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which again gave evidence of the long experience which Mr. 

 L^veque has had in their culture. 



" Mr. Boutreux has demonstrated that nothing is impossi- 

 ble to our horticulturists, and that obtaining flowers out of 

 season is only a pastime. His lot of flowering chrysanthe- 

 mums which had been held back by peculiar treatment, 

 showed a system of culture which is but little known ; and it chrysan . 

 cannot be doubted that the results obtained by it will stimulate themums 

 all lovers of this Japanese flower to further work in this direc- lnFrance 

 tion. Among the varieties exhibited, mention may be made 

 of Meyerber, rose-violet ; Cullingfordi, yellow ; Docteur Sagali, 

 yellow ; Pelican, long rays white ; Citron, sulphur-yellow ; Th. 

 Bullier, violet; Vilmorin, straight rays yellow ; Soleil d'Or, 

 bright yellow, etc." 



The florists' business is now enjoying a rapid extension in 

 America, and it is taking its place as one of the important in- 

 dustries. The present status of the business was the subject 

 of Bulletin 59 (April 29, 1891) of the Eleventh Census. The 

 following editorial review of the bulletin appeared in the Ameri- 

 can Garden for June : ' 6 The bulletin shows that flower-growing 

 has already reached enormous proportions, especially in the 

 older portions of the country and in California. The busi- 

 ness is in a thriving condition, as evidenced by the fact that 

 the number of establishments is rapidly increasing. In 1800. 

 there was but one commercial florist in the United States, statistics 

 Between 18 10 and 1820 three establishments started ; eight culture] 

 more were started in the next decade, twenty-five in the next, 

 45 between 1840 and 1850, 96 in the next, 313 in the next, 998 

 between 1870 and 1880, and 1,797 i n the ^ ast decade. There 

 are 4,659 commercial establishments in the country now 

 (1810), using 38,823,247 square feet of glass, and heated with 

 apparatus valued at $38,355,722.43. Tools are valued at 

 $1,587,693.93. New Jersey has the largest floricultural busi- 

 ness of any state in proportion to its size. There is not one 

 establishment, so far as learned, in Idaho, Nevada and Indian 

 Territory. 312 of these establishments are owned and con- 

 ducted by women, and 1,958 women are engaged in the busi- 

 ness in the United States. This indicates that women may 

 here find a delightful means of livelihood. The inception of 

 this investigation of the floriculture of the country is said to 

 have come from Mrs. Porter, wife of the Superintendent of 



