CHAPTER III 



Profits ox Carnations 



In a discussion of this question, as indeed of all that 

 pertains to the cost of production and profit on flowering 

 plants and nursery crops, one finds much difficulty in 

 arriving at reliable lesults. Many growers keep no de- 

 tailed record of their expenses and returns. 



Circumstances, locahties, soils, and such like have a 

 material bearing on the matter. If a grower is situated 

 within the radius or effects of the smoke and fumes of 

 factory chimneys he is at a disadvantage compared to the 

 man in a sunny situation, with a pure atmosphere. Much 

 depends, also, on cost of fuel, distance from market, 

 scarcity of labor, or the opposite. But the Carnation 

 grower has conditions much more under his control than 

 the man who grows outdoor crops. He can regulate his 

 temperature, has the watering of the stock completely in 

 hand, and otherwise is master of the situation. Never- 

 theless, the man in Long Island, N. Y., or Washington, 

 D. C, has an advantage over the man in Buffalo, Toronto, 

 Toledo or Spokane, in the matter of sunshine, as can be 

 proved by the records of the meteorologists. (See sun- 

 shine records on page 252.) This is a far more important 

 matter than has been thought in times past. 



The tj^pe of house is a matter deserving the closest 

 and most careful consideration in connection with the 

 successful results from Carnation growing, and in this 



