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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1091, 12 October 1869, Page 2

The Myosotidium Nobile. — A few of these magnificent plants, commonly known as the Chatham Island lily, but really the forget-me-not, have been brought to Auckland direct from the Chathams by Mr. Danvers, and are now on sale at Messrs. Baird and Co.'s, Victoria-street. If planted out at once they will, we are informed, blossom during the coming summer, while if raised from seed it will take three years to bring them to perfection. The first of these plants introduced into England was offered for sale by auction when in full flower, and realised the sum of £46. Its large dark green leaves, as if modelled in wax, nearly a foot in diameter, 1 and flowers, present a truly magnificent appearance. They need to be planted in a sandy soil, or one made so by a large admixture of sea-beach.— N. Z. Herald. Tongabibo again Active.— We are informed by an eye-witness from Murimotu (about 25 miles in a direct line from the volcano) that an eruption of the mountain had again taken place. On the evening of Wednesday, September 15, at 6.31 p.m., the sky became overcast with clouds of smoke of an inky blackness, which completely enveloped the mountain of Tongariro in total darkness.^ The volcano continued smoking for hal?-an-hour. A shock was then felt as though an explosion t had taken place, and Tongiriro belched forth from its cone a brilliant flame, which illuminated the sky for mitfs round, and S resented an appearance, as it gradually ied away, similar to a glorious sunset. It lasted about two hours*— Wanganui Evening Herald. '■■'■'"■.