The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-02
CAPRICES OF TIE FLOWERS
WHY A cARNATioN MAY BE
WORTH $4,000 IN CASH.

FaSni0nS FloWer-I ne oedSoH
Bridal Bouquet.
Forty thousand dollars does seem
a pretty high price to pay for
flower" said a Broadway florist, in
speaking of the Seeding carnation
Aristocrat, which was sold by Gin
cinnati firm to the Carnation. Assoc
citation of Joliet, Ill.,, recently, "but
the association will have no trouble
in getting it's money back.
st will get it back in one season.
You see, they will sell the first shoots
for IS apiece. They'll have about
thousand of them. Then the shoots
will be doubled and tripled and quad
rupled and they'll sell them all for
SIS apiece.
1T is unusual to grow anything very
wonderful in the way of carnation
in this country That was probably
what raised the price of the Aristo-
crat Carnations grow much better
in England.
mo, don't know why; nobody
does. The climate, probably Maybe
the fogs. Maybe the soil. only know
that they are much richer in color and
nearly twice as big there as they are
here.
There seems to be a fad for rare
carnations among many rich people.
l have known people to pay fabulous
prices for rare carnations and never
let tnem go out of their greenhouses
except for presents to their friends.
81 rather like that idea. l should
like to have a rare flower for myself
that nobody else had, just as some
people like to have fine horses.
But as to the way flowers take
to different countries. There is the
American Beauty rose. They can't
grow that in England at all. 1t re.
fuses to take root They have tried
it again and again and failed. Yes.
l suppose that is the reason they are
called American Beauty roses. 1t
suits them best to grow here.
81 sent my father slip of one of
those roses to try in his garden. He
planted it and watered it. but that
was all there was to it. Nothing do
ing. He lives in Richmond, too. The
garden spot of all England for beauti-
full flowers.
FLOWERS have a world of sense.
They know where they want to grow,
and they grow best there. Sometimes
we can coax them into something like
their original beautyNin our green
houses, and sometimes we can't.
THAT amaryllis you see in the win
dow, for instance. grows best on the
Pacific Coast. That one didn't, of
course It was grown in greenhouse.
Yes, it is beautiful. 1t is almost i'm
possible to believe it could be more
beautiful unless you saw it trailing
along on it's native heath. 1t is a
thing to look at there.
81 believe, taking it all in all, that
orchids are the most fashionable
Hover this season. We have just had
an order for a dinner to be given a
week from Friday. One thousand or
chids. The orchids alone for this din
ner will cost the host $4,000. sup
pose everything else will be on the
same scale.
Orchids grow best in France,
think, but there are some specialists
in this country who grow them very
beautifully"
A boy came in just then with long
narrow wooden box. He set it on a
counter and, lifting the top, then some
slabs of tissue paper, took out two
long delicate switches, trimmed with
faint pink flowers not much larger
than apple blossoms and approached
the florist with winning smile.
"How much?' asked the florist cas-
ually.
"Six dollars" answered the boy.
Il will give you FIVE" the florist re-
piled.
Without a word the boy wrapped
the long, slender, beautiful, odorless
switches carefully back in the slabs
of tissue paper He laid them in the
box. He put on the top. Then he
bowed politely to the florist, opened
the door and took his departure.
Orchids from the - green
IAOQoCn, CAPidlACO LAC AOlloL WILL q
slight elevation of eyebrows. "They
don't want much for their orchids.
You see offered him five. Yes, for
each switch, of course. And still
there are some who complain of our
prices"
He walked to glass door back of
which were roses, orchids, violets.
He opened the door. A delicate odor
floated out.
ut is a strange thing about flow
ers," he resumed, land the places they
select to grow best in.
Now roses grow best in Canada.
don't know why. Perhaps because
they like the cold.
"You see that single violet? It grew
on Long Island, which was wonder.
Violets used to love Long Island, but
they don't any more. Maybe they
took a dislike to the scenery or the
people, or it may be that the soil was
worn ont