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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1879)
October, 1879. THE WEST SHORE. 11 THE VICTOMA RKOIA. The Victoria llegia leavea are from six to eight feet in diameter, anil the item which beara them up ii a hollow tube aa large round j aa a atont womau'i wriat Krom the Hem riba hoot out which are two inchea in ilrpth and regular compartmenta are formed by intersect ing riba, resembling nothing ao much aa the ; frame work of a houae. Spiuea project down ward from the riba, which are very iharp, neoeaaitatiug wary handling. The leaf it green on the aurfaoe, aud a purplish retl beneath. The tloahy part ia very thm and delicate, ao much ao, indeed, that the leaat iinprrsuoii will puncture it, while the loaves aa a whole, thanks to the compartmeuta underneath, which are Idled with air, ia very buoyant ami capable of uataining aatnniahing weight, A healthy baby I- montha old may be laid on one of them with security, and a plank atretched over two of them will bear up candy a full grown man. It growth under the water it exceedingly interesting, aa each day the leaves ahoot out and maka for the urf ace ao faat aa to create the delusion that on can see them moving or lengthening. Around dens at Kew ; ucoeaafiillv cultivated also at Chateworth 17 1 it inike ol lievooehira early during Victoria's reign. Ita original ditcov erer waa a Herman scientist named llenke, who found it growing in the marshea beside the Urn Mamore, a branch of the Vms in river, as early at the year I SO I. Sit R II S. Immherg made a scieulino visit to Uriiish I iuiana, January 1st, I HJ,, ami while sailing hi a canoe up the liver llerhice, he was aatonndicd to see. for over a mile of water, that the whole liaain of tha river wai overspread with huge, round, curiously margined leaves and hundreds of magnilleent, white and rose-tinted flowers, each measuring over a foot iu diameter, scenting the whole at im. sphere with a rich perfume like tha nine apple The native" called it "N 're pa," or Wat 1 ter flatter. The planta at K a flowered in ISM, and between June and November pro dticed lil llowera. The root is a large spindle shaped tulier, with bundles ol fibrous rootlets attached, w hi. ii ap pear Willi en iv hml ami leal. I he leal is a hnglit giei 11 above, and a dull crimson beluw, . with a tiui several inches in width. The nle I are very prominent, almost an luch high ami are I eight in number, with similar ones branching (Vrve or Phllad.drM. jntl 1MT. T1&H& in KM, and tha earns plants' lived for several years. One ol them dowered 'JIM times, Tha plant waa exhibited in I near tha Central park, New York, and during that rammer pro luceil , II llowera. The Victoria llegia has been tueeeeslclly grown from ths teed at Hidden Data I'ark, Man rrauciatm, and during its reoent dowering at trscteil many thousands of visitors by lis won drous baanly. I.irria Tumi. Mrs llxrlwrt. In the eier ".in, give the girU the following little lr. lute A woid of cautiou to uur girl aa to car lor " little things " it perhaia wholly ueneoiasary when such testimony Irom lluias whom we muat love to please la overwhelming apes this point. The girl who educate herself to uniformly kind speaking to "brother" aa wall aa to her "ad niirera will never lie lelt mining at noata while everybody els is "havinu a gtaet Msae." Though her drees mav he leea milled than her mates, hei temper may iw amoather , ll her neighbor la a lore sprightly rouvcrsalimialui, aha can strive 1 charm by the obliging distribution nl hse )JBZragifaf(wTyya IMM llUKIt7 ysTssaVfr.xi'.T3sABaieietV sva .sjivMmBaxw' v ' craTswaf KMjrraEw '-ajl nStQswBiZifwSSHSlBW'' lw tV?T?,'j'" ' iwffiB K ffiRirnl BaHRsaam"'ia! 1 . . MlsaaaWIClsaWatai ' .-v .'aaaaVl L. sWWfxsWtfwaBaaar iTNvpaVwfflrfflu. Till: yl'KKS 0? WATKIt I.II.IKH THK VICTORIA I1KOIA. i each leaf, whan fully developed, is a rim, which ;ivoa it the appearance 01 an iinmouse ii.h.., t,.h A meha or .milium in this I I 111 la A curious natural provision against disaster. Tha flower of the great iiuoen lily poaacsto. many intareating faaturea. It is front 10 to I .'.lichee in diameter. It laata in perfection mil) two days, but the rapidity with which they mcoeaxl each other on a healthy plant makes amende for their brief existence. They bloom ...l.a 1. 1 1 I .li.. hi ll.. I etals UIM II "U BIS Hlgliv. . m , with a sudden jerking mulnm, one alUr the otbtw, and close up promptly at daybreak. n tha first day tha flower is pur wbita, which changea on tha second to ao eniuiaite ahaile of roe pink. Tbane Howafa ara vary rare even in Kngland, the oountry of tbair adoption, anil CW, or PDO, ia a moderate) prior for a fair tUarcifnru. Mr. A ana GstU Uoee, of Han Prancieoo, haa mad en Mpecial study of the Victoria RV having ably reproduced th flower ia wax. nbe haa also oompiUd aaaiiy intcraatlog fad from tha huratnr. of th lily, awl from her writ lop we shall take the following (acta; Tha Victoria Regie, though indigenous to the elintaU of tropical America, growing ia iu mawninoent baanly Ik th rir Amu. and tta tributary atraama, i( claimed aa an Knglieh prwdaction, waa named M iu reign sag (Jaeea, and brought to tha Royal Oar- off Irom them The stem is in the . outer of the leal, fully an no h in thirkneea, and hy a brown, thorny apaearnr. Th leal la pr duoad in a cycle ol rtv. Twntyflw or SB leaves appear before the flower bud The leal ia from 10 to IS feet in !; the flower Irom I'.' to IH inchea. The flower stem is over an inch thick near the calyx, thickly studded with thnmselu' an inch long. Tha calyx is four leaved, upward of seven inch long and threw in. he broad. thick at the lata, creamy whit sol. WW brown and thorny oattld, meaaaring from 13 t 17 inchea In diamter Th pistil and stamens are numer.!, the stamens growing like pointed seal amend tha ptaliU. th oat aid row, SO in number, forming a er.rwo trusted th reet The color of th ataman te a brilliant yellow tlpiaxl in crimaun. The flower petala ar Irom no to HO ia nambar, or Hire .Italia sets, each growing smaller near th lemen. Thr'hrrt row next the Ha met., ar of a bril liant rests color, pttd and flecked with ertm arm Th fruit, when rtam, ia halt at kwH aa a InlUiaed human heavd. and is tall of eeeeW Th. natives of Noath America call It "mart H. lagna," for from it tit a fanaa ia p-le.-. from which a pente cast la ma4, which they eowaidtr lotary. Tto ant flower ratswd tha tailed Ua. waa at Springbrook, la eewatry bewaa oltalafc tor of km. .ledge when sought NhasjM h..- ip.,i..n h. an artKlle singer, aha mar plsaas In williag sen Ice In this art, retkar than la showy display ol an lnfrtor lalaat t'ompara lively few people are good Jadgaa of mu.ie, so. I a willingneee to amues and pUsvae a enmpany will alien win favor when greater talent will b ovarlnoks.1 In tboaa Ua ..bligieg Tha polite ana of tha frenchman who offered a dlaapuoiated la.lv tha last seal at a favorite ofsere, which h had proewred baton kef arrival, waa trwe hsaaV nesa. thoagh oourteay forhada Ita avcsjsa. l i,.. Ihshnesa, which givaa t aewfthey tha Is ' e.iella seal ..r Ihe nvt daelrabl. MHtuanls lion, oftea (arnUhaa a key to ehareeter wheeh ul.--ks the daaar to many aa npyt4 ami pr iiiahl. In.ndship lUmamlasriag, aa w must, how meeh M Ills' happi nlUll disgusts, th ep lllae litttat Ihlaga,' "awb appsar to aa wosvdar et that Ws do i.eonh.1. awl. with Ihewladom.d a ir.le the v.d ,4 Ike latere. Whteh ., .,u.aln.'S ..I i.f- f" a I h.rlUM .M ill, In 4tnr th hair that saupemla tha ew.d by a mora aanlal Ikoagai i iaa eigaiaeani A waii.aearwa M . resaeatlv I iaaa at with the see. rllaax that " ha analat aat kaa at least wilhaal saj.eg a lew .