The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
Uncle Sam As A LoUer
 of FzoWers and Plants
amnamnmanHmMmMnmnnnnna nnnlHmHnHm

To him who, in the love of nature. holds Communion with her visible forms. she
 speaks
 A various language; for his gayer she has . voice of giadness. and
 smile
 And eloquence of beauty. and she glides Into darker musings with a mild
 And healing sympathy that steals away Their sharpness ere he ig aware.
 William Suilen Bryant.
 The members of the Glover Growers Association will find added joy and pride in their object for which they are banded together if they VII. read of Uncle Sam as lover or eric J. Haskin in the Memphis Com mercial Appeal They will find that there are 20.e00 florists in America, that the American Beauty is not Ame- rican at all and they will pity Grady it's producer in that he did not have continued faith in his Beauty
 The Article in full Is as foHows:-
 An approximation of the money spent each year in America for cultivafea flowers Is sf00 00,000,ooo. This Is an amount equal to the value or all the realty property in the State of oregon, to one fifth the value of all coal mined last year. to one-fourth the surplus Tn
  for the last fiscal year. and almost equal to the net earnings of these banks, It ie nealy twice enough to cover the bonded debt of all the New England states combined. New Workers spend more for flowers and elaborate liorai designs than any other Of Americas lavish buyers, and their florists siean an annual harvest of s4,00o,000.
 There are 10000 florists in America, the great proportion of whom have en- tered the business during the last twefty-fiye years. The citizens of New port, Cincinnati and St. Louis pay s1.000.000 annually for their movers ton, Chicago. Philadelphia and Pitts burg The growers who supply the rose markets of New York city employ an army of 1000 men, and the annual cost of carrying the flowers from the farms to the city is more than $5V.OoV. This immense industry has been caused by the swollen fortune of America. The tendency of wealthy people to gauge intrinsic value by the money they must pay out, has led florists 10 cud- gel their brains for expensive nowers' in order to make Milady's cotillion bou- uuets cost $50 or $100, ribbons at $l and g a yard are often added.
 Christmas is the time when all flowers are most expensive, the prices going as high as s3 and $4 apiece. At Christ mas time gardenias command the high est prices of any flower, with American Beauty roses running close second. The average price of corsage bou- quet for fashionable functions IS ne- tween s3O and $50. Some of the elabo- rate designs for weddings, and pres ents to stage favorites cost between Ssn0 and s1,000
 The cost of producing flowers from out of town conservatories Is one or the largest items in the florists expen- SC account, sometimes costing even more than the flowers themselves. In the famous orchid boquet carried by Mrs Nicholas Longworth at her we'd ding. the faint flesh-color of the sCattIya" orchids was very difficult to obtain, as each flower had to match its neighbor exactly. The cost of get ting the orchids to Washington entire ly outside the expense of the flowers themselves. was more than stoo. This was the most expensive bouquet ever nut up by a Washington florist.
 There are only six pure white Cat tyla" orchids in existence, and three of these are in America. These rare specimens are in the possession of or chid fanciers, to whom they are of as much value as the diamonds in jewel collection. There is not one of thess white orchid plants priced at less than S1,0D0. Mrs. Longworth's bouquet was made up of over 100 of these rare blossoms, though only dozen and half 'Cattylas" were obtainable. These were gathered from as many different conservatories because even in the large collections no two could be found of the required, tint Although the or chid vogue has grown enormously in the last five years. nothing is so pop ular as the rose, and New York for ist estimates that at least 75 per cent. of the money paid for flowers is for this kind.
 The enterprising florist belongs to