The American Carnation. 115 
It has frequently been stated that the Carnation 
is second in importance only to the Rose in 
America. In any case the sale of cut flowers alone 
represents a vast industry, valued last year by Mr. 
C. W. Ward, at five to six million dollars. Adding 
to the above the sales of plants and the capital in- 
vested in land and buildings, the value of the Carna- 
tion industry mounts up to fifteen or twenty millon 
dollars. The equivalent of these figures in our 
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money would be £3,12 
respectively. 
The same writer estimates that between seven 
and eight million square feet of glass are devoted 
solely to Carnation culture in America. About 2,000 
establishments do little or nothing élse but grow 
Carnations, employing something between five and 
six thousand workers. | Between seven and eight 
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