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PAYING A VISIT 



TO PARIS STORE 



Despite American wariness of '' entangling alliances" and the Chinese 

 wall raised hxj the F. II. 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 PARIS 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- 



lots, orchids, dahlias, 



ohrj'santhemnms, li- 



lios, gladioli, gar- 



ilciiias, lilies of the 



salli'v and many 



iitln'rs. They find, in 



pdt plants, cycla- 



iiions, Azalea indica 



iiiid Azalea mollis, 



rliododendrons, hy- 



(Iiaiigoas, ehrysan- 



IliciMunis, lilies, cro- 



tciiis, caladiunis and 



others, according to 



the season. 



Varied Stock. 



Part of these 

 II o w e r s are sold 

 simply wrapped up 

 ill paper. However, 

 I lie greater part of 

 tlie plants and 

 (lowers which we re- 

 <('ive each day we 

 iiiiiko up in beautiful 

 baskets and other 

 arrangements, i n 

 which ferns and rib- 

 Itons agreeably dcc- 

 '>inte the flowers. 



When customers 

 ^■"nic into our stores, 

 •■'S they often do, 

 ""^y arc able to 

 "Hike their choice 

 from among many 

 •'•I'^kots made in ad- 

 vance, according to 

 f'lf price they wish 

 to pay and their in- 

 '''^"'•Jiial tastes. 



By J. MARY. 



They may also choose, if they wish, the 

 box 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 ^nd 

 sheaves. 



Stock for the 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 city 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. 



flower, 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 'Aeclima- 

 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 the 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 

 ])lants and a notable 

 display of orchids. 

 The orchid plants 

 were placed between 

 foliage plants of 

 various sorts, with 

 palms in the back- 

 ground, 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 



