New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-31
CARNATIONS FAVORED.
Wholesale Florist Says They VIII
Usurp Place of VioIets.

Few indeed are the flowers that born 10 blush
unseen and to waste their sweetness the desert
air at this holiday As the tiniest
ioweret peeps cut upon q greenhouse world. its
grower comes along and with ruthless shears sewers
II from the stock and sends it posthaste. with
lot OF other poses TO the city florists Flowers sell
by the hundred. by the dozen. alone. according
size and scarcity
For this holiday week. every flower in every shop
has had a few pennies added to its price with the
result that when it comes TO purchasing several
dozen roses. carnations whatever flowers are
preferred. two extra dollars have to be add
ed to the sum paid for them other times of the
year.
Orchids and American Beauty roses, as usual.
head the price list bringing s. each just Not
withstanding the cost they have been selling well,
and hundreds being sent ont to-day to I'LL New
Years orders.
Carnations. also-at least the choicest varieties
going at a holiday price. The ''Encbantress.
OF a delicate pink tint. with many OF the flowers
four inches in diameter. is selling for 50 dozen:
the Lawson pinks are g Dozen and the common
est varieties bring 81 90 a dozen There is whole
sale florist the city who declares that the
carnation will neVermore be called the poor mans
rose" that 1t is winning its way into the first
place of favor. that he going give violet
raising. which is his specially. and devote his time
TO the cultivation of the carnation- 'Violets. he
says, ARE going out of fashion"
To this last assertion the retail florists OF New
York City take exception 'Vioets have such
firm hold with the women" said dealer yester-
day morning, that | don't believe that anything
could force them out of popularity, The prices
that violets bringing do not look as they
are an undesirable hover. The very choicest-tnee
large fra grant double flower and the long stemmed
single California violet Of delicate sweetness.Sea
number probably be bought for 81 less. Inc
ordinary sweet violet costs 81 30 a hundred new
Roses are bringing from 50 to Sc q dcZea-Witn
the exception Of the American Beauty, OF course.
A rare variety OF tea rose, which is sold by one
florist here exclusively, comes way from Brar1p-
ton Ont It's petals Of rich, deep pink, with
lining or velvet yellow. and its leaves are unged
Many Of the city florists have been making a
specially OF artistic floral novelties for holiday
gifts One OF the prettiest. designed by A warren,
dorff the Broadway florist, IS a birds nest OF
woven pussywiow branches with their ii,, SOFT OF
the purpose. Inside Of the nest, which is about
uinc inches in diameter a Crockery dish Is ar
ranged to hold water for the flowers which fill the
Another novelty is the gilded. old Dutch shoe
which also holds water. One OF these SHOES ds,
played in q window yesterday was filled with req
roses and l!ues-of- the-valley, and made a iove!y
blending OF the red. the white and the gold
Daises which 80 cents a dozen. are also pretty
In these Dutch shoes 49, oso~,l,Ia
Japanese primulss tiny flowers which resemble
wild English pTimrose6. are popular just now NJ
ranged IN little champagne hampers