The Washington times., 1906-04-13
EASTER BLOSSOMS
ARE UP IN PRICE
VlOlets Soaring With Lilies
a Close Second.
FLORISTS ARE NOW BUSY
Plenty Of Orders Despite Big Figures
Placed on the Choice
Varieties
FLORISTS ARE NOW BUSY

Any girl that makes her way down
Connecticut avenue Sunday afternoon
wearing a huge cluster of vioIets will
have convinced her most bitter enemy
that there is at least one man in thC
world who thinks she Is 1T" For
Ntolets are TO be. in fact. they now
are. way up in price. and any Washing
ton swain who wants 10 make himself
solid Wi have 10 part with at least
s. to do SO. and then that will be only
half convincing. for II will not be a
big bunch he Will get at that price.
Each .ear there comes from the re-
Rions of the florists hothouses the as
surance that Easter flowers will be
plentiful. but when Saturday comes one
might think the supply had been sud
denly exhausted, for up the prices go
shooting skyward like a Fourth OF July
rocket.
Ablaze With Color.
Today the flower shops are ablaze
with color. Every flower that could
POSSIBLY be made to bloom Is counted
among the Easter array. and each for
ist seems 10 have tried 10 outdo the
other in the amount and manner OF his
display
While ali sorts OF flowers are I'm de-
mand IS house decorations. the greatest
number of orders flowing in are for vio-
let's Every possible source from which
these popular buds might be obtained
has been called upon and the readiness
with which the orders have been filed
has guaranteed that any man who
wishes a big bunch 10 open the way TO
a particuler girls heart may have it
# he does have to punch hole In his
weeks salary 10 do II.
Prices Away Up.
Violets today are selling anywhere
from 81. 80 TO $3.50 hundred. This is the
price listed 10 those who are giving their
orders early. Anybody who forgets all
about this most essential reminder of
the Eastertide and leaves it until tomor-
row will probably have to pay 50 hun
dred for the little flowers because none
OF them are going to waste.
Both kinds of violets are in de:Iand.
The California specie has been made a
great favorite in the past few weeks
and is regarded by many as much more
graceful and attractive than the others
However. popular choice is. happily. di
vided and IL looks as II nearly every one
will be pleased
The oId-fashioned Easter lily has man
ifestly not lost any Of its popularity.
and today The florist shops are lined
with great clusters and lines Of the
pOttsd flowers. Their fragrance is the
first to meet the visitor when he enters
the door. and il. Ell the array OF Easter
flowers this graceful jia1m stands out
pre-eminent.
The cut lilies sell anywhere from 50
20 "a a dozen. while the potted plants
are rated at anywhere from 30 cents 10
81 a single plant can be made up into
one OF many clusters. and il depends on
the custome- as TO what he will pay.
American Beauty Retires.
Lilies and violets hold the fort at Eas-
tertime. and fo- once the stately Amer
lean Beauty retires. but not far There
are many who assert their allegiance to
the American Beauty the year round,
and this Is proved in the price which
is quoted for the flower today. II can
be obtained for anywhere from g to ;12
a dozen. and In this alone proves it's
lasting hold on feminine tastes. Other
roses are selling for from 81 to 81 a
dozen, and carnations. which arc never
quite excluded from the Easter calcula-
tionS. are Sl.5o to s. a dozen.
While the younger element, masculine
and feminine. is turning its thoughts 10
fragrant spring flowers the older folks
are looking into the price of eggs which
the juveniles are demanding fast and
furious Little do the youngsters care
Tor NlOletS and Easter lilies They are