. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. FLOWER MARKETS OF PARIS. Quai Au\ Fi' mi-. of Mediterranean France, and to ac- quaint the great Paris public with its variety and charm he'sought, some- thing like forty years ago. by every possible means to bring it to public attention, with the result that it was not long before bouquets of violets and roses of Nice and Hyeres were articles of current consumption in all the faubourgs. The growth of the in- dustry since the dilletante days of the author of "Guepes" has been of a "magnitude undreame
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. FLOWER MARKETS OF PARIS. Quai Au\ Fi' mi-. of Mediterranean France, and to ac- quaint the great Paris public with its variety and charm he'sought, some- thing like forty years ago. by every possible means to bring it to public attention, with the result that it was not long before bouquets of violets and roses of Nice and Hyeres were articles of current consumption in all the faubourgs. The growth of the in- dustry since the dilletante days of the author of "Guepes" has been of a "magnitude undreamed of by that flow- er lover. From Karr's celebrated and picturesque Maison Close at St. Raphael—still a stock sight for tour- ists passing that way—the author first set the machinery in motion which gave a new employment to thousands of residents of Maritime Provence. And who shall say. after this, that poets are not practical.' Whether the Sowers come from the environs of Paris or from a distance, upon enter- ing the capital they all converge upon the Halles Centrales, from wh< [ice they retake their course in different directions, following the buyers from all parts. Every night at the Paris Halles is to be witnessed a wonderful spectacle. Those outside the trade know little of this and rarely assist on account, perhaps, of the inconven- ience of the hour. At all events this great flower sale is a thing to see. this flower market, or Criee. the largest in the world. Then, and then only, may one have an adequate idea of the im- portance of the cut flower traffic of Paris, and of the numbers of people that occupy themselves therewith. In no other city. London perhaps except- ed, is there any semblance of flower traffic on a similar scale. The public flower sale at Paris is not at its best either, for there is no pavilion de- voted to the traffic; the present in- the beginning of nightfall the arriv- ing shipments of cut flowers are stacked up mountain high, each va- riet
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