The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-03
EASTER BLOSSOMS.
The Torch and Cornucopia Are the
Two New Popular Florists De-
signs This Season.

The florists are offering as the most i'm
portant feature of the flower show this
Easter, an especially appropriate and ex-
| pensive white orchid, the blossom of
which is a miniature snowy dove-they call
1t the Holy Ghost" flower and its roots
are Dedded in small white wicker baskets.
to hang by silver wires-thiS is Just about
the most extravagant floral gift one can
purchase, unless. of course. you feel the
season demands greater expense In that
case all the way from 500 to $500 can be
laid out on dwarf orange tree, standing
about three feet in its tub and well
INFINITE deal of pains expended on these
pretty shrubs, first in finding dwarfs of
the species and then in coaxing them into
the perfection of blossom, and the florist
is a tradesman who does not suffer from
an excess of mOdesty. He made a spec
ialty this Easter of Towering potted
plants, for cut flowers do not play the
most important part in the festivities of
this all important Sunday. His great
achievement with the more COMMONPLACE
blossoms, such as tulips. hyacinths, etc.
is bedding them for Easter trade in all
manner OF quaint receptacleS. Instead Of
sending the favOrite blooming bulbs about
this season in tin pans and red pots; scar
let Tulips nave gone TO fair owners in the
most artistic copper pots and kettles. a
pewter mug filled with earth and growing
ourgeoning violats is another bright idea
OLD German stems, plated silver tankers
delft pitchers and willow ware CUBS were
all filled with earth and sl1ilfuIly utilized
IN place OF the commonplace bowls that of
late the florists have dressed up in satin
ribbon and tissue paper.
That is a mode by the by. fallen into dis
use for this Easter at any rate. ~and rhOd-
odendrons. not aZalias have had the way
among the big plants. while Venezuelan
ferns quite got their innings ahead of the
palms for once. The young man who ia
engaged and therefore prone to extrava-
gance, or who has an arrow to grind on
Cupid'S milestone, fell easy prev to the
new and costly Easter fashion of sending
torch of flowers, instead of basket, or
a tail palm. a torch is really a wicker
cup at the end of a bamboo pole about
TOUR feet high. Into the cup. which is as
big as the crown of a silk hat and pear
SNAPPED, moist green moss and choicest
cut flowers are arranged.
sometimes small pan of wet sand is
introduced and the flower stems bedded
IN IL An abundance of ribbon and
wrsaths OF smilaX are twisted about the
torch's handle an da steel pin in the hot
tom of the stick enables one to fasten
one pleases. upright on the floor. A
torch of flowers is a costly Offering and
some thing more modest in price and al
most as pretty, which finds great favor
among Easter purchasers are the large
and small baskets woven in the shape OF
doves without spread wings. This was
nothing more than reapplication of the
Lonensren swan idea, but a very pretty
basket IS the result, while the same shape
can De had IN small china vases for the
sending of a. bunch of violets
Next after the dove baskets and vases
cornucopias are the most profitable novel;
ties florists have offered their patrons.
Gilded, silvered and colored cOrnuconia
baskets in all sizes. glass and painted
emma ones. as vases to hang fiat against
the wall have been received with the
enthusiasm of a bright inspiration. Into
these the cut flowers are placed very
closely and as sharp contrasts of colors
as possible is striven for, with very little
greenery showing. An idea equally
pretty IS that of the small wicker hand
bag, the mouth gaping and flowers SEEM
lnsly ready to tumble out on all sides.
When the flowers have faded and are
thrown out the hand bag serves admir-
ably as a basket for fancy work and
any woman would be glad to receive such
an Easter gift. 1t was only to be ex-
pected that since we have Kailyard litera-
ture and Scotch dialect recitatiOns and
plaids are the fashion that white heather
should be one Of the choice Easter flow
ers. while pots of gorse and pink tipped
daisies are among the important seasons
blossoms With gilly flowers and lady
slippers the corrucopia baskets are
chiefly filled. those two quaint blooms
having temporarily at least got back into
fashion and the Easter lily, that costs
from s. to s. per blossomn. no longer
comes from Bermuda but is big delicate
pink bell, boaSting of little or no foliage
and raised right in our American green
houses.