It is said that the Isthmus of Tehuantepon naturalists have discovered a botanical clock. It it a flower which in the morning is white, at noon red, und at night blue, alterations of colour being eo regular that tho time of day can bo told from the tinb of the flower. 'i - A French florist has been offering .30,000 francs to anyone who will reveal to him | method of growing blue rotei. - - ■> ---g ■!
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10032, 20 January 1896, Page 5
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