Show FRUITS AND FLOWERS arizona was waa the first in the market marke i with this seasons oranges beating call cal I 1 tornia fornia by a week or so BO persimmons Persimmon a are not enough in de tg I 1 d Jn astero eta to encourage california calif fruit growers to cultivate the crop and K ud many any grow growers pra have decided to cisse beasa raising them thein in the year 1506 there were only four kinds of hyacinth the single and the double blue the purple and the vit violet at the present time there are am many thousands sands of varieties more thin than car loads of oranges were shipped from los angeles amgeles cal to the east the past season it is stated that oranges have been shipped from riverside Rive raide cal detring every incato of 0 1895 Califor record of orange shipments this thia season far surpasses that of any other year up to december 18 last ear loads of oranges orans es bad besa been shipped east from southern california cs as compared with 18 car loads in 1894 one of the most moat enthusiastic women horticulturists is miss misa alice rothschild who whose collection of roses alone is in said to be worth the archduke of u astria st ria owns flowers R ow erg to the alue or and I 1 trevor laurences lawrences Lawren ces col edtion at dorking is worth over MO I 1 FINGER RINGS I 1 during tho he century in france and spain gifta of 0 valuable rings ringa to I 1 statues of the saints sainta and virgin mary were very tery common one statue in barcelona is ia said to have hav worn warn riep valued at pilgrim rings were formerly sold rold at every noted shrine in christendom they were purchased by pilgrims preparing to return home and were regarded as evidence that the pilgrimage had been really performed the coronation ring of great mt britain ain Is ia of gold with a large and very vain talu able ruby setting during the coronation ceremonies it is placed on use the fourth finger anger of the sovereign by the archbishop of Canter canterbury laury according to the traditions of the parly barly church jozeph joseph aud and mary were r espoused with an amethyst ring this by some persons Is ia supposed to be the tee reason why episcopal rings ringa were often set with the same stone I 1 in the tha first century before christ had a very large collection or museum of signet rings it was insinuated against him that his collection contained the signet of every leading kading potentate of his time |