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Show BUDS OF EASTER. create a new record for the flower market. Last Easter's flower prices indicated indi-cated that nearly yi,000,000 was expended ex-pended in New York city alone for -cut flowers and plants, and there are florists who confidently predict that even this sum will be overtopped this season. The lily, both cut and potted, is queen of the Easter market. This year florists are making a specialty of set pieces made of Japan lilies. In one of the most beautiful of these a shallow basket or tub is lined with !ns -;r. MCh are buried the stems of the lilies. "Plants," said a florist, "are more in demand at Easter than cut flowers. ! and next to them in popularity are fancy baskets filled with cut nower. The baskets are of many shapes. "A favorite design resembles a small hamper of lilac rough straw, the j cover held back with a broad satin i ribbon tied in a bow between the hinges. This is filled with roses of I the valley standing upright. A. three-cornered, open-faced basket' bas-ket' of white and gola straw finished with a tall, slender handle, is a novelty nov-elty The handle is wound with flowers flow-ers and smilax and tiie flowers in the basket are arranged to droop grace- fu.)ly to one siae. very beautiful receptacle for violets is a flat tray-like oblong basket bas-ket suspended by a wide satin ribbon. Wide ribbons of gauze, satin and taffeta taf-feta are again a distinctive feature alike of the Easter plants and made pieces, preference being given to white.' pink and mauve." If Easter spells prosperity to the flower growers, it is equally a boon t the confectioners. To be strictly up to date, one must send a present of candy enclosed in a handsome Easter box and indeed in many cases the candy is used only as a medium for the bestowal of a gin really worth having. ... - Among the more noticeable of the boxes is a variety made of a sort ot papier mache in imitation cream and of pale ecru leather, which is ornamented orna-mented with embossed sprays ot flowers in their natural tint and tha heart of each flower sparkles like a jewel. Another, variety of box is covered i with satin white, pale blue, pink. mauve or: yellow and hand painted with flowers and with birds and foil- ... age. ' A third style is of ecru silk em-bellished em-bellished -with vines and flowers ol raised embroidery done with appliqut , segments , of "s - and gauze in gay colors. Some of these boxes are quite larg and ot many shapes, the square per-haps per-haps having most admirers. Boxes o! finely woven, tinted straw are also included in the display, trimmed on top with artificial flowers. Although less costly than the silver- ed gilded, enameled and jeweled bon-bonniers, bon-bonniers, which are also conspicuous in the confectioner's Easter stock, the boxes are by far the more popular. Sloth makes all things diflicult, but industry all things easy. Franklin. |