The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-05
annual OUTPUT OF
BOzEMAN FLORISTS
OF GREAT VOLUME
$4,000 Square Feet of Glass
Needed to Cover Three
Establishments
PRODUCT GOES INTO IDAHO
YOMIN G, WASHINGTON
Potted Plants, Cut Flowers and
Bulbs Run Into
Millions

L IOlLEtl ldlllSg NuL L INV - . eAAAN
Bulbs Run Into
Millions
There are three greenhouse
establishments operating in BOze-
man and there are never less
than u people actively engaged
in the production and marketing
If cut flowers and plants. In the
rush seasons the number of poo
pie employed will ran up as high
a twenty. The average pay
roll will Iun about S25O.OO a
week.
10 MILES OF GLASS
/ The greenhouses are operated by
/ NJ. Langohr, florist, Tracy Floral
company and John Mihalik, floris-.
The combined glass of the thlee es-
adjustments will amount to about
1000 square feet Of glass. 1t this
glass were in panes one foot square
and placed ed to end, there would be
a line of glass over 10 miles long.
1t is necessary that each green
house have some outside space and &C
the present time about 35 acles o;
land IS used III connection with tn
l industry. On this land such things
as perennial plants and gladiolus
bulbs and ether blooming plants
which supply the market in the sum-
mer time are grown. Take for in
,tarce the giadiolus Il IS safe TO
say that there are more than 100000
CT these bulbs grown by the Bozeman
florists. If these We're planted y
inches apart it would make a row on
each SIDE of the road from Bozeman
TO Belgrade.
Last year it took over $50 tons of
coal to heat these plants during the
ID eight months known as the firing
n season. Most Of this coal was pro
le duced in Gallatin county. The aver
/. age night temperature maintained IN
in greenhouses is about 50 degrees.
IS, Some plants require a higher tenn
a" perature and some lower.
NJ Plants From Many Climes
g The flowers produced here have
q their origin in many parts of the
Az world. Lilies ccme>fTom Japan and
- Bermuda, and daffOdils, tulips, hya
- cinths, crocus, some narcissus from
tie England and Holland, mostly Holland
Ie' Some narcissus bulbs come from
TX France. The total importations las
year amounted to more than 50,OOt
lot bulbs.
5o' 1t is difficult to estimate the nun
M Der Of cut flowers produced annually
liH There are at present about 11,OO'
ne carnatiOn plants grown and a goo.
en- crop will run from 20 to 80 bloom
OF TO the plant. It is safe to say tina
no less than a quarter of millici
carnation blooms are raised in Boze
man each year. The total number 0
cut flowers will run into the nil
lions. These will include roses, car
,0 nations, gladiolus, peonies, calendula,
III sweet peas, bulb stock, poinsettia.
chrysanthemums, pompoms, lilies an
many other seasonable varieties.
TOR Thousands of POtted Plants
fce' Potted plants are grown by tn
ara thousands. The greenhouses in Boz,
man market their products in Boz,
ac- man and wholesale markets a
pm over Montana and reach into Wasl
of ingtOn, Idaho and Wyoming.
-isit 1t is necessary to grow some plant
len- for Is months before they are read
iced to be marketed. Few people reali1
fec that it takes from Is to 18 months
produce their favorite cyclamC
the plants. The florist must strive
CT have his crops mature at just &C
was tain dates. A crop of Easter ILL
Ne blooming one day after Easter is
ssor big loss. Poinsettias in bloom a d;
two after Christmas are almost a tot
loss. To regulate this it is necessa
to handle many plants several timt
cted This requires flower pots by Z
;om- thousands. The florists of Bozem
have in their possession between 0
hundred thousand and two hundr
3: :: thousand flower pots.
= Another line of work connected wi
TT = the florists business is the starti
= = of small bedding plants for the spri
r {" flower and vegetable garden. 7
t = plants are started in countless tho
:. v sands. One half million Of the
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