. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. WENT to I'dito l{i<-() to fret rid of !iii Jittack of hroii chitis. Wliilc there J tic cairu! iiiteresteil in tlie j)lac(,' and s;ivv tliat there was a {4'ood chance of de velojdiif^ a plant-growiiifi business. You know Porto Rico is now jiart of the TTnitod .States, so that C^uarantiMO No. 37, which excludes plants from other countries, does not exclude! plants from J'orto Rico. They can conui into this country, an<l there, is no duty. Porto Rico is much nearer to us tlian is Belgium. A shipment of phnits from (Jlient to New York takes t\v&l
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. WENT to I'dito l{i<-() to fret rid of !iii Jittack of hroii chitis. Wliilc there J tic cairu! iiiteresteil in tlie j)lac(,' and s;ivv tliat there was a {4'ood chance of de velojdiif^ a plant-growiiifi business. You know Porto Rico is now jiart of the TTnitod .States, so that C^uarantiMO No. 37, which excludes plants from other countries, does not exclude! plants from J'orto Rico. They can conui into this country, an<l there, is no duty. Porto Rico is much nearer to us tlian is Belgium. A shipment of phnits from (Jlient to New York takes t\v<i weeks to tlio ocean. The boat from San Juan to New York takes only five, days. So you see Porto Hico lias aiivantafjes. Climatic Conditions. Tln! chief advanta}»e, liowever, is the climate. The night temperature is from 70 to 72 degrees all the year arcuind. The day temperature goes up to about HO degrees in winter and sometiines reaches 90 degrees in summer. When the temj)erature falls to (is degrees at night ^)eoj)le say, "How culd it is!" From a {)lantsman's stamlpidnt this is ideal. There are no chills. Some plants can be grown in the open ground, others in houses built of lath, covered with tobacco cloth, as the as[)aragus houses liObcrt Craiij rvturncd from a sir montha' stay in Porto Rico April 2H. A forlnvjht later Mr. <'rai;i <iave on extreme- III intcrcstinfi description of the inland (lad Ids work there' TliUt description is reported below as ncurl;/ as possible <is Mr. Craio <javc it at his home in West Philadelphia on ths about one-third less work than a workman here woulil be apt to ilo. The natives are docile. Some of them can be taught to pot quite nicely and to do general greenhouse work. The climate of Porto Rico is Just right for growing crotons, (Iraca-nas, Paiulanus Veitchii, aspidistras, sansevierias and kcntias. Phoenix Roebtdenii, PliO'iiix canariensis and PhanLx rupicola could be grown there as they are in the south ot'
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