New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-15
SALES or GRoBING PL1NTS.
ATTRACTIVE SCENES AT CLINTON MAErrr AND N
CnKTLANnI sIIIIT.

ATTRACTIVE SCENES AT CLINTON MAlihEr AND ~
CoRTIANuT STREET..
The torrid weather Of the last icw d9r- has served
upon everybody such u'rrinpiorf notice OF Iit-
pending summer that the trade iu growing plants.
which in this climate is confined 6" "a fc" weeks of
sprinp and early summer. IS now az its busiest
Ncw-York is already recognized ms the leading mar
kct Of tie world for cnt flowers and 20 can Doe safely
estimated that 1000 900 living plants viii be- sold
here during the lrict spring season. volume OF
bu~iucS, only cNCciild 90 London aho dII.. .t
me- holds of cultivation have .rcu o ii'l improved
by American ingenuity. and f.ulrrd d. r"'A "'
orderly system. that % -4lc "- lr ,'.- VINO ''iI
the great ainouut of iucl required Tor greenhouse
oncratious and in spite oi the lI-h wages
paid here for labor, Ntw-lurk h a." cheapest
market in the world for living plants. II "HtHi -
be added that nowhere else are plants grown h
greater variety OF better condition, ahI 30" hri.
else do they begin 20 be 30 shiliHlly handled and
A most interesting branch # The flower trade has
its centre in Clinton Market. III" small green Ht
the foot Of Cana-si has been set apart "l iIr Iark
plants by the wagou-load. Nearly 100 wagon from
Long Island. New-Jcr-ey Staten Island aud clsc-
where every morning unload thcir treasures Tor
display upon the broad walk Wh'h surrounds Inc
little park. aud when the Sc son Is al ITS Leght 20.
many a 125 or even $50 loads are delivered
here The buyers arc mainly vendors Who
rymcn, or butchers who keep "a few pots
on hand for chance customers; occa-"itl uii"" %
retail UOr1Sts VINO grow no ~lftk ' i'ii 'Nfll Nl'
ulat0rB who tahe "a load 10 sell an SUBURBAN towns
and now and then gentleman Who orders tIu' h
load 10 stock his private grounds tLc great hulE
of these plants are bOuHht 60 be- sold again. and gees
the final purchaser knows nothing of the ulddlrn1n
who supplies him. the plants must he able 10 dd't-
tsc their quality and, Therefore, only large and
Weii-grOWu specimens OF snowy plants already n
bloom are to be found at Clinton Market. Tie IT,
suit Is al unusually brilliant exhibition 'friJ m"rn-
iug-an exhibition which irM Nr" l"Ihci' ever s'',
mainly because j. is az lt- best about %. Ii ana
becomes pretty thoroughly Gl-uTgauilcd az sunrise.
4 different elias. of plants. a. well as dii'rnt
class OF customers Is TO be s'n ~ the horticultural
sales rooms in C0rtiaudi-s'. ON Tuesdays aud rl-
days, when the auctions are hcld. Tho trad" 90
plants for summer bloom and decoration is here also
az IT. height, anu viii continue unit. about to MIDI
die of June. This SPECIFIC branch oi ir business Us
comparatively new, although imported nuns -
stock, greenhouse plants Holland and japan bulbs
orchids, aCHNcs. etc., nave br'u -oi al a. ii"i l"l
many ycar, The material exposed hrlr %. Ni.. h.a-
SON H. not Surplus stock. or chance lots rni hfr io
r. le because IL could not Doe otherwise disposed oi
but the best specimens OF all standard 'af'-
ties Of plants, as we'll as al iI' IT"ih.''u-
novelties arc specially prepared lor thr auctions
by the most careful and responsible growers.
Even the transient Wilms OF hniAl fashion can he
gratied here. Last winter, tor instance, iic raeo
Tor every thing named " daisy gave such Ndu" 90
The cbrysaHth emuya tIoyL-kno,yu "a, thc "paiut-l
daisy that It's flowers sold for - dozen, while 40
q recent auction plants which Will probably yl,id
| 100 blooms each "eTc sold IA quantities al . cents
Early in the season the buyers were mainly flor
lists who could purchase small plants produced by
| the great growers more cbcaply than they could
propagate thom III their owl houses. Now that the
weather will permit every variety of budding plant
to bc set out IN open border. large purchases are
| made bV gentlemen for use IN their own grounds.
| Special inducements are offered TO this class OF
| buyers Plants prepared IN lots Of
such size and variety are needed for private Use.
Special lots are sold for vases and for decorating
lawns with different cOlOrod foliage already grouped
and arranged IN grOmetrIcal patterns, ribbon lines
and the Ike. These lots are all properly assorted
| and named and neatly packed for transportation,
and thedisplay, although moi 80 brilliant IN flower
Is the dniiy exhibition at Clinton Market, Is still
nevertheless very attractive. some estimate OF the
! volume of business transacted here can DE made
from the fact that last Tuesday sale 10000 plants
| in InOre than 1000 different varieties were dis
| posed of.