Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-05-20
TIE FLOWER TRADE.

The Florists Rsaping II Rich Harvest
The supply WIN soon be Exhausted
Everybody Wants FIowers-The Lead
ing Flowers In Market-The Best
Roses.
The florsts never had such q rich hnr-
vet OF trade as they are having this
spring. Every body sc ms to want flowers,
IRON the nigh st to the humblest house
hold, and the flower dealers fairly chuckle
with dc light at the large sales they arc
making
At the flower market on Sixth street, to
see the gorgeous array of flowers at the
commencement OF the market it would
hardly lie thought possible that they
would be sold out by the chose of the
| market.
But such is generally the case. The
florists have very few left to take back to
the green houses and they are mostly
culliDgs. Stepping into the green houses
oil james N. Lewis y Brother at Twenty
fourth aud Market streets a day or two
age, the representative of the REPUBLI-
CAN was surprised to see their green
houses look as II II cyclone had passed
through them. The more popular plants,
| such as Rerauiums, verbenas, pansies,
hellotrOpes and number of others, such
as everybody wants, has already grown
scarce and the season is only about hall
over. Mr.. Potter, the superintendent Of
these green houses, Gays he never saw
such rush for flowers. These green
houses have been but u short time in
operation and It was O question whether
the outlay of capital TequiIed to start
them was jujiciously invested.
There is no question about It now. The
Messre. Lewis have already enlarged theil
houses, and Will enlarge again this sum
mer. The ohservant eye of the llors
takes in the great rows of buildings thai
are being erected In the city. Whenever
there is room these buildings all hav,
front and side yards, and that mean
Hover plats in the yards, which have al
to be filled. AS the city grows they en-
large their green houses to meet the flower
demand. 1he great demand Tor roses Il
actually beyond the reach to fill. Thu
people are all trying to get the hes roses
those that bloom constantly all through
the summer. There are but few yarietlet
that do this to satisfaction among til,
hundreds that are in the market.
Among the hybrids, the Jaequemiuo
retains his place us king of roses, and fol
a month to come his blood-red banner
will wave high above all others, though
the Prairie Queen and other vining pink
roses, by the help of porch post and trel
Uses. Twill look down upon him with jealout
eyes for first place in the attractions O
the public Their reign, how ever, is bu
Tor month aud all is over, though thu
Jack" IN his ambition may throw a few
sporadic flowers among the last roses o
summer.
! Among the mon thly or eyer-bloomins
roses, for constant aud prolific bloom
the Hermosa holds the sway. 1t hal
grown little old-fsshioned among sc
many French adventurers, but is always
around when others fail.
The Perl-des Jardins holds It's own IN
beauty as a canary yellow and pushes the
Marschal Nell for the filst place on q
lady's bosom or In gentleman's button,
aire. The Homer holds high place; the
Marie Guillott retains her popularity; the
Malmaison never fails; the Lalrrance II
hard TO excel, and the little Bride and tn,
Polyantha tribe are at all the principa
rose leyees. There are many other GOOD
roses that cannot be mentioned in a shor
article like this, but there are hundreds
of roses that are not worth buying, ant
the florists all know this Ttey are OF
soft, tender stalks, that may give oni
very pretty spasmodic bloom, but thai
one effort takes all their vitality and theJ
are done.
This is not said to discourage the pur
chasers OF roses, but rather to put then
on their guard not to be fooled will
I In, but to get the best. Many of the
roses that throw out q beautiful pointed
bud in the green house are worth bu
little as garden plants. Many OF the
most beautiful pointed buds, when full
open, are very little better than the com
mon briar rose. But IL is very seldom
that poor rose is put upon the market.
The florist cannot afford to do 1t. He
would lose custom aud character both
were he to do so.
The day has come, however, when the
people have become int ligent in ilori-
culture, aud they are fast becoming their
own judges of flowers. To use com
mon expression, they generally know a
good thing when they see it. and are not
easily deceived. The con emplstion is
pleasant that the time will soCn come
when every family In the city can have
their flower beds and rose arbors from
the choicest flowers raised by their own
hands