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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10699, 24 May 1906, Page 3

It bits been resolved by the committee m Wellington to establish a hostel for University students m memory of the lato Bishop Hadfield. Although the Act reinaius m operation only up to the 'first day of Adjust next., the Labor Department is proceeding with the appointment- of an Agricultural Implement luqudry Board. Tuo Board will j consist of the ' president of t he. Arbitration Court, tho president of the Farmers' Union, the president- of "tho Cnnteibwy Industrial Association, one member appointed by the- Government on the recommendation of" the various Trades and Labor Councils, and one member appointed on tho recomendation of the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies m the colony_ A London correspondent states that last month a> single flowering plant was sold by auction m the City of London for the agreeable little sum of £1207 ! Of" course is was an orchid — Odohtoglossum crispum Pittianum. The price given was a record one, the previous highest having been £843 15s, which was given last- .year for an' Odohtoglossum crispum Roger Sander. Tho records-breaking plant had three bulbs — two with leaves, and a young break. It ..had won two gold medals for the «ize, ; '^iftstance,. and beaut \v of, its flower. Some time ago its owner was .offered several hundred pounde for half the plant. Its flowers are 'white, .slightly ringed with rose, the sepals and petals being heavily 'blotched with red brown, and the reverse side being heavily tinged with purple. The labellum has a yellow crest, marked with reddish lines, m front of which are' brown spots on' a. white ground. Five other Odontoglofcisum orispums realised enormous prices, viz., £840. £493, £420, £315, £304. Various other plants "mado from £70 to. £120 apiece, and tl»B entire collection realised £5342. It is not a oad thing to own a few good orchids. T.be Dutchmen's tulips of old were ."not m it" with the mow modern flower. .