Flowers in Spitalfields - The. construction of a large new
flower-market at Spitalfields, which is being undertaken by the City of London, is an indication of the increasing part which flower-cultivation is taking in British. agriculture. The shows of the Royal Horticultural- Society have afforded evidence enough of the capacity of British growers to produce choice flowers ; but this country has not been equally successful in supplying the ordinary market on a ccinimercial scale with the large quantities of flowers which townspeople' are willing to buy. But during the last year or two our flower:growers everywhere have been expanding their production ; and those whose fields are in the eastern counties will find Spitalfields a convenient market. But the most remarkable development of all has been in the distant west. Cornwall now vies with the Scilly Isles with its daffodil and anemone fields. Hundreds of farmers have greatly increased their profits by devoting a large part of their land to the cultivation of flowers ; and thanks to their genial climate are able to deliver them early in London while the prices are still high.
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