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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9091, 27 June 1888, Page 5

Our far North correspondent writes: — While on a journey by the West Coast beach leading northwards from Ahipara, I found growing at a lone, bleak place called Waihi, near the shore, a rare species of Hibiscus, a class of plants that is limited in New Zealand. This specimen proved to be the Hibiscus diversilolius, and its flowers have a very showy appearance. They are large, being about two inches in diameter, and are of a delicate lemon colour with crimson throat. The stems arc somewhat thorny, and the plant has a procumbent appearance, resembling a blackbcrry-bush or bramble as regards habit and foliage. As far as I have been able to ascertain, those plants are here only found in the locality mentioned. They are also indigenous to East India, and resemble the other New Zealand species, Hibiscus trionum. I have also discovered, in the vicinity of Mount Camel, the habitat in the Far North of the rare and remarkable Psilotum triquetrum, a member of the lycopod order. Hitherto it had not been known to scientists north of Rangitoto.

To prevent dirt in the house and to allow the children to run in the garden between the showers, mothers should use every means to get all the footpaths about the house coated with coal-tar before the wet weather sots in. Price of coal-tar reduced for two months. Apply at Gas Office for price and printed instructions.