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and its ph\llodes are shurt, broad and lozenge-shaped. 

 The universal tavourite — Mignonette — is alwa\'S 

 among the flowers sent awa}-. Violets do not stand a 

 long journe\ well, but great quantities of them are used 

 on the Riviera itself. They are also candied and made 

 into s\\eetmeats. Hlue Cornllovvers, Tuberoses, Wall- 

 llowers. Stocks, (jladioli, white Allium, Ixias and perfumed 

 Freesias are all exported. A'isitors will be struck bv a 

 large Iris often to be seen in the windows of dower 

 shops on the Riviera. This /ris Snsiaiia is rninuteh' 

 speckled with purple and is a regular mourning-flo\\-er. 

 The white and ^■ellow flo\\'ers of the big Chr^ santhemum 

 ( C, frutesrcns) are much in request, especialh' the yellow 

 ones, which are known as '"Etoile d'or"'. ^^he^' find 

 their wa^- chiefh' to England, where the demand for 

 these tlowcrs continues until June ■^- as long as the 

 London season lasts. It has been calculated that Cannes 

 and .Antibes alone exported more than forty thousand 

 pounds worth of cut tlower.s to the North in one winter. 

 Their sale on the Riviera it.self is much greater than this. 

 Iveen competition is alwa\'s inciting in\-entive minds to 

 produce new "creations" for the llower-market. Thus 

 green Carnations made their appearance in the Paris 

 markets as a no^'elt^^ and in fact no such thing had 

 been seen before unless it be in the pictures of the 

 Impressionists. But it transpired that these green Car- 

 nations \A'ere not entireh' natural products. The\' where 

 obtained bi,' keeping white Carnations with their stalks 

 in a coloured solution for a da^•, or longer. To succeed 

 thoroughh- the end of the stalk must be several times 



