The New York herald., 1922-04-15
City Is Gay
in Easter Blooms
as Prices Fall
Carnations and Roses as Rivals
Vie With Waxen Lilies for
Public Favor.

BY all the signs known TO the horti-
culturist and the dispenser of potted
plants and blossoms at Eastertide this
should be the greatest flower season IN
five years Such is The forecast os
florists who have weathered innumer
able Easter Saturdays and Sundays,
some that have come early and only q
few that have come as late as this.
1t is the lateness of Easter this year
| that accounts for the tremendopT
supply of cut flowers and plants tha
will be offered for sale in shops and iu
special Easter markets to-day and to-
morrow. The supply consequently reacts
on the market value ana purchasers ma
expect to find their floral offerinsy
cheaper than in the last five years
Literally millions Of blooms viii sint
their way into Fifth avenue Brosdv 7i
and the side street shops. Never befor
has such a wide variety been availahi .
according to Charles Millang. leadirs
wholesale florist.
THE Bermuda Easter lily no ,onecr
visits cur shores ut this season. NJ.
AIillang said. Instead ;he waxy bios
som is grown rtght in this neighborhcod.
There are plenty Of Easter lilies 81,
Ions Island. III New Jarsey ard iir-
also crt and viii. average about So
dozen wholesale or from fog.y 70 fif
cents flower. Buds en- a potted ptae
are counted as a flower: therefore oG
average sized plant will cNs. from
/ TO SO.
| Roses are plentiful ard Nin rcteH
all the way from $3.50 TO 50 4 do1ec
for the very long stemmed varieties
There will be quantities of Columbius
Premiers, Ophelias. Butterfly and al
the other well known varieties Carna
tons Will rival roses. for there is Away
great demand for these fragrant pins
and white hardy flowers.
Spring flowers, such a. hyacinths
daffodils. sweet peas. snap dragon and
lily OF the valley will be plentiful and
offered at reasonable prices. In fact,
all flowers are going to be so cheap that
/ II will be a poor season for the florist
but a fine one for the public. The loss
I 10 the florist is going to prevent him
from making anything worth while out
of the reduced prices.
"Hyacinths will bring about 35 to so
cents pot and other potted bulbs and
plants will be correspondingly low in
price. Lilies Of the valley, (which are
! put up in punches of twenty-five stalks
| will cost about SO retail.
''Violets will be neither plentiful nor
OF fine grade because of the lateness OF
| the season and the weather. Most of
| the violets come from Red Ho ok and
Rhinebeck on the Hudson.
''The best time TO give your order to
| the florist II you want to have your
gift arrive Easter morning is Saturday
afternoon" advised Mr.. Millang.
Flowers a-plenty at reasonable prices
were also predicted by A. NJ. Henshaw,
\ 4 ~. t. y
lists shops. Not since 1915 has the pub
lie had such an opportunity to buy at
to-days Easter prices or to find such
an overwhelming variety of blooms TO
select from. The favorite flowers. ac.
cording to Mr.. Henshaw. will be roses
carnations and lilies, particularly the
Easter lily
"It is not necessary to go 70 Fifth
avenue to find good flowers said Mr.
Henshaw. "You will find them in Broad
way and the side streets. Such great
number of Greeks have gone into the
business that they have opened stores
In almost every part of the city"
Mr.. Henshaw predicted price OF
| fifty cents a flower for Ia ster lilies, in
cluding large buds. The Easter lily. he
said. would have its BUYERS. but he
| added that there would be plenty OF
purchasers for the other vt.r .rteties.
"It may be surprising 70 the public
to learn that we now get our Easter
lily bulbs from Japan" he sai6. Until
ten years ago Bermuda supplied us with
the bulbs. but Bermuda lost her grip on
the trade through overprcduction. and
then Japan stepped In.
FLORISTS have been nolcing their
violets back. keeping them in. thc shade
and giving them cold water. but the
violet will disappear from the shops
right after Easter. Lily OF the valley
pips come from Germany. Darwin
tulips with long stems nave become
popular
I'm prewar days rs per cent. OF our
Towering plants were brought to two
or three year growth in Europe, par
ticularly in England. France. Holland
and Belgium. In 1917 the Government
established the quarantine h. keep out
all plants from abroad. and since then
We have been growing our own. That
is why we have no azaleas"