The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-23
DECLINE OF THE TUBEROSE
Has Disappeared Altogether from the Mar
kettle American Benuty's Rise.

Has Disappeared Altogether from the Mar
kettle American Benuty's Rise.
On" Of the flowers that are almost rare to-day
IL the tuberose. which has lost its place In gar
deus and is seen no more frequently in the
florists shops. Unlike many other rare plants,
there is no search to-day for this one-time IA
v5r!t". Its disappearance Is doubtless due
10 the little demand that has existed for It
during the past ten years. Somewhat longer
ago 1t had place In nearly every garden.
even Il its former popularity had so far
declined that II was not to he found in
the florists shops. Like all other flowers
that 60 out Of fashion. the tubeross be-
came a specially OF the street vendors. Not
many summers ago they used to offer on
broadway stalks Of the heavy-scented, pallid
blossoms. Later tho roses stood in tubs await
ing the selection ~ purchasers who still had
taste for the brittle little roses. Now these
survivors have to grow their own tuberoses or
search for them in moro remote spots than
those occupied by tho street flower sellers.
for they have given the tuberoses up alto
gether. and the flowers are scarcer now than
orchids. The public seems reconeiled 70 get
ting along without them. and nobody inquiries
to-day after the vanished flowers.
mani, is now seldom seen THIS is the Mare
cnal Me! ros". once the most cherished and
grant yellow, blooms. with their rich. green
.raEes and th!cki graceful petals. are rare in
nearly so fragrant. and only two or three
SPEC IS are its super4rs In beauty. The Mare
costly. mollsh bouquet was at one tins made
chiefly OF them. Yet they ar" seen to-day only
IN the gardens or conservatories OF persons
who "uItivat" roses or in the gardens Of the
s%n'f WHes RE they }"T III.
yea.s few OF them, even when the season is At
it. h"tEh, Those found have Iit{le Of the ira
,n2t the r.sd r. be Of the 9Otc-s4e
InInarity: and is stil! Characteristic OF those
70 lie in one Of the wholesale hower stores that
/ linz ga h side OF al uptown block near Broad
en9 Of the rom ON IS'fs eo 9Es
every description The supply was smaller
than that to be zen on a winter morning tut
| i wa- rirh in beauty and variety, Some old
! fashioned country howers unfamiliar in the
company Of the cultivated eNotics about them.
fs The 0 T@ Sa r.. d. dea 'ns
| sad that both Of them had practically disap-
Tqb"r@sos wa '" on Ea Az he ad d.
| nobody. regretted their going. They first bs-
gan gan, 70 Los" their p.pqaEity After they were
as They held that REPUTATION for years and
became 50 closely identified with these ser.
| thing else. Alter whllo they were forgotten
there. too, and n,hody ever thinks Of trying to
,tS-dsy. tn Marocha Ntsi. With IFS "a pa e
the large and brilliant rose. in demand to-day
| The American Beauty has practically be-
! come the oA,y rose in general demand. Every
| purchaser who can nay the price wants H.
| II Is more SNOWY ami brilliant than
any that ever preceded It and more deco
roses have had to take a back seat since it
was put on the, market. Fragrance plays no
! part now in making flower popular, except
| NlptetS. Persons want them - smell sweet
| because II is usually an evidence OF their fresh
ness. But in the case OF other flowers II makes
! little or no difference. II was chiefly the fra
! GRANGE OF the MarGcha Mel that recomme nded
! Il. and that was not cumpen satiOn enough for
/ its lack of other qualities. Even the Baroness
| Rothschtld. which used 70 he thought so beau
! ttu! with its pink petals. disappeared before
| the American Beauty. and the JNcVueminots
! only hold their own when they are large and in
| the hlghest state OF develOpm -