The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-30
MUSIC AND FLOWERS.
A Beautiful Exhibition TO Be Held
In Infantry Hall.
The F.orisls' ana Gardeners Club win
GIVE Floral Concert.

| Wednesday afternoon next, on ths occ1-
sion Of thCir trst annual series Of floral
! concerts. IL is the intention of this club,
which Is composed of all the florists, both
| growers and retailers throughout the
State and the gardeners for tho wealthy
and arstocracy, 10 make these floral
concerts one of the principal social
functions every season. A committee
from tho club was appointed some time
ago TO recommend some feature that
would be different from, ana not conflict
ing with, the annual exhibition or the Her
ticultural Society, or with the sociais,
dances or balls of the numerous organi-
cations throughout the State. After due
confederation this committee reported in
favor Of floral concert.
The great point In favor of such a con-
cert 10 the utter inability OF any other
organization or institution TO obtain the
larye number OF choic, lotted PLANTS. Doth
tropical and native, that are necessary to
carry out the plans Of those in charge OF
the affair These call for the arrangement
in masses. groups and banks OF the COM
bined stock of decorative plants of oil
descriptions owned by the leading florists
in this vicinity, and the cost OF leasing
these would be- so enormous as to simply
oe beyond the possibility OF securing.
amounting. a. IL would, to more than
S1O0U.
lite decorative committee, which in
cludes tho largest decorators in Rhode
Island, proposes to transform the interior
of Iofantrv Hall, as well as the halls,
corridors and stairways, into tropical
tower, and in the contamination Of these
plans have requisitioned all the deoora.
tive palms, terms, poited giants and
Towering stock from every florist in the
state that they can spare. All .have re-
sponced: very literally, and no less than
ten carloads, or more than 5000 plants,
large and small, will be utilized in set
ting the hall. lowering kontiss, arau-
carias, rubbers., arecas, handsome striped
century plants, cocos, sabal and cham
aerops palms, !atanias, dracenss, cycas
revelupas, grsvillias, seafortbia elegants
and ether rare and beautiful decorative
foliage will be::used in effective comb bina-
tions.- -xhila small rasrpalms and
Towering plants will form the basis. On
the stairwsys and through the corridors
will -Gs us d several hundred pines,
spruces, laurels, azsleas, rhododendrons
and hollies from Washington county. In
addition to all these, special contribu-
tions have been made bv wholesale deal
ers in Alsbans, Florida, Texas, Hon.
duras aud Mexico of handsome plants
10 T..
country. AN idea of the great quanti-
ties of these importations that will be
used may be gathered from the fact
that The committees plans call for more
than 5000 square feet of Southern sm iax
that Will be imported from Alabama
espe cislly or this occasion. The foliage
decorations will not form the entirety OF
the hail attractions, as thousands of
Towering exotics will be bsrmoniousIy
intermingled With the more massive
effects OF the green background. Cut
flowers I'm all colors and varieties will be
seen in profusion, the whole combining
to form a sight never surpassed in New
England.
While the decorative committee have
Teen indefstigaple In the arrangement ts
of the interior Of the big hall. the COM
miitce in charge Of the entertainment
have not been idle and IN consequence
they are enabled to present an array OF
talent that is seldom eqnslled at any one
concert. Among the talent will be the
celebrated American Band Orchestra, the |
pride OF this city, with all the popular
soloists, Bowen X. Church, cornet; Fred
Padley, piccolo, and q. w. Sparry from |
bone For these concerts ID. w. Reeves |
has arranged special selections, and the |
mum bers rendered by this splendid organ
ization alone will form an excellent pro- |
gram In them selves. One of the great |
features Of the entertainment will be the |
selection OF Gustav HON berger. the cele-
brated cello player, who recently came |
to this country. In addition to these |
solos, Duets, tries and |
quartet selections will be rendered by the
polio Mole Quartet OF this city; George |
A. Freeman, first tenor; Elmer b. Snaw,
second tenor; Thomas Livingston, bari
DE ReH Ladies' Quartet. Minnie l..
first soprano;. celia r.. Biackin-
ton, second soprano; Alice l.. Clark. first
alto, and Clara Willis, second alto. The
program will be changed at each concert,
and the com mit,ee are making cvery
o )ssible effort 10 MAKE these concerts
long 20 be remem bered. Invi-
tations have been Issued to Mayor Edwin
ID. McGiuinness, who joined with the
Florists Club in extending an invitation
to the Society OF American Florists to
hold their convention in this city next
summers to the mem bers of the Board Of
Aide m n and to other digniisries to TO
preseut and several of these have been
The sale of tickets already in
'ures the financial success OF the enter
tainmonts and the patronage 10 such.that
Insures the attendance of the elite, while
, special concert party OF the leading
1orius Of Boston will be.present one
~ ening.