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PAYING A VISIT 



TO PARIS STORE 



Despite American wariness of "entangling alliances" and the Chinese 

 wall raised by the F. H. B., the interests of florists of this country more 

 and more include their fellows in foreign lands. This article, hy one of the 

 leading florists of Paris, will promote this international trade amity. 



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N PAEIS the foreigner or 



the Frenchman who wishes 



to purchase flowers finds a 



great number of shops 



where natural flowers are 



sold, about 600 altogether. 



However, it is necessary 



to include only a much 



smaller number if one 



wishes to count only those 



where one finds a large supply of plants 



in pots, cut flowers and artistic floral 



arrangements. 



The people who buy flowers in Paris, 

 a most cosmopolitan city, have for the 

 most part visited all the principal cities 

 of the world and they must have the 

 best. So one finds that in Paris the 

 art of the florists represents the highest 

 taste. 



In our stores customers find each day 

 a complete variety 

 of cut flowers, in- 

 cluding roses, vio- 

 lets, orchids, dahlias, 

 chrysanthemums, li- 

 lies, gladioli, gar- 

 'li'iiias, lilies of the 

 valley and many 

 others. They find, in 

 l)ot plants, cycla- 

 itiens, Azalea indica 

 .1)1(1 Azalea mollis^ 

 I lioilodendrons, hy- 

 ilrangeas, clirysan- 

 tliemums, lilies, cro- 

 toiis, caladiums and 

 others, according to 

 'be season. 



Varied Stock. 



Part of these 

 fl \v e r s are sold 

 simjily wrapped up 

 in paper. However, 

 'lie greater part of 

 "le plants and 

 llowers which we re- 

 ceive each day we 

 make up in beautiful 

 I'askets and other 

 arrangements, i n 

 which ferns and rib- 

 lioiis agreeably dec- 

 "rate the flowers. 



Wlien customers 

 ^■"iiie into our stores, 

 •'s they often do, 

 ""^y are able to 

 "I'lke their choice 

 ''■nm among many 

 *'nskets made in ad- 

 ^""nce, according to 

 t'le price they wish 

 *? pay and their in- 

 I'vidual tastes. 



By J. MARY. 



They may also choose, if they wish, the 

 bx)X in which to send the flowers, or a 

 container for them. The Parisian florist 

 frequently goes to the home of his cus- 

 tomer to decorate the latter 's table for 

 dinner parties, and also to decorate his 

 residence for parties, musicals or dances. 

 For funerals we are called upon to make 

 many wreaths, crosses, pillows and 

 sheaves. 



Stock for tbe Betailer. 



The retail florist of Paris does not 

 grow his flowers, but is supplied by a 

 great number of growers whose estab- 

 lishments are located in the immediate 

 vicinity of the citj' of Paris and who 

 each of them, for the greater part, speci- 

 alizes in the culture of one kind of 



View of the Interior of a Parisian Flower Shop. 



fl©wer, perhaps violets, perhaps orchids, 

 roses, chrysanthemums, azaleas, or what 

 not. We are supplied directly at "the 

 store by certain growers who do busi- 

 ness on a large scale. For the others, the 

 smaller growers, we have each morning 

 a market of cut flowers. On Tuesdays, 

 Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, we 

 have also a market for flowering and 

 foliage plants. 



Each year we have, in the months of 

 May and November, a flower exhibition 

 where retail florists and growers may 

 show their choicest products of the sea- 

 son. Our last exhibition, held in May 

 in the grounds of the Jardin d'Acclima- 

 tation in the Bois de Boulogne, was an 

 exceedingly successful one and drew a 

 great number of people, who admired 

 the displays made by the leading mem- 

 bers of the trade. In the center house 

 of the conservatories 

 were banked groups 

 of flowering plants 

 of every description, 

 annuals, biennials 

 and perennials^ An- 

 other house was 

 given to rose plants 

 a n d hydrangeas. 

 The former were 

 trained in a wide va- 

 riety of shapes and 

 were greatly ad- 

 mired by thq visi- 

 tors. The palm 

 house was also filled 

 with roses and hy- 

 drangeas, as well as 

 with rhododendrons. 



Orchid Exhibit. 



Still another house 

 contained a great 

 quantity of rose 

 plants and a notable 

 display of orchids. 

 The orchid plants 

 were placed between 

 foliage plants of 

 various sorts, with 

 palms in the back- 

 grouml, so that the 

 blooms showed to 

 the best advantage. 

 A railing in front of 

 the long table on 

 which these were 

 placed restrained the 

 crowds from yield- 

 ing to their natural 

 inclination to handle 

 the delicate flowers. 

 Individual retail flo- 

 rists made displays 

 calculated to show 



