piece of personal extravagance in the purchase of a very rare palm, for which she paid the sum of £7OO. This palm is a magnificent specimen of Itavenaia Madagascariensis, and stands a little over 32 feet high, while it is nearly 100 years old. This species will be known to some under the name of I'rania speciosa. It may not be generally known that the French term this palm " the travellers' tree," probably on account of the water which is stored up in the large cup-like sheaths of the leaf-stalks, and with which travellers are said to allay their thirst. The leaves are of gigantic size, somewhat like those of Musa Ensete, but arranged in two rows on opposite sides of the arboreous stem.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 74, 22 July 1896, Page 4
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156A Piece of Extravagance. Hastings Standard, Issue 74, 22 July 1896, Page 4
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