New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15

the London florists make up their bouquets for
weddings IN the form OF sheafs and garlands-
Their prices n no way approach the CHARGES
we know 50 well The best illustration OF this
Is the gaTdenIa at slXpence Twelve cents,
while here IN America they are dollar each
and more, when scarce.
The Malnaison CarnatiOn IS Rorgeousy
lovely flower. like rose IN its richness and
size its perfume rarely pungent. The per
fu1ne OF the English flowers Is possibly due
TO the lack OF an ice supply and the dislike
the BTItOn has for refrigerated things Our
flowers nearly all pass many days in cold stor-
age, which Inparts a certain dry waXike
grandeur 70 the blossoms. and. ike stage sun
sets. are far more stunning than Nature best
efforts. But there IS none Of the buOyancy
left which Is one OF the chief charms OF
freshly cut bloom.
Fnqland's famous climate is always quoted
as being the reason Tor the extent and beauty
OF their floral products; but II IS dl1lculJ TO
understand why q country such as this, pro-
ducing the most lavish OF fruits, should have
dearth OF flowers Possibly the famine Is
caused By some OF the same forces that affect our
supplies OF -lea-, poultry, and dairy products
Even our cities and the florists trusts can
not keep the glory OF the SprIrgt1Tne from our
streets For the Easter holiday, thousands OF
lilies come from Bermuda. their buds packed
IN cotton TO keep them back until the festival
In the poorer neIghbOThOOdS hUCkSters carts
peddle the OTnnlpreSent geranlu1n; but not
the sturdy splendid plant Il 5 when well
callv forced slips. palpably made TO sell 70 the
iniud-Cious poor And they so sell and reap
good profit to the merchants. Could we have
more flower markets. with prices ranging like
those OF London and Paris, the poor would be
among the most steady buyers People would
tall IN line by degrees. women would throng
with children. and squares and streets sadly
IN need Of This adjoining would become radiant
and Inspiring.
To quell the cIarnor Of those who are always
bowling Tor utility. and the business end OF
every venture that has only beauty to recon-
mend Il such markets might be made to com
bire the food products that lend themselves
50 finely 10 attractive showing, IN these DAYS
when live lambs garnbol in their pens and
trout fash through tanks in the season
There might be mushroom beds and violet
farms incubators; features that would de
te--r7ine the interest and even draw those trOhc-
some enthusiasts who now and then put forth
q plea for permanent Circuses IN the big towns
Such 1narts would do credit TO our country
which Is IN soil and possibility a great flower
garden. certain sections approaching an out
nut t1reuualed the world over. II would re-
deem Us from the too oft repeated hOot at our
improving cOnmerCialisTn, and would change
the stilted ideas of the growing generation as
70 these beautiful earth wonders that are
known to-day only as they come home IN boxes
tagged ike hams
And the American woman. for whom a
GREAT and lovely rose has been named. would
cease 70 fasten on her breast the manufactured
-,osies that nowadays make shameless COMES
sion OF our poverty OF spirit, rather than OF
purse II we 20 on pinuIng these false pu1s
and braids TO our heads, and hanging ShaIn
beads about our necks. with Celluloid lilies on
our near-seal coats, what terrible creature
the BABY OF the Future IS bound 10 be!