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THE HONGKONG TE LEGRAPHI, TUESDAY JANUARY 11, 1938.

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THESE

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sprawling in unpredic table shapes; grow side by side with members of exact- ly the same botanic group of which the symmetry and colouring are unique in SASSO-BERNDT. At the Roman nature; others imitating

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1038.

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in 100 years-such are just a few of the marvels of nursery I have seen WORKER WONDERS |Laindon, Essex.

cold.

"WHY?"

a

at

Its owner is Mr. T. M. Endean and, in a way, he is something of a marvel himself.

PLANTS GO MAD

Any preconceived ideas one may have about the cactus and its botanic relatives are quickly upset here.

Three 6-inch spines of the cenino cactus emoryi are sufli- cient to catch a shark, and they

are actually used for that pur-

The animal world has some

strange creatures, but for monsters take a look at the plant world

Enthusiasts for cacti and suc-

pose by South American natives, the seeds of a given plant will who say that an echino hook will reproduce the characteristics of culent plants divide their at- form. The new tractions under four heads- hold when a steel hook would the parent

plants may be so fantastically quaintness of form, symmetry different in outward appearance of form, beauty of flower, beauty that only a botanist can ascer- of foliage, tain the genus.

break.

On the other hand there are cacti with spines as soft us silk

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M. Paul van Zecland, one-time Belgian Prime Minister, and

and nearly as fine as gossamer. a plant the leaves of which only those whose life is briefest; first-class economist, has been

His story, covering 50 years Climbing over the greenhouse hold to the stem by suction? and how lovely and how of cactus and succulent plant staging is a plant resembling an Such is the crassula conpuncta, may be judged by the cercus studying world economic ills

growing, illuminates the pro- old-fashioned English clematis. looking for all the world like a family, on which one single per- with a view to suggesting to res-

feet annual bloom with potala gress of a working-class Hack- But it's a cactus all the same row of buttons threaded

The "buttons" can only leaved kind string.

like a glowing silk fringe, ap- ponsible governments methods

and ney boy from crippledom and and is the

actually be turned round known.

pears for seven hours only. At for curing the complaints. This blindness to n position unique in "Another strange succulent in round on the stem. There is no seven in the evening it is will delight the wizards of the world of botany,

the Endean collection is an direct union, yet they continue .opened; by two in the morning finance and the worshippers of

echovarin, 40 years old and 3 to grow.

There are plants which mimic it is gone. This flower grows on abstruse economic theories, and To-day, towards the end of a inches high, which in its true

and tigers mouths, an eight-foot plant.

At the other extreme I saw will leave the humble worker life. which his has been, a con- form is an exact replica of a wolves'

stant fight with illness, Thomas bishop's mitre, but may just as with canine and feline "teeth."

There is a plant, not a cactus, succulent plants no bigger than While the leaders of in- Endean ia still, by practical easily take the shape of a pile dustry, commerce and finance standards, a poor man, but his of haricot beans if you-can-which-so perfectly counterfeits peas, throwing up violet coloured inch stalks, and these remain in botanists from every continent, points on them. In this form it able therefrom, except by

But it is in foliage that the teeth ready to rend in piecesIt is believed to contain the finest is known as a refractory plant, perts. This is the euphorbia, bloom for a fortnight. M. van Zeeland's cure for general collection of cacti and one which has probably "thrown filled with a milk-like fluid which

The beat speci- economic ills, the worker will other aucculents in the world. back" to the form of an ancestor. is deadly poison. Natives em- succulent plant is unchalleng-

spearheads and ably supreme.

mens in the Endean collection In 1933 this working-man's Only rarely can the cactus and ploy it on

their try to go on working, pausing |

are breath-stopping in nursery was the means of re- succulent grower be sure that arrows. only to wonder why. In this so-establishing 37 varieties of suc-

perfection of pure form and colour harmony. called civilised world, his home culent plants in their native and family should be daily African habitat from which they threatened by war, unemploy-had long vanished. They were unknown clsewhere in the world. ment, civil strife, loss of per- sonal freedom, religious per- secution, and the rest of the was a complete failure. The TH depressing daily concomitants W.E.C. demanded sacrifices; and of youth. which comprise the "Twentieth so it failed. M. van Zeeland's Century Blues".

THE GAME OF YOUTH

Beauty at the Neckline

ex-

Light, playing on the natural wax coating of the plant, pro- duces infinite gradations of radiant metallic colour, running tall tongue-like all at the same time work in a good cold alike through THE most interesting game

women play to-day is the game cream, stll employing the upward leaves or miniature rosettes, aç- movement with your finger-tipa. cording to the nature of the Frequent treatment with a suitable plant, and changing subtly in There are many, however, who are oil is good for those necks which havo

takes playing it in a haphazard manner

In this section nature suggestions will almost certainly which gives them away as amateurs been badly neglected, and in con-every inch of surface.

pure teaspoonful involve sacrifices, and if they who have not mastered all the rules. sequence have developed scraggy

it by a mile. I commend it to A few of these they know and observe olive oil added to the daily diet up the challenge of art and beats

Mi- It has long been insisted that

do they too will be doomed faithfully; others they seem to good when this can be taken. Intelligent public opinion alone

similar to

One finds gard as unimportant, but they console sage with warmed almond oil is ex-the attention of modern interior

themselves with the thought that int cellent treatment for a thin and decorators. can save democracy. The con- the same story

with the spite of their alipshod manner, they wrinkled neck. Steam the neck be- tribution of the intelligentsia disarmament conferences, and will be regarded as quite good players fore commencing treatment, and work ure the oll gently with firm upward towards the moulding of this obversely one opinion has been the presenta-,

the reason for the surfaces only, and while a well-cared-| with very cold water to which the There is a plant at Laindon- tion of political, social, economic and financial theories, so in-

cover

fate,

contours. A

of

To what great ago will a suc- In short, too many women enn easily displaying this great game with their movements. Finish off by sponging culent grow? No one knows.

cess of the Ottawa Conference.

for and well-made-up complexion; Juice of a lemon has been added. youthful, curling Inshes: a firm con- Simple Exercises tour and the complete absence of niny carry them

Every

from

ia H

IL

left floundering in its attempts restatement of man's relation- their necks any regular attention with be our body in any way; this must days of the Incas, which atill

good tissue

ikin

the

ustulata- anacampsus which is 3-inches high and 100 woman who takes a pride volved and complex that they Perhaps Mr. H. G. Wells and wrinkle rough the early rounds, the in her appearance and wants to keep years old; and still it grows. It

firm and supple neckline must weighs perhaps an ounce,

There is ü echino cactus. severed the ranks of their pro-his "Open Conspirators" are day is not too far distant when the

obvious, for the necks they have these simple exercises. A good one tagonists and left the worker Utopian, and maybe pacifists major faults of their play will be devote a few minutes every day to begging for a statement of faith are cowards if judged by certain alven scant attention to while they is to throw the head backwards, then needing two men to lift it, 130 leuchtenbergia, one of the few gave unremitting care to their faces, bring it forwart until the chin touches years old. And there

the chest. that will break the spell of illusion.

WILD aki and action which he can con-values, but it does seem

Another is to make the neck take in the world, which upon * funda- IL is extraordinary, yet an un- The world, having both have hit prehend.

without any nsistance built up Its gigantic and be- mental demand for the creation disputed fact that very few necks and we whole state to move the when Shakespeare died, which

faces really match,

shoulders. Each day, look over your may have been growing on

the shoulder a dozen times, without mov- South American bank in wildering systems, is now de- of a saner, happier world, when Regular Attention

ing A great many women never give

done slowly and deliberately. blooms |feated by its own creeds, and they emphasise the need for u

500 years, Mr. If your neck has a crepe oil, Endean moderately computes, skin-food or massage, with the result-you need to discover the solution through ship with man. This restute-ant neglected appearance. The op- and its must be massaged gently in, are compressed into the 31%- pearance is particularly evident dur- the call for national cures, camouflaged lument appears to

ing those months of the year when at least, twice a day whenever pos-inch helght of its baso, to

massage movem sible circular

A few minutes massage with a good which cach now spike thrown international trappings.

subordination of self in the furs and heavy conts are worn, but it is wise to make a habit of applying the of

masses--in a bleaching pack to your neck at quality skin-food every night along up at the crown eventually adds with the simple head-turning exern layer of tissue-paper thick- It is quite possible that M. interests

Our present-regular intervals throughout the year eiser given above, dont regularly wnness. Each spike-five appear van Zeeland's proposals, when short, sacrifices.

These can be purchased already bring your neglected neck into they are made known, will go day systems would have no made up in a tube, and twice a week dition inatching the school girl com- a year-takes twenty to thirty "Do you wonder," askod my a very long way alleviation of existing distress. until the nations comprehend face is so obvious. First, open the your skin, any that is not absorbed

pores of the skin by wringing out a must be carefully removed, for unless pain-racked remarkable guide, But the

realistically- the vital necessity of this basic small towel in hot water, and hold your skin is allowed to breathe freely that I have given my life to

blenching less look, then all your regular exer- minded will recall that the creed, one fears that M. Paul this round your neck for a minute it will inevitably take on a call ure my plants ?"

or two, then spread the World Economic Conference van Zeeland's great efforts will poste on freely and leave till it sets elses and massage treatment will have

dry and firm. Then, rinse off with gone for nothing. held out just as much hope and have been made in vain.A.G. hot water, using only upward strokes,

more

movements.

Take care to work all cream lato If the contrast between neck and towards the truck with such sentiment, yet is not too often to apply, especially plexion of your well-cared-for face. years to die.

C. R.

Stanley Baron