GROWING FLOWERS BY THE THOUSAADS. 



lowed to take its place. Usually the root 

 produces a number of these suckers, but in 

 greenhouse culture only one is allowed to 

 remain, the rest being cut away when quite 

 young. 



The Chinese banana tree produces a 

 shorter and broader bunch of fruit than the 

 West India or tree banana. The individual 

 fruit is also shorter and thicker than the 

 African and West India type. As to its 

 quality, the general verdict of the students 

 and others of the college and Macdonald 

 institute, among whom the bunch was dis- 

 tributed, was that the quality was even bet- 



ter and richer in flavor than those usually 

 purchased in fruit stores. This probably 

 arises from the fact that the bunch in ques- 

 tion was allowed to reach its full growth 

 before being cut from the tree, while those 

 sold in stores have of necessity to be cut too 

 early, and before the bunch has reached its 

 full size, owing to the time occupied in reach- 

 ing the point of consumption. The best 

 time to cut greenhouse grown bananas is as 

 soon as any of the fruit shows signs of 

 coloring. Cut at this time and hung in a 

 warm room they ripen splendidly in lo or 

 12 davs. 



WHERE FLOWERS BLOOM IN WINTER 



A FLORAL enterprise Canada has 

 cause to be proud of is that con- 

 ducted by Messrs. J. Gammage & Sons, of 

 London, Ont. An idea of the extent of the 

 business thev control mav be sfained when 



Interior View of One of the Mammoth Modern Greenhouses 



it is stated there are over 100,000 feet of 

 glass in their conservatories. Their 

 grounds occupy over 13 acres, a large por- 

 tion of which is used as a trial ground and 

 nurseries. It was the pleasant experience 



of an editorial representative of The Cana- 

 dian Horticulturist to be shown over their 

 immense establishment during February by 

 Mr. Wm. Gammage, who is now the head 

 of the firm. So perfectly was the tem- 

 perature in the 

 greenhouses un- 

 der control it 

 seemed like sum- 

 mer although the 

 thermometer out- 

 side stood at 10 

 degrees below zero 

 and a blizzard was 

 blowing. This 

 impression was 

 heightened by the 

 lovely odor, of 

 which the air was 

 full, from spring 

 flowers, such as 

 narcissi, hya- 

 cinths, lily of the 

 valley and tulips. 

 This big business 

 has been develop- 

 ed since 1880 by Mr. J. Gammage and his 

 two sons, and is the result of hard work and 

 constant, careful attention to details. 



The first conservatory entered had thou- 

 sands of young palms about 12 inches high. 



