Or artichoke bloom. I bought it on Saturday at the Stuttgart flower market for €4. The directions on the tag said to keep it dry; no water necessary. The easiest “arrangement” possible.
It smells something like honey.
To see what other bloggers have put in a vase today, please visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.
An Easter floral display at Bradshaw & Hartman, New York City, between 1900 and 1905, by Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (both photos).
I found this advertisement in The Weekly Florists Review, Vol. 12, 1903:
Established 1891
Geo. E. Bradshaw John R. Hartman
Wholesale Florists
53 West 28th Street, New York
Telephone 1239 Madison Square
Consignments Solicited
Mention the Review when you write.
The current building at 53 W. 28th Street seems to be the same one in these pictures.
There have been flower wholesalers on this section of 28th Street since the 1890s, according to this interesting article in The Economist.
We were in the really pretty city center of Ulm on Saturday morning, walking around the farmers’ market* in the light snow. Many of the stands were completely covered in clear plastic against the cold. This one was full of tulips and forced cherry blossoms, and I would have loved to buy several bouquets, but they wouldn’t have been practical in our Ibis hotel room, which was comfortable but teeny.
So I wasn’t able to make a flower arrangement this week for “In a vase on Monday,”‘ but to see what other garden bloggers have created today, please visit host Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.
*On the plaza in front of the Ulm Münster (church), which has the tallest church steeple in the world.
Just zinnias — from the Stuttgart Saturday flower market.
To see what other garden bloggers have put in vases today, please visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.
enclos*ure 