The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-24
FToUERs iNb rroTrB AIMS
Interesting Facts of CITY Life Ruy,,g IT,
auets- Actors aud Their Adm,r.,.

She is q little brown hlack-cvcd gvnev y,
n girl. and she sits ON tho sidewalk in ronr.
teenth street and soils her flowers oyory altar.
noon to ladies as thcy Shop on that throngoJ
unvcment or are on their way 'o or from rc
matin6es or to gentlemen who walk home in
the afternoon from tLcir cuisines houses.
"Whcrc do You get All thcs" pr. tty {. wrrs2rt
asked thr little flower girl of Fourteenth street.
From my fathers garden oya the ri,crin
Union Hin"
$50 your father rs u h0r'-tf'
"Yrs. a small one. Ny mother MI hclrhim
in his garden. and we make houuiDt. all tho
mornings; and after have eaten my dinner
come over TO the city and soil the bouquets.
when thcro Is not enough flowers In our gnr-
den | T. to the nrg florists hoihouses and
they sell mo flowers at low prices tor nay bou.
uurts ! nrvor come before oclo', in the
afternoon II would hc no use. The lalies who
como out in the mornings haven any timeo
buy bouquets nor thc gentlemen either"
"whodo you sell the most u your n,wer-to2"
TO peoplev opening her Dix black yes
bigger
mo; moan do YOU sell moro to ladies than
you do to gent HmcnY"
Oh. yes ladies buy more than gentlemen.
Men are most always cross on their way up
town. But ON. ianl mere she brighten Il into
smil If alw,}- % good humor. and ne Nj
WI - '"N7t i''N'7 ivy .'''' ~ " WIZ
aud pays me flv Tunes what it is WORTH
He must be very Kind. boy make mu
"Yes; the flowers help support us a good
deal
Exu me. Hero comes my gentlrman."
and. turning from ne -hr liitd h"r ir1y
lowers t. an eidtry men; WHO 'ogS nsman
chili'- hand AMI. " tn "a smile. passed. on.
found TINT nio-t of the iitt." street y nlors
Of flowers wrrr'h" -hildrrn of Germ p1r"nis.
The fathers. having sunl gardens anl d. hot
hou9c on TWO i.till So 90 mo-. ', OF l.r MnlN
ara over. The moth T. do - the ighi'r larden
work. and the ci,ldr.n s"ii IL" nNN.t- N NO
streets. Pursued .n thi- way. fi'ri-u'fnr. must
b" profitable. That u ms been a very profitable
business in the pa-t tl many. there on .' np
iIii. North B.r-rn. Wechawacn. anl W4t
ilSnSkenp trsmn"d all P Plo9s lg- R"is sl
w@,ch om MI oTMwrh" @rsin y .tfmt aaI
found between thirty AMI forty iarse AMI
small n2reutnral s-i,hllsEmGn'- n my
more. Astoria too. furnishes further lr0lt
that the cultivation % iiowgrs can h noi' ~
IN IN the quality Of tine floral trade what They
la'A in quantity. as compared WIZ rN.w w..
| York. and Newport sends great many roses.
| 1t IL "A little remHrNHhle That most OBJ those ne
| cent men. | moan all who handle the flowers.
| for among the 12j or 1870 florists stores ia this
city there are only few whose prulrt i.ts own
| flowers used in NV York are bought V
agents or midd.emen. surh a. are l'unl IN
every business OF amy CONSIDERABLE ma-uluir
! who buy the cut flowers from the Ear'l'n"r- 10
Now Jersey Astoria, and from n""ry nli my
/ small towns round this city and BronN> %. amt
sell the same To the florists who kcrl t.' stores.
/ Most Of these agents aud Hover -i'r. iNh'i1
| know nothing about u" cultivation ni lowers.
Again, the hor-.s who cultivate tNr ntwcfs
! rarely know how To- make huuuurl~. W Do NlDy
ih"ir business Tho norist who soils ~ how
an agent makes tho bouquets. H. nuk,- AN ot