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particularly marked in the West North 

 Central and Pacific divisions in 1909. Al- 

 though the number of establishments report- 

 ing florist products was greater than those 

 reporting nursery products in the East 

 South Central division, the value of pro- 

 ducts in this division was greater than the 

 value of florist products. The very much 

 greater value of florist products in the coun- 

 try as a whole, was contributed almost en- 

 tirely by the New England, Middle Atlantic 

 and East North Central divisions. However, 

 the value reported from the West North 

 Central and Pacific divisions was over $2,- 

 000,000. 



Value of Products by States 



In 1909 New York ranked first with a total 

 value of products of $5,149,000; Pennsyl- 

 vania was next with $3,803, 000-, and Illinois 

 third with $3,695,000. In 1899 the order was 

 the same, except New Jersey was third. 

 However, in 1899 the value of products for 

 these states amounted to but little more 

 than half that of 1909. Increases are shown 

 in every state, except the District of Colum- 

 bia, where in 1899 government institutions 

 were included in the census reports, while 

 in 1909 they were not enumerated. 



The three ranking states in value of nur- 

 sery products in 1909 were New York $2,- 

 751,000, California $2,213,000, and Texas $1,- 

 253,000. The standing in 1899 was New 

 York, Iowa, and Illinois. An increase in the 

 value of nursery products was reported from 

 every state, except Maine, Vermont, Vir- 

 ginia, South Carolina and the District of 

 Columbia. The gains in all three states of 

 the Pacific division were especially remark- 



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