Cut Flowers.
I now give the quantity of cut flowers sold in the streets. The returns have been derived from nursery-men and market-salesmen. It will be seen how fully these returns corroborate the statement of the poor flower-girl—(p. [135])—“it’s very little use offering anything that’s not sweet.”
I may remark, too, that at the present period, from “the mildness of the season,” wallflowers, primroses, violets, and polyanthuses are almost as abundant as in spring sunshine.
| Violets | 65,280 | bunches. |
| Wallflowers | 115,200 | „ |
| Lavender | 296,640 | „ |
| Pinks and Carnations | 63,360 | „ |
| Moss Roses | 172,800 | „ |
| China ditto | 172,800 | „ |
| Mignonette | 86,400 | „ |
| Lilies of the Valley | 1,632 | „ |
| Stocks | 20,448 | „ |
| Cut flowers sold yearly in the streets | 994,560 | „ |