Miscellaneous Tables, Figtires and Notes. 133 



Area of Glass for Commercial Greenhouse Purposes, continued. 



Glass in use , INCREASE IN 1887- 





previous 



For cut- 



For 



Total 





to 1887. 



flowers. 



plants. 



increase. 







60.700 



19,250 



79.950 



North Carolina . . . 



15.400 



# 1,500 



4,500 



6,000 



Ohio 



. . . 1.378.929 



67,000 



50,230 



117,230 







183.050 



83.576 



266,626 



Rhode Island .... 



93.771 



13.918 



1,000 



14,918 



South Carolina . . . 



3,300 



3.825 





3,825 





62.200 



9,636 



6.500 



16,136 



Texas 



18.600 



3,800 



5,9S0 



9,780 





. . . 37,950 



7,700 



7,200 



14,900 



Virginia 



. . . 53.S6S 



15,240 



5,200 



10,040 



West Virginia . . . 



19.800 









Wisconsin 



, 148,230 



24.S06 



3,127 



27,933 





176,498 







61,500 





103.696 



12.790 



8.577 



21,367 



8. National and Party Flowers. 



Canada Sugar-Maple. 



China Narcissus. 



Egypt Lotus (Nympluea Lotus). 



England Rose. 



France Fleur-de-lis (Iris). 



Germany Corn-flower (Centaurea Cyanus). 



Greece (Athens) . . . Violet. 



Ireland Shamrock (Tri folium, usually 



T. repens). 



Italy Lily. 



Japan Chrysanthemum. 



Prussia Linden. 



Saxony ........ Mignonette. 



Scotland Thistle. 



Spain Pomegranate. 



Wales Leek. 



Beaconsfield's followers Primrose. 



Bona partis ts Violet. 



