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London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1

  
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[dedication]
  
CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
  
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  
PREFACE.
  
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LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR. — THE STREET-FOLK.
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OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF FISH.
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OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
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OF THE STATIONARY STREET-SELLERS OF FISH, FRUIT, AND VEGETABLES.
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OF THE STREET-IRISH.
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OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF GAME, POULTRY (LIVE AND DEAD), RABBITS, BUTTER, CHEESE, AND EGGS.
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OF THE SELLERS OF TREES, SHRUBS, FLOWERS (CUT AND IN POTS), ROOTS, SEEDS, AND BRANCHES.
  
OF THE QUANTITY OF SHRUBS, "ROOTS," FLOWERS, ETC., SOLD IN THE STREETS, AND OF THE BUYERS.
  
OF THE STREET SALE OF TREES AND SHRUBS.
  
THE LONDON FLOWER GIRLS.
  
OF TWO ORPHAN FLOWER GIRLS.
  
OF THE LIFE OF A FLOWER GIRL.
  
OF THE STREET SALE OF LAVENDER.
  
CUT FLOWERS.
  
OF THE STREET SALE OF FLOWERS IN POTS, ROOTS, ETC.
  
OF THE STREET SALE OF SEEDS.
  
OF CHRISTMASING — LAUREL, IVY, HOLLY, AND MISTLETOE.
  
OF THE SALE OF MAY, PALM, ETC.
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STREET-SELLERS OF GREEN STUFF.
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OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF EATABLES AND DRINKABLES.
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OF THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF EATABLES AND DRINKABLES.
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OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF STATIONERY, LITERATURE, AND THE FINE ARTS.
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OF THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF STATIONERY, LITERATURE, AND THE FINE ARTS.
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OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF MANUFACTURED ARTICLES.
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OF THE WOMEN STREET-SELLERS.
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OF THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF MANUFACTURED ARTICLES.

  
ERRATA.
  
INDEX.
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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 bunches. 
Lavender  296,640 bunches. 
Pinks and Carnations  63,360 bunches. 
Moss Roses  172,800 bunches. 
China ditto  172,800 bunches. 
Mignonette  86,400 bunches. 
Lilies of the Valley  1,632 bunches. 
Stocks  20,448 bunches. 
Cut flowers sold yearly in the
streets 		 994,560 bunches. 

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