Show the trade lu prior to 1875 were only half a dozen greenhouses iu the country making a business of raising plants for tho market and most of these devoted exclusively to flower culture private estates owned small hothouses hot houses where a limited number of choice flowers grapes and apricots were raised but they very crudely constructed compared with our modem structures and the system of culture was simple and gan i orally unsatisfactory the cut flower trade in new york began to assume considerable importance eight years ago and to meet the ready demand for the flowers in the middle of winter greenhouses quickly sprang up iu the suburbs the cost of construction decreased and tho expenses of propagating tho flowers were proportionately re deuced making the business very remunerative nera tive to tho growers A new era in flower culture was inaugurated enormous glass houses were erected in the country and where a few dozen men were formerly employed thousands soon sought and obtained profitable work george E kalsh in lippincotts Lippin cotts |