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New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 11, 18 March 1893, Page 253

PRECIOUS JEWELS. Faithfulncsi in the humblest part Is better at least than proud success : And patience and love in a chastened heart Are pearls more precious than happiness ; And in the morning when we shall wake To the spring-time freshness of youth again. All troubles will seem but a flying flake. And lifelong sorrow a breath on the pane. Kew Gardens.—A large bad of the Gladiola (Childsi) was seen in Kew Gardens last summer and attracted much attention. At that time they were not named, but Mr Watson, the Curator, writing to the American paper. Garden and Forest, stated that ‘ the raisers might be congratulated on the excellence of their seedlings ; that some of the spikes were fully six feet high, well furnished with flower larger than any other Gladiolus previously seen, and that the colours were brilliant, as well as variable.’