The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-14

yesterday. Business is Just about the
same this year as 1: vas last Easter.
People seem 10 have plenty OF money
TO spend. but only one person In ten
buys Curiosity brings IN more people
than does an intention TO purchase. You
will be- astonished TO know how much
.shopping' is done BY ladies at Easter
Many OF them go the rounds or the big
flower stores before they spend dol
lar"
or among buversg' asked the reporter.
Easter lilies are the favorite flowers"
answered the florist. but genestas,
azaleas. and hyacinths are close follow
ere The best Easter lilies bring from
2, 10 20 cents a flower making the aver
age plant handsomely potted worth
from 3 TO g. Large clusters OF Easter
lilies In fancy pots and tied with wide
sash ribbons bring from $40 TO so The
best cut Easter lilies are worth s. a
dozen. Genesta plants, WIN their thick
yellow blossoms. are hshly decorative
Tiny plants sell for = cents, but the
plants which have grown into small trees
bring So A handsome genesta can be
bought for g. Azaleas arc hardy and
pretty. With good care an azalea will
last through the lifetime Of the owner
We sell nicely pOttcd azaleas for s. and
sl0. You can buy some for g. II you
want 10 buy beauty / have an aZalea
nearly six feet In diameter. twenty years
old. and covered with 1000 pink blossoms.
That plant will sell for 500, which Is
really cheap in view or the care the
plant has required. Hyacinths are the
sweetest flowers you can buy. and they
are very popular. We sell them In clus-
tiers I'm handsome baskets, and s. Is an
average price. Hydrangeas are bulky be-
cause OF the thick. heavy leaves. but
tic large heads Of white and delicate
purple flowers make a beautiful deccra-
ton. Hydrangeas range IN price from
s. to 800 Can you imagine anything
more beautiful than a 80 hydrangea,
with fifty blossoms. each Hover being al
most the size of your held2 DAISIES are
poplar also. ] presume they are popular
because they are cheap. \ big bush in
full bloom costs only s.. and pretty plants
bring only 81. Plotted roses are very
salable. from g 10 -. ac,1rIihg 10 the
number Of flowers. We also have occa-
sional calls for Scotch heather The
plants sell for s. and 81. Invariably our
heather customers have been Scotch
men. A lady just asked me for some
pa ssion flowers. and she was greatly dis
appointed because she could not find any"
How do wholesale and retail florists
get along at Easter-time|'
"First-rate. There's no clashing be-
tween the wholesale and retail dealers
at Easter Prices for plants and flowers
remain as they have been all winter. tt
Christmas. however. the wholesalers try
to rule the retailers with high hand
and they have succeeded pretty well so
far"
"When is your greatest rush OF busl-
ness az Easter
Gust after church on Good-Frlday.
Then for some reason / don't know.
the ladies invade the shops OF the florists
with one accord. / will be ready TO meet
the rush on Good-Frday with a dozen
extra men"
All Of the more prominent Protestant
Episcopal and Roman Catholic churches
viii Doe deliberately adorned with flowers
on Easter-Sunday. "a most cases the dec
OratiOns will Doe donated or done through
subscription. The Easter decorations in
the Church Of the Heavenly Rest will be
unusually beautiful. Miss Smyth. dauch-
ter Of cX-Recordor Smyth. has donated
"a rich floral decoration for the altar and
chanccl