. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ; ,rv^'X7Ji»^y" ^jwTT^t "p-i:*irt^wv"*?^ ?? J/ FBBBUABY 8, 1912. The Weekly Florists^ Review* 13. Store of Charles Bartcher, Denison, Iowa. This particular community is so largely given over to mercantile and manufac- turing pursuits, with accompanying thoughts of inert merchandise, tons and yards, bargain sales and advertising plans, shafts and wheels, gears and sprockets, plugs and sparkers, and so on, that it is practically impossible for the average layman to appreciate adequately the de- cidedly different business atmosphere in
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ; ,rv^'X7Ji»^y" ^jwTT^t "p-i:*irt^wv"*?^ ?? J/ FBBBUABY 8, 1912. The Weekly Florists^ Review* 13. Store of Charles Bartcher, Denison, Iowa. This particular community is so largely given over to mercantile and manufac- turing pursuits, with accompanying thoughts of inert merchandise, tons and yards, bargain sales and advertising plans, shafts and wheels, gears and sprockets, plugs and sparkers, and so on, that it is practically impossible for the average layman to appreciate adequately the de- cidedly different business atmosphere in which the florist lives and toils. Still, the layman must not assume that it is a case of "all among the roses," but should remember that the plants and flowers come only as a result of unceas- ing vigilance and toil with soil and fer- tilizers, air and water, cloud and sun- shine, heat and cold, coal and ashes, pests and perversities of nature in- numerable. Area of Glass. In the Springfield flower district the area of glass amounts to approximately one million square feet, which does not seem a large figure in comparison with the fact that one concern in Chicago has about one-half more in size of houses, but it should be borne in mind that these are planted for cut flowers, whereas the local houses are filled with plants in small pots, so that th^ aggregate of plants grown here is beyond anything filsewhere on earth. At a conservative estimate, the local product reaches some- thing like fifteen millions of plants an- nually, nearly one-half of which are roses. Hardy shrubs are being grown in con- stantly increasing varieties and quan- tities, the present crops including such items as 500,000 phlox, 250,000 peonies and 35,000 Japanese and German iris. The importation of bulbs and roots to the value of about $25,000 is rendered necessary by the demands of the retail mail order catalogue trade and for this same purpose as many as 15,000 Camellia Japonica are required,
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