Accordingto the Journal of Horticulture, 3000 chrysanthemum plants are grown at Windsor in the orthodox way for producing large blooms, and this collection includes gome of the latest novelties—Hairy Wonder, for instance, one of the introductions of the present season. With the remaining plants, the head-gardener aims at producing an unlimited quantity of smaller flowers. Referring to Colocynth (Citrullus Colocynthis), it is stated that, although in demand in the European markets, the fruits were nob exported in such considerable quantities in 1803 as they were during the previous year. It is gathered by the Arabs in the vicinity of Gaza, where it grows wild; but in consequence of the levying of the tithe by the authorities, which has of late been exacted from the exporters, instead of from the Bedouins, who collect the article, shipments were eomewhab less in i 1893 than in 1892.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9721, 17 January 1895, Page 6
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