Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-01-24
WINTER FLOWERS IL NEW YORK.
Roses that are Worth Their Weight in
Gold.
New York Times.

vi Ill! the roses now 10 be had IN New
York none IS, perhaps, as popular as
the Jacqueminot or Jack" as it is more
commonly called. The Jack" is only
an ordinary June rose, such as may be
secnsin any roadside garden on sum
mer's day. The secret of its popularity
lies in its rarity, and in the difficulty of
bringing it to perfection at this season
Of the year. To do this it is necessary
to dig up the plants after they have
done Towering in the summer, freeze
them in an ice-house, allow them to re-
main frozen fora while, and then restore
them to life and force them to maturi-
ty with a high degree of heat. The
roses thus produced are selling to-day
as high as SIS per dozen, and there are
but few of them in the city to be had
even at that price. A florist on Four
teenth street, near Sixth avenue, makes
a specially of "Jacks, but when, yester-
day, gentleman wanted him to fill an
order for a corsage to contain twenty of
the crimson favorites, the florist refused,
saying that he could not spare so many
at once from his precious store Four
or five years ago the place now occu-
pied by the jacquemlnots as hair orna-
ments was filled with camellias, which
to-day arc dear at twenty-five cents
each, but which q few years ago were
readily sold on New Years day for 81
apiece, and more.
Even more rare than the Jacquemi-
not is the superb Gloirende Dlion, A
great pale yellow or high saffron colored
rose that is almost worth its weight in
gold. Seven Of these beauties were
sold esterday for SO, and it is almost
Impossible to procure them in the city.
The next in rarity is perhaps the Cor
nelia. Cook, or Cook Rose" which is
also yellow, or rather white with lust
the faintest shading Of yellow, and of
which the creamy blossoms are selling
for fifty cents apiece. A rose that rivals
the Jacqueminot in popular favor, but
which is much more common, is the
yellow Marshal Mel without which no
boquet is complete, and which is selling
At from twenty-five to thirty cents per
flower. It's rival, and rose that is fire.
quently mistaken for it, is the Perle de
Lyons, which sells for the same price.
The queen eff all the white roses is the
Niphitos, large rose with firm, long
stem. Specimens bring from twenty
five to thirty cents each. A long strong
stem adds greatly to the value of II
rose, rs it may then be set singly in
small vase, and its beauties, which
must otherwise be partially hidden in
o bouquet or la 'ket. be fully apprecl-
ated. OF the white cluster or noisette
roses, the La Marque is the most beau
tlful. Although the flowers now
sell for twenty or twenty-five
cents y cluster, they were in
greater demand 4 few years ago, and
brought very much higher prices. An
other Of the large roses with stem is
the Adam, Il variety of tea-rose shaded
q delicate pink. The flowers are worth
twenty-five cents apiece. The most
common of the seasonable roses are the
various varieties of small tea. roses,
comprising the very light pink Bon
Slime, the light yellow Isabella Sprunt,
the Capucne, and others. OF these
the Cnpucine is rarest, and is the most
recent addition to the tea-rose family.
Inc bud is very 10 iceable as being olis
peculiar salmon color not seen in
any other flower. The other roses
that may now be had, and which added
dashes of brilliant color to New Years
bouquets, are the Louis PHILIPPE, a
small red rose, III shape and color like
y miniature Jacqueminot, and worth
fifteen or twenty cents apiece, and the
Duehesse de Brabant, II rose Of about
40 81 hNtt ,,f "a II; ,,,1.
color.
Next to the roses the favorite flowers
for this season are the lilies of the val
ley, a few sprays of which will pervade
i whole room with their sweet, subtle
fragrance. They are very rare, and
sold on New Years morning for twenty
and twenty-five cents single spray.
That they are SO costly is in large
measure owing to the fact that to be
produced in iull perfection ut this sea-
son they, too, must be taken up and
frozen after Towering in the summer,
and afterwards forced to 4 second ma
turlty in the same year by great heat.
BY this freezing process the entire ro-
tation Of seasons is reproduced within
Il few months. Niolets are quite plen-
ulul, and are very popular, and sweet
scented carnations of every shade, from
white to deepest crimson, are rs great
iayorites rs ever, and sngy form the
correct thing for gentlemen's New
Years day boutonieres. Smllax, with
which for several years New York was
supplied from Boston, and which ten
years ago was unknown to the public,
is now SO popular that no bouquet or
basket Of flowers is complete without at
It is selling to u large demand at fifty
cents per yard, and it is to be seen
wherever there are flowers, otisetting
their delicate colorS with its vivid
green.
Jokes.