Flower Market

Japanese: 花卉市場 - かきしじょう

Flowers generally refer to flowering herbs, but when referring to horticultural crops, it refers to cut flowers (including cut leaves and branches), potted plants, flower bed seedlings, bulbs, flowering trees, and grasses that are grown for decorative purposes. This article focuses on the production, distribution, and trade of flowers in this sense.
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The area under flower cultivation surpassed the 30,000 hectare mark in 1972 and reached a record high of 37,000 hectares in 1974, but has since declined to 26,000 hectares in 1995. This is due to a decline in demand for turf grass and flowering trees, which had been supported by the boom in golf courses and civil engineering construction.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

花卉は一般には花の咲く草本を意味するが，園芸作物として花卉という場合は，観賞用に栽培する切花(切葉，切枝を含む)類，鉢物類，花壇用苗物類，球根類，花木類，芝類をさす。本項では，この意味での花卉の生産，流通･貿易を取り上げる。
［生産］
　花卉の栽培面積は，1972年に3万haの大台に乗せ，74年には最高を記録(3.7万ha)したが，その後減少し1995年は2.6万haとなっている。ゴルフ場，土木建設ブーム等に支えられていた芝類，花木類の需要の減少が原因である。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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