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The Florists' Review 



August 6, 1914. 



CENSUS OF TRADE IN ENOItAND. 



A census of the nursery (greenhouse) 

 and seed trades has been undertaken by 

 the Horticultural Trades Association of 

 Great Britain and Ireland, but is meet- 

 ing with the same difficulties that de- 

 stroyed the value of the work of the 

 United States census in 1910 — the trade 

 does not respond fully and accurately. 

 The first attempt of the U, S. census 

 bureau was to gather its statistics by 

 means of responses to blanks sent to all 

 known addresses in the trade. But there 

 was no complete, accurate list, and only 

 a small percentage of those who received 

 blanks returned them with all spaces 

 properly and accurately filled in. Then 

 special enumerators were instructed to 

 get the facts, but too late to secure the 

 results that had been anticipated. 



When the trades association in Eng- 

 land undertook a census of the industry 

 a firm of American certified public ac- 

 countants was retained. At a recent 

 meeting it was reported that ' ' the in- 

 quiry did not touch a large class of 

 tomato and cucumber growers, who, 

 though not nurserymen, formed a strong 

 branch of commercial horticulture and 

 ought, it was considered, to be included 

 in any return made. It was arranged to 

 take steps to enlarge the scope of the 

 inquiry so as to take in the class de- 

 scribed. A communication was sub- 

 mitted from Price, Waterhouse & Co., 

 showing that they were having consid- 

 erable difficulty in compiling the re- 

 turns, owing to the careless way in 

 which some members had filled in their 

 forms. It was also stated that only 

 some 600 had made returns out of the 

 2,000 requested to do so, and that unless 

 a larger percentage could be induced to 

 make returns, the results of the inquiry 

 would be obviously defective and incom- 

 plete. It was agreed that an appeal to 

 the trade be issued through the press, 

 and all those who have not yet made 

 returns strongly urged to give the mat- 

 ter their prompt attention." 



The New Carnation 



"ALICE" 



A beautiful shade of cl«ar blush 



pink, midway between Gloriosa 

 and Enchantress. A marvelous 

 bloomsr. Will be disseminated 

 season 1914-15. 



PETER riSHER, Ellis, Mass. 



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JOY has been described by Mr. E. H. Blameuser, of Niles Center, 111.— 

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