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Show ORCHIDS OF RARE VALUE Brought Back From the j Interior of Columbia By a Farmer Cromwell, Conn., Aug. 1C Andrew Benson, a Connecticut farmer, has Just returned from a seven months" expedition to the United States of Columbia, with Sj crates of rare or-1 or-1 ehids, which he values at more than Siio.OOO. Among his prizes are four specimens of a pure white orchid so rare that each plant commands a price of $1,000 in this couatry. From the shoulder of a mountain near the border line of Colombia and Venezuela. Vene-zuela. Mr. Benson looked down upon hundreds of thousands of dollars' v.orth of these rare orchids, but each plant was in such an inaccessible place that he was unable lo obtaia u;ore than the four specimens hi brc ught back with him Mr. Benson's expedition was accompanied ac-companied through the dense forests by a guard of 40 Indians, together with guides, porters and pack mules. The hardships of the journey were so great that eight native members of ihe'party died during the trip. |