Show FLOWER AND THEE Floral slippers are the correct thing to throw after a bridal pair Leaves vill attract dew when boards sticks and stones will not A new color in carnations has appeared In the variety known as Kaiser Wilhelm a recent importation from Germany It is a violet purple of the richest shade and of perfect form The plants are literally covered cov-ered with blooms In New Zealand there are miles of kauris i whose average height is not less than 100 feet and whose girth is not less than 30 feet and 40 feet The largest kauri yet discovered dis-covered was 70 feet in girth and the trunk was 200 feet high In Northern Africa date stones are roasted roast-ed and used as a substitute for coffee All kinds of basket and wickorwork are made from the leaf stalks while the leaves themselves are made into mats bags etc The wood is used for fences and buildings From eastern Asia comes a plant the flowers of which contain a quantity of juice that rapidly turns black or deep purple pur-ple on exposure to air It is used by Chinese Chi-nese ladies for dying their hair and eyebrows eye-brows and in Japan for blacking shoes There exists in some parts of South Dakota Da-kota Colorado and Texas avuriety of grass called the sleepy grass Vhen in afresh a-fresh green state this plant is strongly charged with narcotic propensities so much so that horses and cattle grazinc it are thrown into profound sleep |