The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-16
Tho Flower Trade.

| A prominent florist estimates that three
hundred wagon loads of Towering plants
are brought to New York during the period
OF the Spring trade, and that as mach as
", OeO. 900 is spent every spring in New
York and Brooklyn for plants and flowers.
The flowers como from all around New
| York. In New Jersey. Staten Island.
Long Island, and the adjoining counties Of
this State are vast flower and plant farms.
| each OF which represents fortune to ita
owner. Over in Astoria one foricuturist
has over two acres Of ground under glass,
| and there arc several others like him and
many less extensive, but still very large
growers. These raise1s have each their
special varieties and graftings and plants,
and in addition to thler New York trade.
ship all over the country. San Francisco,
Nlontreal, and Savannah are profitable
markets to them, and IN every town and
city of the United States they have Gus.
toners. In addition to these extensive
culturists, who raise the rarest and costltest
exotic plants. as we'll as tho commonplace
market flowers, there are many smaller
ones. who raise flowers for the spring trade
and winter supply Of the bouquet-makers
almost exclusively. In addition to the big
flower and plant farms at Flatbush, Astoria
Union lill and Orange, there are many
MINOR ones scattered all over the suburbs,
and even in the city itself, One popular
one Is III Fourteenth street near Third ave-
nue., and another occupies the corner of
houston and Hudson streets Within a
radius of thirty miles from the City Hall,
| there is at least $4,000, 900 invested in
the BUSH oss. no cnumerate the yarieties
Of plants and flowers sold in the spring
trade this year would require census Of
the globe in that line. The gardeners are
constantly adding foreign varieties to their
| stocks, and tho gardens of India, China,
and the Sandwich Islands contribute to the
store New Workers select from. The
heaviest sales are, of course, in the cheaper
varieties of plants. The familiar roses,
gcraniums. tnschias, hcliotropcs, pansies,
daisies, hydrangcas laburnums, vcrbenas,
petunlas. violets, carnations and mignon-
cites are sold by the hundreds of thousands.
lVics, passion flowers, and othor vines have
III immense sale too. Ferns, native and
tropical; strange grasses from the sun
Smtten natural gardens Of South America
| and orchids from the mysterious forests of
the Equator swell the list. The catalogues
the flow OF mon publish would put those of
mlny Il librsry to shame, for size at least.
a dealer said that the largest profit Is made
on cheap plants, the -number Of them sold
is 80 great. The heavier gains are made
by the owners Of city greenhouses, WIS.,
raise fine plants, and are able to sell tyr ).
without the Intervention of middieH IL
The trade in flower and vegetable Eecus
at this season almost rivals that injolants
and flowers The flower seeds areelargely
imported from France and Ga4nany, u
few coming from England aid Holland.
! The vegetable seeds, on the Eontrary are
grown in the New England States, New
York, Canada, aud other sections of the
continent, and are exported 80 as to almost
balance the imports of flower seeds. Ameri-
can vegetable seeds are much better than
those grown in Europe and produce better
results. They are popular abroad iii con