78 FLOWERS 



so on, his aim being to produce for market a succession 

 of flowers throughout the year, and not in the spring 

 only. 



Growers of tomatoes and cucumbers under glass at 

 Norwich have their 5-acre fields of chrysanthemums, 

 moving in the latter when the former are done with, 

 and sending away such quantities that an average 

 annual output for the season would be about 270 tons 

 of flowers. Yarmouth and Gorleston produce about 

 180 tons of flowers a year. A considerable propor- 

 tion of the traffic from these centres goes to Edinburgh, 

 Glasgow, or towns in the North and the Midlands. 



