New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-02
FASTER FLOWER MARKETS.
A BUSY SEASON FOR CITY FLORISTS.
EARLY MORNING At UNION souARE-oTHER
pIAcFs WHERE DEALERS CONGREGATE.


PLACES WHERE DEALERS CoSGREGATE.
Easter always brings Joy to the heart Of the florist
for at no other time Of the year is there such demand
for flowers. Easter also hernlds the opening OF the
Flower Market which now for the third year makes the
northern end OF Union Square, In the early morning.
resemble In a small way, the Marche de La Madeleine
In Paris probably the best known flower market In the
world.
Long before the sun has given any evidence OF RS
Ing wagons and carts. laden with every hnd OF p'aht
rumble over the streets that lead from the o'herenS
ferries to the square, for florists from every SUBURB
OF NewYork come to this market to sell their produce
There nre from Secaucus, Rutherford the oranges
Jersey CITY, Newark Fatbush Astoria and many other
places As each drives he backs his cart into
the advanta geous place he can hnd ana ior 'nis
privilege has to pay fee OF % cents to exAdermah
John Norris who has the looking after this market.
Soon after the first team arrives woudbe purchasers
begin TO gather the sidewalks and the market pnces
OF the different plants are settled on.
As the stars begin to pale and there Is Hsn Oh
coming day in the east the nurserymen begin 10 busy
themselves Their wagons curtained with awnings OF
thick blankets In these early days OF spring. arc
opened and then all sorts OF Towering ana other
plants are taken out and pnced the sidewalk, which
soon resembles mosaic Of bossoming beauty.
Every description Of plant Is there. Just now
Faster lilies and their first cousin, the Gala N.Y.
There are geranums Of every color, fuchsias OF sew
cral varieties heliotrope mignonette and hyadnths
that mako the early morning air heavy with tAeir
nerfumes pnnses OF every hue tulips multlcolored'
the single and double danodi yellow In Its Jealousy
that u Is not as great favorte as It's SMALL pure
white, sweet smelling neighbor, the hlyofthe valley
The white and fragile spirea raises Its head of
,bousaua flowers in no way dismayed that inst along
side OF II are many kinds OF hardy roses There arc
pos OF the common white daisy, which, however, mas
been ., much improved by cultivation Tint II Is nearly
twice the size Of Its Wild progenitor. There are vnne
gated daisies. and prmroses OF every color. Duc"s
rncilis, a grcenleaved creepcr, with bordering Oh
white stands often alongside the English IVY. ootn Oh
which are trained over small piece Of trelhs work the
Nopoleonio emblem the violet can be bought In pots
or boxes and lends its sweet scent 20 Its taller ana
more prcsumptuous neightors.
Resides the flowers, the men and women purchasers
and vendors are a study. The latter are haru-
working men, who rise at an unearthy hour. ~ Ar
rs the ordinary man Is concerned and come INFO the
city to their money and ada TO the beauty ana
comfort OF every home to which their plants 90.
Most az the men are unshaven and somewhat unkpmpt.
but they are all kindhcarted
Then there are the many dealers In plants or their
representatives. The big florist firms are seldom rep
resented they buy their goods erect from the mrse
nurserymcn but there many OF the smaller dealers
who have stores on the East and West Sides and
away up In Yorkvile and Harlem There is the
buckster who loads down his little cart with Towering
plants and make the side streets reverbeate with his
wells OF Flowers 10 SELL"
Among them. also, are many women. young ana
old who have come Just to buy few pots OF flowers
or plants To make their drcary tenement homes little
brighter or perhaps creeper that they hope TO train
around their windows the railing OF the fre-escapc
opposite them. These last have not much money to
spend, and they select their plants with great care
and seldom buy more than two at a time.
market much like the one In Union Square Is
opened every morning at Canal and West sts but the
vendors there are gradually emgiating to the one In
the Square
Another great flower market, one for cut flowers
alone and known rs the Cut Flower Exchange, opens
at sunrise every morning in two large rooms ut Thirty
ourth-s,. and the East River. Here all the large
growers of flowers have stand and Is here that the
wholesale price Of the flower market Is settled every
morning. and all the big retail dealers make their pur-
chascs Every flower IT. season ard out OF season. Is
to be found here. and the air l. heavy with perfumes
The exchange differs In one marked respect from the
other exchanges in the city, In that women are al
lowed on the ioor and there many Of these who
keep small stores, who come In the early morning to
MAKE their purchases at headquarters.
Yesterday. being the day before Easter. was par
ticuary Lusy one The rooms were crowded with
sellers and BUYERS, and the exhibit Of flowers was
beautiful large and varied. This cut flower exchange
is almost ukncwn to the public, and has only been
In It's present quarters in the Long Island Building
The following the prices paid for flowers and
decorative plants Yesterday Easter lilies, 20 cents
each Gala lilies, 20 cents each rOSess pearls, - 10
ID per 1907 bride. ST to so per 100 Catherine Mcr.
met rs to 30 per 100; CUISINE, 80 to q? per 100
baroness, 81 per dozen: Mabel Morrison. - per
dozen jacks s. per dozen American Beauties, 30 10
cents each ,olesRussian. ~ 30 to ~ per 900
English double so to $50 per 900: pinks. 81 90 TO
S per 100 sbla 20 cents bunch; tulfps-sngle, III
per 90 flowers double - per 100: narcssus, Va per
100: spirca 20 cents bunch OF twelve sprays lilies
OF the valley 80 to - per 100; Roman hyacjnths, s3
to VI per 100: hyacinhs. 5 cents spray acacia
- IN bunch of wpnty-five sprays
hacirope - per 100. pansies, T3 per 100; double
datodis, 10 cents per Dozen snilax ~ per bunch OF
twelve strings; ecnestra, 80 cents per bunch OF six
sprays.