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SSPTOMBEB 10, 1908. 



GHENT PLANT TRADE. 



Tke plant trade of Ghent, Belgium, ia 

 perliape unique in the way in which it is 

 spread over the civilized world, and 

 therefore forma a kind of barometer by 

 which the horticultural trade of the 

 world may be estimated. , The follow- 

 ing sammaxy from L'Etoile Beige, of 

 Ghent trade in 1907, may, therefore, be 

 of interest to many of our readers: 



Business as a whole is reported satis- 

 factory; the total weight of plants ex- 

 ported was 1,747,100 kilos, showing an 

 increase of 396,842 kilos over previous 

 year. As regards individual countries — 

 Russia showed decided improvement, but 

 caution as to customers is still needed. 

 The northern countries, Denmark, Swe- 

 den and Norway, take a lot of stuff, but 

 trade with the south, Italy, Spain and 

 Portugal, is insignificant. France re- 

 mains stationary; Germany, in spite of 

 a heavy tariff, remains the best cus- 

 tomer. Exports to the U. S. A. showed 

 a falling off in consequence of many 

 growers being only able to half fill or- 

 ders for palms, which have been scarce 

 and high in price; Canada is becoming a 

 considerable customer; Great Britain 

 comes in for rather biting criticism as 

 regards business methods. 



SCHOOL GROUNDS TRANSFORMED 



In reading of horticultural education 

 in the Review of August 27, I thought 

 of the park around the grounds of a 

 public school at my home town, Joplin, 

 Mo. It is the pride of that section of 

 the city. The work was started by resi- 

 dents of that vicinity. 



When I attended the school, years ago, 

 there were dump-piles from the mines 

 where there is now a beautiful, well 

 kept lawn, with shrubs and small trees. 

 The parking extends around the school 

 on three sides, with a privet hedge be- 

 tween it and the playground. On the 

 fourth side there is a lawn, with a bed 

 of altemantheras in the center, spelling 

 "Columbia," the name of the school. 

 There are also two round beds, one of 

 cannas, and one of cannas and salvia. 



The planting was done by Edward 

 Teas, nurseryman. Robert Treganza. 



FLOWER TRADE IN LONDON. 



The editor of the London Express 

 noted the often published statement that 

 the cut flower trade in America amounts 

 to $20,000,000 a year and sent a report- 

 er to Covent Garden to see about it. This 

 is what happened : 



The statement that $20,000,000 a 

 year is spent in America on cut flowers 

 caused no surprise at Covent Garden. 

 The dealers state that half as much again 

 is spent every year in England. ' * In 

 fact, I should say the sum paid for cut 

 flowers in this country exceeds £6,000,- 

 000," said one of the largest wholesale 

 florists. 



"The average man," he continued, 

 "would be surprised at the great quan- 

 tities of cut flowers that pass through 

 the market during one day. 



"This is our slack season, because 

 there are so many flowers grown in 

 the open air now, but in our busy season 

 — between October and June — nearly 

 £20,000 worth of flowers pass through 

 the markets each day. 



"The cut flower trade has increased 

 enormously during the last twenty years, 

 and it is now five times as large as when 

 I started business. 



"At first, no doubt, £6,000,000 seems 



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to be a large sum, but if you divide 

 it you will realize that it is under the 

 mark, if anything. 



"In the first place, there are the 

 big West End florists, who take a large 

 quantity of flowers for parties and gen- 

 eral decorative purposes. Then there are 

 the provincial dealers and the army of 

 hawkers — including the 'regulars' and 

 those who turn their hands to all kinds 

 of hawking. The latter sell fish one day, 

 fruit the next and flowers the next — 

 in fact, anything out of which they can 

 make a little money. 



"The hawkers who sell flowers are in- 



creasing rapidly, and I should estimate 

 their annual turnover at more than 

 £1,000,000. 



"With regard to the West End trade, 

 there are sdways a great number of 

 parties each night of the season. It is 

 quite usual for hosts to spend £100 for 

 flowers for one party alone. 



"The cut flowers sent -here from 

 France and the Channel Isles alone 

 amount to nearly £1,000,000 a year." 



Portland, Me. — The J. W. Minott Co. 

 is building a new house 45x150. The com- 

 pany has 50,000 feet of glass. 



