FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO., 530-S3S Caxton Building, CHICAGO. 



Vol. J. 



CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, JANUARY 6, J 898. 



No. 6. 



SOME NEW YORK STORES AT 

 CHRISTMAS. 



In this issue we take our readers for a 

 Christmas jaunt among the stores of 

 prominent New York florists. Not the 

 least interesting of the things we see are 

 the blooming plants decorated for Christ- 

 mas gifts and which are seen in all the 

 leading stores. The_v are seen in larger 

 numbers than ever before and this trade 

 shows a tendency to develop still further. 

 We also admire the decorated exteriors 

 of the various stores and take a peep at 

 the displays in the various windows. 

 Our view of the latter is, however, some- 

 what confused by the fact that the plate 

 glass windows reflect oVjjects on the 

 other side of the street. Still we get a 

 fair idea of the style of decoration and 

 display. The plants illustrated were dec- 

 orated bv Dards. 



NOTES FROM TRENTON AND 

 PHILADELPHIA. 



Mr. Roebling's Orchids. 



A business trip to Philadelphia recently 

 furnished an opportunitv to break the 

 journey by a stop off at Trenton, the ob- 

 jective point being Mr. C. G. Roebling's 

 unique collection of orchids, whose fame 

 is world-wide, and I quickly found that 

 its merit and fame were justified by the 

 richness, variety, and in nianv instances 

 extreme rarity of a number of the 

 plants; added to which the collection rep- 

 resents the acme of good cultivation. 

 This is as it should be, and .Mr. Roeb- 

 ling's generous expenditures in purchas- 

 ing have met with responsive efforts in 

 cultural skill on the part of his clever 

 grower, H. Clinkaberry, the result 

 being a collection rich and beautiful in 

 every way. The visitor is not asked to 

 admire a lot of microscopical mites, but 

 sees on all sides green, growing, healthy, 

 vigorous plants, some of them specimens 

 of great size; as for example Cvpripedium 

 Stonei, in a 15-inch pot, and the pot 

 scarcely visible, hidden in luxuriant leaf- 

 age and bearing fifteen spikes of flowers. 



Azalea dressed with Crepe Paper and Lace Ribbon. 

 CHRISTMAS PLANTS IN THE NEW YORK STORES. 



