The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-23

as luxury. which makes me suspicious
cession to style.
1T is quite different abroad. In Eng
land. for instance. the poor people appre-
ciate the beauties OF nature which may be
transplinted in the shadow of their own
homes Tie flower markets In London
would be revelations to our people. There
is nothing like Corent Gardens in this coun
try. And flowers are 80 cheap. To be
sure, they are the commoRer species. but
they have fresh growing beauty, and are
beloved and cherished by the poor people,
who have penny or shilling tosquander
on this luxury. which seems a necessity 10
them. ----~- .---
"A poor mans home in England always
displays its flowers II IL Is In the out
skirts OF the city then q bramble of flowers
nesties close beside the house. sometimes
cut into be pebb:ed paths. They are very
beautiful. You see there. in a Wilderness
ofbioom. xenias ,hoiyhocks. sweet Williams.
sunfiowers. geraniums and verbenas. Ii
the house holder cannot afford the luxury
of land, as the narrowcst margin OF mother
earth is called there, then he plants flowers
on his windO " sills in window boxes. These
give cheerful aspect TO the OF herwise bleak
streets. as II the houses were only cold aud
hard and desperate on tie outside. hut
within were a mesh of bloom and green
which evergreen the window siils from The
crowded space within.
CHANGES IN STYLE.
There have come changes in style in
flowers Just as in everything else. and with
change a rise in prices Flowers are much
more expensive than they were twenty
years ago. Now roses and carnations and
chrysanthemums are the fad. II used to lie
that chrysanthemums were unheard OF, and
whereas roses and carnations a ne now OF no
value unless they have half of three
quarters Of a yard OF stem, foimeriy the
value was not gagged by linear measure.
Loose cut flowers cause the demand for
long stems, formerly flowers were worked
into designs or wired TO artificial stems for
bouquets Twenty years ago the most ex-
pensiye thing about bouquet was no, the
flowers, but the bouquet paper. These
were of elaborate manufacture and OF fash
necessity and cost tidy sums. The
laced paper about the bouquet, which a
cost often as much as S.
"Only within a few years flowers for
house decoration have become OF sufficient
to classify the nurture OF
house plants as separate profession.
No wen-appointed house is now oomplete
without one or more palms about.
"A mistake have noted in domestic
flower culture is the discarding Of the clay
pot. This is mistake. Majoiica and
glazed ware pots kill TIRE plant We. have
tried everything. even paper pots. but there
IS no substitute for the old-fashioned clay
pots They are porous. and give the plant
Air. at the same time they furnish a nat
iral drain for moisture. See these ten
der roots" and re took a plant out of n |
title clay pot, "they seek the circumference |
N every instance, because they find air |
here. The central roots only strengthen |
,fter these reach the sides OF their prison |
,asiIg.''
FLOWERS FOR THE CITY.
This branch Of the service has under its
supervision ninety-three highly improved |
public spots and forty partially improved,
Amounting in all to 356 acres. These are
iupphed from the propagating beds with
flowers and garden plants that are season.
lble to the various temperatures Of the
rear
No city has such n flower system as
There are at the propa gat-
ng garden Thousands of little plants of
shaded leaves. ready for any
Emergency OF celebration. When visitors
ONE they find the monogram OF their order
II the motto or device outlined in flow
IFS In conspicuous public places. 1t is the
York of this department.
One OF the present works lis the ceyel-
,pment of the triangular reservation where
Zen Hancock statue now stands, at Sew
nth street and Pennsylvania avenue, and
promises to be one OF the handsomest tri-
ngles in the city.