National Republican., 1883-02-13

wrcaths, and arabcsqucs chiefly of roses and
camclias. Tho average price at SauFs for
" Gates Aiar" is SIS; of harps, $20i broken
column, Si0 bouquets, from 81 to S50i cas-
kets, from So to 50 and thence upward. The
cost of decorating house for a reception or
wedding ranges from S25 to $500.
SMALL & SONS,
ON Fourteenth. south Of G street, is the next
oldest firm in Washington 10 Douglas. It's
work s carried on with the greatest system,
and the business done is of immense proper
tions. This firm furnished the superb floral
decorations at the Leopold Morse dinner at
Wormlcv's. The magnificent display of
artistic skill in flowers, which was 50 favor
ably commented on at the wedding of Senator
CamcrOus daughter, was theirs. AT the
Blaine Coppinger wedding they furnished the
decorations, while Mrs. Douglas supplied
the bridal bouquet of roses and lilies
of the valley. But at the marriage
of Atty. Gen. Brcwstcr's daughter, the floral
display furnished by this house surpassed
anything of the kind over seen in Washing
ton, both for originality of idea and exquisite
skill i'm execution. The wedding gates, both
at the church and at Mr. Brewsters house,
were models of floral magnifcence, ascending
cvon TO the domain of high art. This idea of
wedding gates was conceived by this firm,
and their work was the first of its kind seen
in this city.
The most expensive floral orders and a
class which Small g. Sons have been kept very
busy in filing, are the decorations for din
nors Their floral farm, out beyond the
National Fair grounds, comprises oves 800
acres and IS very Gan Eden for bloom and
bud. Their orders are not confined 10 TINS
city, but they are kept busy in supplying or
dcrs from Norfolk, Raleigh, Columbia,
Charleston, and points for the south and west,
even as far north as Chicago.
A ts,4 .fH Hgyp 4AI1
one month showed 10000 roses 100000 carna-
tion pinks, 10000 violCts $500 strings of smi-
lax. 5000 sprays of lily of the valley, and any
quantity of tulips. A complete list of sales
would doubtless bring the number sold to
over double the figures above quoted. Beside
! the immense yield of this firm, the firm inn
ports largo number Of flowers. Some rare
buds of their importation have sold us high
ms SO apiece This firm speaks of the growing
demand for flowers in this city, the passion
ate love of the people for blossoms and the re-
marl,able chcapness of floral articles in this
city as compared with other places
The YOUNGEST OF THE GREAT FLORAL
HOUSES
! i'm Washington is FrComan's, corner of Thir-
! teenth and Il streets the site of Cammack s
once famous conservatory. He has been 10.
Gated here only three years but has built up Q
| growing business. He took the store which
! suffered from the decay that CammacSs sue.
cessor had permitted it to fall into, and ha:
exhibited rare energy in business His
| farms in Georgetown are models of Cul
tivation. Some of the notable work done the
past season by Mr. Freeman, were the famous
decorations at Mrs Gen. McKcever's recep
tion, the still more noticeable display at the
Chinese minister's dinner, and the decora
tions at Christmas in tho Catholic and Epis
copal churches of the district. He has sup
piled many private dinners with decorations
costly but tasteful and has furnished sevcra
original designs of much beauty and grace
As an idea of the labor expended, and th
expense attendant upon the business of th
florist, it may be pertinent to add that las
winter Mr.. Saul used in his conservatorie
over 200 tons of coal, Mrs. Douglas owe
1,2OO tons, and Small & Sons somewha
moro than Mrs. Douglas. The amount use'
this winter will probably exceed these figures