The evening world., 1894-03-22
FLOWERS IN PROPULSION.
Early Spring Responsible for the
Well-Stocked Markets.
Gorgeous Lilies and Roses for Which
Stiff Prices Are Obtained.

Excepting the nurseries and kindergar-
tens. the loveliest places in New York
this week are the flower shops.
The harvest of blooms" is record
breaking The lilies are ovcrpowerng in
their beauty and sweetness; hyacinths
are gorgeous. roses are voluptuous; pan
sizes have wide open, smiling faces. and
mignonette-"mon Dieu! what mignon-
ette." as the French buyers say-tall
and strong as celery, and every piece
a bouquet by itself.
There are whole fields OF English vio-
let's with lilies Of the valley between,
just as they grow in Surrey. The astoria
Is as white and fuzzy as the plumes that
go to court; the mottled carnations, big
as tcacups, are sweet with the breath of
lemon. nutmeg, almond and allspice; the
tulips, those lily-cups of Jewel colors,
were never more regal, nor the daffy-
| down-dillies half az intoxicating.
And such trees as the azaleas make!
| You can have Il dwarf plant no longer
than your forearm, with so many pink
buds and blossoms that the effect is "A
| red plant with few green leaves, or
you can have a plant as tall as a broom
all spangled with "roses."
Some OF the Mdrguertes, trimmed and
| pruned for drawing room hall and chan
Gel decoration. are as high as the clerks
who deliver them
This profusion of plant life Is due en-.
tirely to the weather This Is Spring
| time April weather Eastertide, and tn,
year not yet ninety days old.
| Annunciation lilies came to town from
the hills In Jersey and the meadows ir
the bosom of Chester County. with paper
quisite heads. ND they ar are arriving
| twice a day in the same grotesque head
gear, not because there Is the least sus
picion Of the joker, Jack Frost, but from
| force of habit.
1t was in the panicky seventies tha
Spring began to get backward, and evci
since, with but three exceptions, she ha!
beer, tardy and dece!tful
She comes to time about once ir
room grower says, "and this is hel
batting and tissue paper, the womcr
and little folks cut them into squares
and we put them over the buds, moi
because sc,n Sc, they -, were needed but to ge
Notwithstanding the flush of flowers
| the fine weather and the good roads
prices are up to the top notch. Now
as last year and the year Of. the bliz
cents per bud A plant with thrc,
cups" Is 75 cents; with four; 81, and So $,
the private buyer, whatever 'SlTn' terms may nH
be made for the church committees.
ANY ro'es worth having are sl5O 6
dozen. and the choice varieties are Q
| 'tntS ~ ttlltS
| You can buy an Ascot scarf a red
head duck Il box Of sweet oranges or
pair of schull shoes for the price of Z
bunch of double violets; single Parma.
are cheap enough, but who wants tn,
| scentless things?
| Becoming nlants are held at the sam,
fancy prices that prevailed last Win
ter. and palms, ferns 'rubbers," Jeru
salem cherries and all the choice folag,
plants, the dealers will tell you are
''nrm"--;hat is. the price of luxuries.
AS merchant in Sixth avenue said
| THE public shouldn't begrudgc us thes,
prices. Business has been tough for sew
| eral seasons Nobody made any money
those who didn't lose any were in luck
This is the first early Spring in tel
years, the supply is immense and tn
| flowers matchless."
The vendors are abroad with wagol
loads of blooming plants, ranging from
a dime to a dollar: the flower marke
will open in a day or two, and the small
boys in Sixth avenue. between Four
teenth and Thirty-third streets, will
clusters of secondhand daffodils. lille
and rose, have come to stay, and b,
Easter even the houses and churche
of New York will rejoice "in the beaut.
Of the lilies"
| NELL NELSON