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not be forgotten that this is only one species of flower 

 among many hundreds grown. Next in numbers to the 

 Verbena comes the Rose ; of these perhaps half the num- 

 ber is sold, but as the plant is more valuable, a far larger 

 amount in money is realized. Twenty years ago, 50,000 

 roses would have supplied all the demand for New York 

 market ; it must now require millions. 



Figure 33 shows another phase of green-house culture 

 the growing of plants to produce cut flowers in winter. 



Fig. 33. POINSETTIA PULCHEBBIMA. 



This section shows a mass Poinsetfoa pulcherrima, as 

 planted in one of the green-houses. Each of these 

 tropical-looking growths is about one foot in diameter, 

 and of the brightest scarlet that it is possible to conceive ; 

 these are not, however, exactly flowers, but are bracts or 

 outer leaves of the flower. They are in perfection just at 

 the holidays, and conduce more than any other flower to 

 give the tables of our hospitable New Yorkers on New 

 Year's Day a look of gorgeous elegance. In our green- 



