The sun., 1890-11-02
THE OUTLAY FOR FLOWERS.
MILLIONS SPENT ANNUALLY HERE FOR
FLORAL BEAUIIRS AND PLAN1&

lreseut ana 1sdivldun1 Preferences.
There is . fashion in flowers as in other
things with which rich people have to do. and
It Is even moro unreasonable and more CAPRI
cious than other fashions. As a rule. whatever
| is most costly Is most fashionable, or, at any
rate. most sought after. A flower that is difn-
| cult to procure from its being not yet In sea-
son IA sought after for that reason, and as soon
| rs It becomes plentiful it is no longer prized
above Its fellows. Another forced flower takes
It's place. and 30 the fashion changes from one
premature growth to another. An exception
to this rule is tho orchid, which Is always in
vogue because 1t Is always expensive. On the
other hand, many persons, especially women
have their favorite flowers, which they or
der in season as we'll as out OF season
not despising them whom they become COM
paratively cheap. person whose favorte Is
tho orchid never has, OF course, this reason for
thinking less oft. "Yon could put $50 worth
OF orchids In your hat" q florist said, "and
500 would buy only small centrepiece for q
dinner table," Achoice Cataylia costs rs cents.
II is perhaps on account OF It's cost that the
orchid Is the holiday flower. At Chrstmastide
people are more likely than ut other timos to
buy tho most extensive things they can get
The Jacqueminot. Or In its English form.
tho Jack, roses are also holiday flowers
They fret bloom about them and sell readily ut
run 20 W Sih oo|eh. Ane n"oii'"n Deau.S
finds favor all the year round. even when 1t is
comparatively cheap. but It becomes an
especial favorite soon aftcr Christmas. for, be-
coming rare. 1T sells for from SIS to SIS a dozen.
| Until the Jack blooms, tho Meteor now flower
quite like 1t, will have sole for that reason in
spite of It's selling at the comparatively low
rate Of from 81 to So a dozen; The Mrs. John
ne sso e T' ,a pBehnpp
| that tho Meteor does to the Jacqucs-it is
deee to me
front in about, week. Ii Of Frenoh origin
ater Gs ey an es Ue To
81, to si.5o each, ,The Madame Hoste. =
ths m seasan IN %
| and will doubtless be popular with those who
| The Magma Charta is iik cd for its size and its
high price. ~ '0- 'O ~ ''''.'
the rose IL yet h
is true Win regard to tho roses |nst snpmer;;
se and Mn ohss o @ a ra
to some. On this point a florist said:
sPeoUie think the S sumlnes is the limo ior
cannot reguate the heat ms We can the cold
is the ,bs ns s
likely % to be sanshiny. SUI my Wills Wills @ roses viii
| hn.r( 81 a~k eLr.,,
Dekin " ,oiOon hGAt nonth; m tney ato
o, is sn whom
ne ar se h eapb
Easter The season ~ wbieh types be sevva o
me out OF doorsu
pess9hs VINO % Deeve tnas naSnfe raises % her
hnx 6s 81 b are Inv
| the latter. In the frat place they cannot. as q
rule. raise such fine flowers as professional
! xk,n
growers ana IL e9sts them more t6 a raise e rSh
rose than TO buy ". Mnen man ilnds that MS
neral bone industy IN addition @ to being S nn,
importations from Tie ereenhouses Of florists:
tesS ne goes n ior I MS no. v got
gos1o COCO ahd oaa g. ana prefer 10 hy pay norist 10
quoted as saving. ~
Among the lowers tpas are rec expensive and
Choce 5apanese Tsrstes
Sell a. drGm pnd 90 to SiG aGzen g The ps more eT
nsse ashSn
C8uQOt be had Tor love money! Which tS Sell