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 „