The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-14
FOR PULPIT AND ALTAR
FLOWERS THAT ARE ALMOST
WORTH WEIGHT. N SILVER.

A Consignment of EasteF Lilies Re-
cefved Yesterday From bermuda.
Via New YOrk-Hothouse Flowers
the Only Kind 10 BE Had This
Near-Out-Of-DoOr Plants About
Six Weeks Behind-The 1iIiineF's
Wagon and It's Traffic Yesterday.
The large and varied congregations
which viii turn out for Easter services
to-day may question the statement that
Easter flowers are decidedly scarce, when
they see the elegant decorations which
have been prepared for some Of the
churches. such Is the situation. however,
and those who have had occasion 10 pur-
chase flowers at this time know that ia
some Instances they have been worth al
most their weight In silver.
This, however, has not deferred the
church people from securing the usual
elegant and elaborate decorations for
their affairs and pulplts. and the eye OF
the churchgoe viii be greeted this morn
ing by sights as pleasing in this respect
as has been the case in other years.
The Easter lily IS a rare flower this
year, and though quite a number Of
them have been raised in the h0thouses,
they have all brought a good price, and
generally the demand has been heavier
than the supply. quite a large shipment
of Bermuda lilies was received through
the Southern Express Company yester-
day they having been sent to a party
here c. o. D. from New York, after a
long sea voyage from Bermuda. Some OF
the flowers, however, were not IN the
best condition after this long trip, and
the cOnsignee rejected them. As the eX-
press company had TO dispose OF them,
they were sent around TO Mr. J. Gard
ner, who found a ready market for the
best flowers among them at 81 a dozen.
These were cut flowers, and the potied
plants which have been raised here bring
much more than this.
owing to the severe winter. all out
door flowers have been from SIX weeks
10 two months late. and there ara none
to be secured at this time. All the flow
ers used in the church decorations to-
day are from the hothouses,
and they have been carefully
watched and nurtured during the
winter months. Roses and rosebuds
are bringing anywhere from 81 to 3 per
dozen, and there has been good de-
mand for them at these figures in the last
day or two. Numbers Of these flowers
have been made up into designs and VIII
be used IN the decorations. The florists
have been busy, too, having their PAINS
and many Of the handsomer potted plants
moved into the city for use IN these dec
orations.
MT. GEORGE AhlQltIt Llt uuItSAt says
there has been an excellent demand for
flowers within the last few days He
says the supply Of hothouse flowers has
been plentiful. though more might have
been sold, but there have been no flowers
on the market, that were grown out of
doors, on account Of the lateness Of the
season. Some of the churches vie with
each other in the exquisite beauty of
their floral decorations, and each year
they endeavor to surpass what they did
the year before; so cost has cut little fig
ure this year. and money has been freely
given for designs which brought twice as
much this year as they have in some of
those gone by.
Church affairs are not the only places
where flowers will be seen to-day, for they
will, cut a. decided figure on my lady's
Easter bonnet. The milliner, another spe-
cies of the forest and designer heard the
striking of the midnight clock last night,
which was no doubt a more welcome
sound than would have been the impre-
cations of the lady whose Easter hat
was not forthcoming. Wagon loads of
Easter bonnets were a common sight on
the streets yesterday, some Of the milli-
ners employing outside delivery wagons
TO get out their heavy orders in due sea-
son. Sunshine will gladden. several thou
sand hoping hearts this morning, but If
It fails them the gloom will be gloomy in
deed.