. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ds of it would be interesting to know howgreat is the extent of increase of the ex-port trade carried on by Belgium with theUnited States. This trade certainly isenormous, as it is of recent origin, andconsists in the export of Palms and theless tender decorative stove plants andAzaleas. It is interesting to observethat so intricate are the inter-relations of commerce that this countryshares to some indirect extent in thisrapidly increasing trade; for of theirplants, which are sold in
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ds of it would be interesting to know howgreat is the extent of increase of the ex-port trade carried on by Belgium with theUnited States. This trade certainly isenormous, as it is of recent origin, andconsists in the export of Palms and theless tender decorative stove plants andAzaleas. It is interesting to observethat so intricate are the inter-relations of commerce that this countryshares to some indirect extent in thisrapidly increasing trade; for of theirplants, which are sold in New York and de-rived from Belgium, not a few are raisedin Great Britain. In this connection itmay be news to some of our countrymen tolearn that many of the choicest cutflowers on the Paris market at the presenttime, including Orchids and Roses, havebeen grown in England. Horticul-tural trade is not only an exchange, butan interchange of commodities—EnglishViolets are on sale in Paris, and FrenchViolets are to be bought in Covent Gardenmarket. May 3, 1913.] TEE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 291. THE GHENT EXHIBITION. Photographs by W. J. Vusey. Fig. 124.—Azaleas and other cool-growing plants were exhibited in the hall illustrated above, and Palms and other stove plants in the annexe shown below. May 3, 1913.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. Mi U3 The interesting exhibit on the presentoccasion by M. Heursel of one hundredspecies of plants exhibited at the Ghentshows between the years 1809-1909, withthe year of exhibition and name of ex-hibitor, afforded a striking testimony tothe fact that a very large number of plantsintroduced to Europe during the past cen-tury were first brought to the public noticeat the Ghent exhibitions. In this way theclasses for new species of plants, alwaysfound in the Ghent Schedule, have given animpulse to nurserymen to increase theirefforts in collecting wild species. Natur-ally enough, the task of providing strikingnovelties becomes more difficult
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