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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  April, 
  1907 
  

  

  Planting 
  Lily 
  Bulbs 
  for 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Flower 
  Market 
  in 
  Bermuda 
  

  

  remarkable 
  manner. 
  Thus, 
  

   last 
  year 
  was 
  the 
  smallest 
  on 
  

   record 
  — 
  barely 
  half 
  the 
  dam- 
  

   age 
  done 
  in 
  1905. 
  But 
  New 
  

   York 
  rarely 
  escapes 
  without 
  

   one 
  thousand 
  dollars' 
  worth 
  

   of 
  broken 
  glass. 
  

  

  And 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  other 
  

   serious 
  risks 
  to 
  set 
  off 
  against 
  

   the 
  profits 
  — 
  undeniably 
  large 
  

   as 
  they 
  are. 
  Thus, 
  a 
  coal 
  

   strike 
  may 
  mean 
  ruin; 
  for 
  

   while 
  the 
  factory 
  manager 
  

   can 
  shut 
  down 
  indefinitely, 
  

   fires 
  must 
  be 
  kept 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  

   vast 
  glass-covered 
  galleries 
  

   of 
  delicate 
  roses 
  and 
  lilies. 
  

   Let 
  the 
  heat 
  but 
  fade 
  for 
  an 
  

   hour 
  on 
  an 
  Arctic 
  day, 
  and 
  

  

  The 
  glass, 
  by 
  the 
  way, 
  is 
  a 
  

   serious 
  item 
  of 
  cost; 
  one 
  hail- 
  

   storm 
  may 
  destroy 
  almost 
  

   every 
  pane; 
  and 
  on 
  that 
  ac- 
  

   count 
  some 
  insurance 
  was 
  

   looked 
  for 
  at 
  an 
  early 
  stage 
  

   of 
  the 
  business. 
  But 
  in 
  the 
  

   peculiar 
  nature 
  of 
  things, 
  no 
  

   ordinary 
  commercial 
  concern 
  

   would 
  take 
  the 
  risk, 
  and 
  so 
  

   the 
  florists 
  of 
  all 
  America 
  

   formed 
  a 
  Co-operative 
  Asso- 
  

   ciation 
  for 
  Mutual 
  Hail 
  In- 
  

   surance. 
  

  

  Each 
  member 
  pays 
  an 
  en- 
  

   trance 
  fee 
  of 
  two 
  dollars, 
  

   which 
  entitles 
  him 
  to 
  protec- 
  

   tion 
  for 
  two 
  thousand 
  square 
  

   feet, 
  with 
  fifty 
  cents 
  extra 
  for 
  

   each 
  additional 
  thousand. 
  

   And 
  in 
  1905 
  the 
  association 
  

   paid 
  out 
  claims 
  to 
  the 
  value 
  

   of 
  nearly 
  twenty 
  thousand 
  

   dollars 
  for 
  glass 
  broken 
  by 
  

   hail. 
  The 
  seasons 
  vary 
  in 
  a 
  

  

  One 
  Use 
  to 
  Which 
  Flowers 
  Are 
  Put. 
  A 
  Motor 
  Car 
  Entirely 
  Decorated 
  with 
  Roses 
  and 
  Lilies 
  

  

  for 
  a 
  Floral 
  Carnival 
  

  

  Bunching 
  Narcissus 
  for 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Market 
  

  

  the 
  thousands 
  of 
  floral 
  lives 
  

   are 
  sacrificed. 
  

  

  Various 
  substitutes 
  for 
  coal 
  

   have 
  been 
  tried, 
  but 
  with 
  in- 
  

   different 
  success. 
  Wood, 
  

   charcoal, 
  sawdust, 
  straw, 
  

   cane, 
  and 
  cotton 
  stems 
  — 
  all 
  

   were 
  given 
  a 
  turn; 
  but 
  crude 
  

   oil 
  was 
  found 
  the 
  nearest 
  ap- 
  

   proach 
  to 
  coal 
  in 
  point 
  of 
  

   efficiency 
  and 
  economy. 
  

  

  Then 
  there 
  are 
  insect 
  pests 
  

   to 
  be 
  fought; 
  the 
  hexapoda 
  

   with 
  solutions 
  of 
  arsenic; 
  the 
  

   rose-chafer 
  with 
  paris 
  green; 
  

   the 
  gall 
  fly 
  and 
  red 
  spider 
  

   with 
  whaleoil 
  soap 
  and 
  to- 
  

   bacco. 
  Labor, 
  too, 
  is 
  a 
  se- 
  

   rious 
  item 
  in 
  these 
  days 
  of 
  

   specialization, 
  which 
  is 
  par- 
  

  

  