. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. /pop. The American Florist. 1167 The Development of the Retail Trade. A paper read by Frank Danzer at the De- troit Florists' Club, June 21, 1909. During the past winter we have had occasion to listeu to some very interesting papers wliich spolie of lo- cal floricultural conditions some 30 years ago. For me to speak on tlie development of the florist business in the country may be somewhat pre- sumptuous still I may be able to bring out some facts which will do some good to all of us. THE EARLY DAYS. The beginning
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. /pop. The American Florist. 1167 The Development of the Retail Trade. A paper read by Frank Danzer at the De- troit Florists' Club, June 21, 1909. During the past winter we have had occasion to listeu to some very interesting papers wliich spolie of lo- cal floricultural conditions some 30 years ago. For me to speak on tlie development of the florist business in the country may be somewhat pre- sumptuous still I may be able to bring out some facts which will do some good to all of us. THE EARLY DAYS. The beginning of floriculture in America can be traced to the yeai 1S24. and its birthplace is Philadelphia. Product and methods were then very crude, but only a few years later. 1830-40. the building of greenhouses commenced and herewith the produc- tion of a better class of flowers. From that time on to the present the de- mand for palms, ferns and cut flow- ers has grown faster than the regular agricultural branches. The wholesale value rep(),- 000,000. The annual income from the sale of cut flowers is by government statisticians estimated at from $ ( divided approxi- mately: Roses, ,f(j,000,01)0; carnations. $4,000,000; violets, !i;i50,000; chrysan- themums, .$500,000. The total invest- ment in land and buildings of 6,159 es- tablishments is $.50,708,071. - Of artificial fertilizers $310,038 worth are used; wages paid, $4,155,979, at 22 per cent higher than any other line of agriculture. The state of New York reports 983 establishments with 10,- 690,777 square feet of glass. Illinois has 499 establishments with 8,414,514 square feet of glass. Michigan has 215 establishments with 2,089,878 square feet of glass. Arizona has one establishment with 300 square feet of glass. The average prices obtained for flowers between New Tear and Easter, exclusive of American Beauty roses, follows: Boses. New York. Chicago. 1S90-91 $ $ 1892-93 1894-95
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