St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

ers have Esther upon them, and a
few gorgeous little primroses are
| marked Marion" No one is forgot
ten thus far this year. A great palm
is set aside for the president, but not
| a Towering plant.
A woman who is generously ramem-
| bered at Easter is Mrs Mckinley,
whose invalidism entities her to the
| choicest things of floral beauty. Gov.
| Mckinley buys flowers for his wife like
| a schoolboy, surreptitiously, and sends
them home anonymously In an al
| cove there stand the Mckinley plants
| from Mckinley admirers ready for
shipment from Washington, whitherso-
ever Mrs. Mckinley may be.
Women with opportunities for public
life count their Easter offerings as So
ciety women used to count their
Christmas cards. One of the odd re-
suits of this is the sending of Easter
floral offerings to Europe to women in
| semi-public and certainly prominent
life
"A day or so ago an outgoing steamer
carried O. gorgeous shipment Of Easter
lilies. The flowers were in full bud,
with the white just showing through
the green grooves Of the buds. There
were dozens Of the plants and they
were going across the ocean to the
Duchess of Marlborough as Easter
gifts. If the duke could bring his bou-
quet of cut flowers from Blenheim for
her marriage gift, growing plants could
travel to Blenheim for Easter.
There are several women who raise
their own Easter plants for giving
away, having a sentiment regarding
plants Of their own blooming. One of
these is Mrs. Grover Cleveland herself,
whose gifts have long been little pot
Of something from the conservatory
with a flower and love.
The style of flowers this Easter is for
the colored flower banked by the
Easter lily. These masses of Easter
WhitenesS are so common now that
other flowers must be added to them.
The novelty of the Easter lily is worn
off, though it's beauty remains. Twenty
Easter lilies raised from the bulb-a
very simple process-and twenty hya-
cinths, also grown from the bulb, are
what will decorate the front window of
Washington woman whose Easter
entertainments are very well known as
the prettiest things of the year.
The chosen way of arranging the lily
is to set 1T high, so that it falls for
ward. This brings it out and makes it
! larger. Underneath, where the stalks
| grow bare and ugly, come the brightly
| Towering plants. The pots are con-
| cealed by mosses, by leaves and by rib
| hons. That is the set style of Easter
| decorations where lilies are grown in
| pots.
What is the cost of that roomful of
| fIowers?" asked an inquisitive woman
| of a florist, who was closing the door
! of small hall room upon as many pots
| of Easter lilies as would sit side by
| side upon the floor.
'"The cost of that roomful,'' said the
| florist, ''is as near $500 as I can place
| figures without giving away the trade
F, secrets. And they are to go, believe,
without consulting my order book, to a
| beautiful actress. She made a wager,
her side,if winning, to have her boudoir
| full of Easter lilies. She won, as she
was pretty sure to do, and we sent up
| to take the measure of her room. Her
| maid gave it to us. This little room
| proved to be about the right size, and
we have today placed it full Of the
plants.