West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-12-31
THE SLOWER euS;Nea3.
Wat Gic Recent Census Saows In iIs
gard 10 Horticulture.

Wat Gio Eoeeat Census sbous In ITO
gard 10 FlorlcCiturc.
Fo- tire frs, time Horticulture IS IN
Industry was rnade subject Of special
ga, cstiyation by the last census. In
fact, l. IL only within recent years that
s. has assured proportions in this coun-
Try iuSt!fyiug such ~ systematic inquiry.
Nearly swo-tairdS OF the 1853 cstab-
lshment3 la existence. says TIC New
York Sun, when the census ives taken
were started during TIC last twenty
years, and rlorc than ono-th!rd during
the last ten years Four-1fths OF the
whole business Of the commercial dor.
lists has been developed within twenty
five years.
Tho census report shows that the
whole number of acres covered with
glaas was nearly 300. More than $685.
$4,000 were Invested In the fixtures and
heating apparatus. Nearly i1,O0O men
n1d 2,0)0 women were employed i'm the
cultivation and It's attendant industries,
and the total value Of plants and shrubs
prodaccd WAS more than Sl@ 1000, 900, and
Of cut flowers more than $4,000. 600.
So far rs the public taste is indicated
by the purchases the rose is unquestion-
ably the favorite popular flower. Ono
= firm alone reported the sale of million
OF the plants in 1850. Tho plants arc
grown in very email pots, which arc
sent By post throughout the union OF
cut flowers, next to the rose and closely
following IL, carnations are mostly in
demand, the two together furnishing
nearly two-thirds OF the receipts from
sales. Then come violcts, chrysanthc-
NUNS, lilies hyacinths, heliotropcs,
pnnsics, tulips and few others, MAX
ing up onc-tluartcr OF the total value.
The remainder, or about one-tcnth, is
furnished By the demand for orchids,
tuberoses, rlignouettc, camellias and
the rest. The majority of tho reports
describe roses as the most prodta bic
product, with carnations second end
violcts third. OF the towering plants
soil Ia the northern and eastern states
gcraaiurls are most In demand. In the
south they como after roses and chrys-
anthemums and in California after
these two and carnations also.
The grcatest centcrs for the propoga-
ton 81 rogcs are in Pennsglvania, Illi-
nois aud Ohio and of hardy plants in
Illinois, New York and Kansas. The
sales OF cut flowers are largest Ia total
value in Newly orlx, Illinois and Penn
Fyivnnia. the states where the greatest
ssSies and the largest wealth urc. Pro
portionatcly to its size New Jersey does
hhe largest business in cut flowers, and
for the obvious reason of its nearness to
New York, the greatest market. It's
sales of cut flowers amounted in value
no nearly $1,000. 600.
Plants are the speciality OF some 1or-
iats and cut flowers OF others AID some
supply both, selling most OF their
product 10y Wholesale. Others, again,
devote themselves 10 carnations or vio-
lets, their business also, where it Is
1rrgc. being almost entirely Wholesale
The increase in the demand 10 steady
and it extends all over the union. II Is
the result Of the growth OF house decc-
ration. CT the spreading taste and destNe
for the beautIfying of private grounds,
of greater and more general love for
flowers among rich and POOR and the
decrease In prices because of tho In
Grease In production.