Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-12-26
Flower Selling in New York.

I Flower Selling in New York.
From the New York Times .= .5.s IT, -: "A
s'The flower business is . rather curiou
one, and q little more complicated than on,
would at first suppose, said an old florist al
he deftly twined a spray Of snilax in ant
around bunch OF roses, so that lines of deli
cate green separated the rich colors. -
elbow so?"
"Why in keeping stock on hand which vii
crafty a variety of tastes. It is easy enough
to have an abundance Of the fashionable flowers
| even though the fashion seems to change i,
flowers just as it does in dress. The fashion
| able flowers are used, of course, in receptions
ed at her plate, and in funerals
| But when you come to individual tastes, whel
! ladies want flowers to harmonize with thel
dresses or with their china, and when peopl
! want their favorite flowers which perhaps hav'
gone out of fashion, why, you can never tel
what kind of flower is going to be asked 70:
and that's where the complication comes in
Some people wear flowers simply because
| is fashionable. Others love some particulG
kind Of flowers, and want it whether they wes!
| it or not Then, if you havnt got the fowa
they get dspleased, and when they have biz
| reception they 60 to some other florist; so
you see, We have to watch the tastes of om
! customers. These buds here were all the rag
two years ago, and, although they are out o.
the fashion now, we have to keep q stock Oh
| hand for certain customers who call for then
! every day almost"
! -"How do ordinary baskets Of flowers sell?"
sob, from IS to $25. Sometimes they rul
much higher. We sent one out not long az,
which cost $3.50 You can have no idea hov
the custom of sending flowers has grown. AL
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ford it. and just now the wealthy young mer
are beginning to pour in and get flowers tx
! send to their young lady friends who have JUS
! gotten III from the summer resorts. Whenever
a young man takes lady to party to thu
| theater b nice bouquet is one Of the necessar
accessories. Flowers go ahead Of all 9th
| gifts III winning wonlan,s heart, and eve
young gallant knows that
| ''Why 500"
| "Well, nearly all women love flowers, an
! there is something so delicate, 80 much unsafe
! yet suggested III flowers that the simple gift
| one is always appreciated by woman-
not to speak of the different sentiments that arr
! associated with different kinds of flowers. 7
is very interesting to note how differently PEG
pie regard flowers. Why, l can tell almost thx
moment woman enters whether she is fonS
| Of them. Women who love flowers alwaYl
have sweet faces, soft ways, and gentle dispo
| sitons. One Of that kind rarely asks for th
| fashionable flowers because it is the fashiona
BILE. She loves flowers for their own sake
| and consequently she is almost sure to call fol
her favorites, whether in fashion or not Tht
woman who cares for flowers simply because
they are fashionably is one of the cold, haugh-
ty, airy kind. She will look around critically,
seize some flower and pull it out Of a bunch
OF its thorns in another rose and tearing thu
petals. That's the difference you see. The
other lady handles them with a gentle caressins
touch almost as if they were human.
Did you know that the ladies use flowers fo1
perfumery? In France it is worry common, and
it is getting quite usual in America. They take
| a bunch of violets and place them in the bosom
Of the dress. No manufactured perfume car
come up to the odor of the flowers, you know!
Every morning, rain or shine, an old doctor
comes in here, gets 8 bunch of violets, unbut
tons his vest, places them next to his heart
and walks out. I often wonder if he does it fol
the perfume. I guess it is case Of sentiment
however.
''The florist secs plenty of pretty little 70.
mances. Very often young man has fower
sent to a certain house in the city every morn.
ing. Then there comes big order; the mar.
riage, you know, and then they dwindls
down; he comes less and less often, until ha
ceases altogether. The old tale, you know.
Last spring used to notice couple going BY
here, fine, manly young fellow and cir;
dark blue eyes. They didn't know each other,
but when the young man went to business the
girl was sure to be somewhere around where
she could see him. She lived right round the
corner, and she used to come in here and pre-.
tend to be examining the flowers as he passed.
Then she would look up and watch him as be
went down the street One day az he went by
she looked up and said to me, 'Oh, what a fun.
ny hat and then carelessly, as she began pick
ing among the flowers, 4 wonder who he is?'
came very near laughing, for the previous day
the young fellow had been in to ask me who
she was, and had sent her some flowers. About
week afterward she came in wi; a friend.
and heard her telling the friend how some
body had been sending her flowers every
morning, and she did wish she could find out
| who it was. Well the best part of all came at.
terward. One Morning he came in as usual
and the gardner took him back into the con-
seryatory. While be was there the girl en-
tered and stood near the counter looking
| toward the window. Presently he returned,
and, as he started for the door briskly he said,
We'll send those flowers as usual up to a.
street. Neither knew the other was near,
and, hearing the number Of her house men,
toned, she turned around and they met face to
face. Well never saw such an embarrassed
couple in all my days She had a big Jacquemi-
not near her face, and it would have been
hard to tell which was redder, the rose or her
cheek. She turned to the flowers and he
passed out They didn't come any more, but
not long ago I saw them going by together
I They both looked in and when they saw mo ha
laughed and she blushed