Show ODDITIES IN FLOWERS in sumatra grows a flower of a scent so vile as to be comparable to nothing but rotten carrion alie orchids are true parasites growing on other plants and drawing their sustenance from them and from the air the stamens of the common bai berry will draw back when touched as though unpleasantly affected by the on pure white geraniums looking as though they were made of almost transparent wax are grown by english florists in syria near damascus there ia said to grow a hummingbird plant the fower of which bears a close blance to alic humming bird the breast is red the wings are a dark green the back yellow the head and tail n 1 |