orchids sold as cut flowers on the U.S. form included 
Oncidiinae orchids and Vandaceous orchids. These 
orchids were asked separately on the Hawaii form 
and were summarized separately in the census for 
Hawaii only. 
Other orchids sold as potted flowering plants on the 
U.S. form include Oncidiinae orchids. Oncidiinae 
orchids were asked separately on the Hawaii form 
and are summarized separately in the census for 
Hawaii only. 
Other plotted flowering plants, excluding potted 
spring flowering bulbs. Data related to any potted 
flowering plants not having a specific item code on 
the report form. Potted spring flowering bulbs are 
excluded. 
Percent of Christmas trees on operation 
January 1, 2015 expected to sell in future years. 
Respondents were asked to report the percentages of 
these trees that would be cut in future years. The 
percentages were then multiplied by the total number 
of Christmas trees on the operation, January 1, 2015, 
to produce an estimate of the number of trees that 
would be sold in future years. 
Percent of total nursery stock sales that were sold 
as bareroot, balled and burlapped, containers (all 
types), or other. Data represent the total value of 
sales of each nursery stock type that was sold in each 
category. 
Plant rental services (Hawaii form only). Data 
were collected for plant rental services in Hawaii. 
The data were summarized only for the 2015 Hawaii 
Flowers and Nursery Products Annual Summary and 
not summarized in the census. 
Plug seedlings, cut flowers, all other. Data for this 
item were only requested from Hawaii producers. 
Data for this item for the rest of the United States are 
included in Plug seedlings, cut flowers. 
Plug seedlings, cut flowers, dendrobium orchids. 
Data for this item were only requested from Hawaii 
producers. Data for this item for the rest of the 
United States are included in Plug seedlings, cut 
flowers. 
B - 8 Appendix B 
Plug seedlings, potted flowering plants, all other. 
Data for this item were only requested from Hawaii 
producers. Data for this item for the rest of the 
United States are included in Plug seedlings, potted 
flowering plants. 
Plug seedlings, potted flowering plants, 
dendrobium orchids. Data for this item were only 
requested from Hawaii producers. Data for this item 
for the rest of the United States are included in Plug 
seedlings, potted flowering plants. 
Plug seedlings, potted flowering plants, all other 
orchids. Data for this item were only requested 
from Hawaii producers. Data for this item for the 
rest of the United States are included in Plug 
seedlings, potted flowering plants. 
Potted flowering plants for indoor or patio use. 
Grown for their flowering qualities and sold for 
indoor or patio use, most potted flowering plants are 
produced for a specific season of the year or holiday. 
Includes forced bulbs sold in pots. Data are 
published as number of pots or hanging baskets sold. 
Potted herbaceous perennial plants. Potted plants 
whose top growth dies down annually but whose 
crowns, roots, bulbs, or rhizomes survive the winter. 
Propagative horticultural materials, bareroot, 
and unfinished plants. Unfinished plants (plants 
for further growing on) or propagation materials are 
grown or produced by specialty growers who sell 
them to other growers. This item was named 
Cuttings, plug seedlings, liners, tissue cultured 
plantlets, and prefinished plants in the 2009 
publication. In 2014, seedlings for reforestation were 
summarized in this section instead of nursery stock. 
Data including seedlings may not be comparable 
with 2009. 
Retail sales. This represents the value received from 
selling horticultural specialty plants to individual 
consumers and not to other businesses for further 
selling. 
Returns and allowances. Returns and allowances 
were collected as a single item on the report form to 
coincide with the business loss expense on the tax 
form. Returns represents either the amount of money 
paid back to a customer or the value of a 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
