The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-02-19
Hoses worth Their weight in Gold.

Hoses worth Their weight In Gold.
New York TimesI
Of all the roses now to be had in New
York, none is, perhaps. popular as the
Jacqueminot, or Jack - as il is more COM
monIy called. The Jack is only an ordi-
nary June rose, such as may be seen IN any
roadside garden on summers 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 il is
necessary to dig up the plants after they
have done Towering in the summer, freeze
them in an ice house, allow them TO remain
frozen for while, and then restore them to
life, snd force them to maturity with high
degree of heat. The roses thus produced are
selling, TO day, as high as SIS par dozen, ard
there are but few of them in the city to be
bad even at that price. A florist of Four
teenth street. near Sixth avenue, makes
speciality of Jacks" but when yesterday, a
gentleman wanted him to fill an order for q
corsage to contain 20 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
ments was filled with camelias. which. to-
day, are dear at % cents each, but which a
few years ago were readily sold on New
Years day for 81 apiece. and more.
Even more rare than the Jacqueminot is
the superb Gloirende Dion, a great pale
almost worth its weight in gold. Seven OF
these beauties were sold, yesterday, for $40.
and it is almost impossible to procure them
IN the city. The next in rarity is, perhaps,
the Cornelia Cook, or Cook rose" which is
also yellow or rather white with inst the
fsintest shading of yellow, and of which the
creamy blossoms are selling for 20 cents
| apiece. A rose that rivasl the Jscoueminor
| in popular favor, but which is much more
| common. is the yellow Marshal Neil. with,
out which no bouquet Is complete, ard
| which is selling at from - TO 30 cents per
flower. lis rival. and rose that is ire
| quenty mistaken for it, is the Perie de
| Lyons, which sells for the same price. The
| queen of all the white roses is the Niphltos
a large rose, with a firm. long stem. Speci-
mems bring from . TO 80 cents each. A
| long strong stem adds greatly to the value
| of rose, as il may then be set singiy in =
| small vase, and its beauties, which must
| otherwise be partially hidden in a bouquet
or basket, be fully appreciated. OF the
| white cluster, or noisette roses tae La
Marque is the most beautiful. Although
| the flowers now sell for 20 or p cents a clus-
ter, they were in greater demand few
| years ego, and brought very much higher
prices. Another OF the large roses with q
| stem is the Adam, variety of tea rose,
| shaded a delicate pink, The flowers are
OF the reasonable roses are the various varie-
ties OF the small tea roses, comprising the
very light pink Boz Siiline, the light yellow
| isabella, Sprunt, the Capue;ne, and others.
OF these the Capucine is rarest, and is the
most recent addition 10 the tea rose family.
The bnd is very noticeable as being of a
peculiar salmon color not seen q any other
| flower. The other roses that may now be
bad, and which added dashes of brilliant
color TO New Years bouquets, are the Louis
Philippe, small red rose, in shape and
color like miniature Jacqueminot, and
worth 10 TO 20 cents apiece, and the Duchess
de Brabant, q rose of about the same size but
OF delicate pink color.
Next to the roses, the fayorite flowers for
this season are the lilies of the valley, few
sprays of which will pervade whole room
with their sweet, subtie fragrance. They
are very rare. and sold on New Years morn
ing for % cents single spray. That they
are so costly is in a large measure owing to
the fact that to be produced in full perfec-
ton at this season they, too, must be taken
up and frozen after Towering in the summer,
and afterwards forced TO second maturity in
the same year by great heat. By this freez-
ing process the entire rotation of seasons is
reproduced within a few months VIolets are
quite plentiful, and are very popular, and
sweet scented carnations of every shade,
from white to deepest crimson, are as great
favorltes as ever, and, singly, form the cor
rect thing for gentemen's New Years day
boutoniers. Smilax with which for several
years New York was supplied from Boston
and which 10 years ago was unknown to the
public, is row so popular that no bouquet
or basket of flowers is complete without al
least few sprays of the delicate vine.. 1t is
selling to q large demand at 30 cents pei
yard, and is to be seen wherever there are
flowers, offsetting their delicate colors with
Its VIVID green.