August  29,  1895. 
JOURNAL  OP  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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DUTCH  FLOWER  ROOTS. 
James  Yeitch  &  Sons 
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HYACINTHS,  NARCISSUS,  TULIPS 
AND  OTHER  BULBS, 
And  are  pleased  to  say  they  are  in  EXCEPTIONALLY  PINE  CONDITION. 
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THURSDAY,  AUGUST  29,  1895. 
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And  other  Bulbs  for  Early  Forcing,  in  SPLENDID  CONDITION,  &  SOLICIT  IMMEDIATE  ORDERS. 
10  «St  12,  MARKET  ST.,  MANCHESTER,  also  at  Altrincham,  Llandudno  Junction,  &c. 
No.  792.— ToL.  XXXL,  Third  Series. 
&  ROWERS  of  plants  and  flowers  for  market 
■who  achieve  success  are  invariably  men  of 
great  business  capacity  as  well  as  good  culti¬ 
vators.  They  bring  much  skill  and  energy  to 
bear  on  the  cultural  part  of  their  business, 
but  they  do  “  something  ”  more  than  this,  or 
they  would  at  times  be  driven  among  financial 
rocks.  This  something  consists  of  the  exercise  of 
foresight  and  judgment  in  anticipating  demand, 
and  providing  for  it  accordingly.  No  matter 
how  profitable  a  certain  crop  may  have  been 
the  shrewd  ones  often  see  that  it  must  for  a 
time  cease  to  be  lucrative,  because  the  success 
of  one  season  leads  so  many  to  “  rush  ”  in  that 
direction  the  next,  with  the  inevitable  result 
that  a  “  glut  ”  occurs  in  the  markets,  and  the 
once  paying  crop  brings  naught  but  loss. 
Facts  which  have  recently  come  under  my 
notice  have  led  me  to  form  the  opinion  that 
there  is  room  for  the  working  up  of  a  profitable 
trade  in  a  well-known  plant,  which  has  not,  as 
far  as  I  know,  been  systematically  cultivated  by 
any  market  grower  in  this  country.  I  refer  to 
the  Orange  tree.  The  demand  for  Orange 
blossom  seems  to  be  much  greater  than  the 
supply,  and  it  seems  to  me  to  be  a  matter  of 
surprise  that  some  shrewd  market  man  has  not 
taken  up  the  culture  of  Orange  trees  with  the 
view  of  supplying  flowers  at  all  seasons  of 
the  year.  This,  I  think,  if  carried  on  in  a 
systematic  way  might  be  made  a  good  paying 
concern,  for  the  spray  or  wreath  of  Orange 
blossom  has  so  long  been  regarded  as  an  in¬ 
dispensable  adornment  of  the  fair  English  bride 
that  it  is  not  likely  to  be  a  fashion  that  will 
quickly  change,  for  above  all  things  the  British 
people  cling  tenaciously  to  customs  which  have 
been  observed  at  the  important  stage  in  the 
lives  of  so  many  successive  generations. 
Everything  therefore  seems  to  indicate  that 
so  long  as  marriages  continue  to  be  contracted 
Orange  blossom  will  be  in  great  request,  and 
I  suppose  it  would  need  a  bold  man  indeed  to 
assert  that  “  marriage  was  a  failure,'’  or  likely 
to  become  an  obsolete  custom  among  civilised 
people.  True,  the  marriage  rate  may  ebb  and 
flow  with  the  nation’s  prosperity  or  depression, 
but  notwithstanding  such  natural  fluctuations 
No.  2418.— YOL.  XCIII.,  Old  Series. 
