Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-06

flowers produced from Holland bulbs.
ever think of tile care, time and trouble
taken to grow them. Bulbs have been
cultivated there four hundred or iivo
hundred years. IS near as can be rs
ceFtained, but for several years past they
have received more attention than ever.
Mr.. Beerhorst, bulb grower Of Lassen-
helm, near HARLEM, Holland, was inter
viewed in this city. He said
Holland, Is Is well-known, Is oil low
land, the greater part Of 1t lower than
the sea. The water Is kept of by dykes;
you have another name here. Erected
here and there on them are large wind
mills. that pump the water out when it
mandates the land. They present = very
strange appearance to an unaccust0med
eye. We travel BY canal boats like, Il I'M
derstand, was once done here.
What Is the soil like. that you are en-
abled TO raise the finest bulbsfp
The best in the world for bulb-grcw-
ing pure, sandy, soil. The reason
Holland bulbs are best IL owing 90 the
soil, temperature, and water, which Is as
pure as is possible. We have only TO.
dig three feet believe you measure by
feet hereto find water, not only in one
Rtokcs ONt 0k4y tfAt1ACs
How do you plant hyacinths to In
crease their number2H
I'VE first fertiIize the soil, put about
sixteen bushels of manure on each twelve
feet square, then we take a hyacinth
bulb and cut across the bottom several
times, plant. and in June we lift The
one bulb will be divided into several
small ones Of perfect growth"
when do you plant firstp'
I'm September. The great fogs from
the sea drive the frost away, but we AL
ways cover the beds with weeds. We
cannot use straw, because then tho mice
destroy our bulbs.
Are your winters as cold as hereqA
No; we are q great ways further
north. yet our winters arc not SO severe
Probably the fogs help US some. Our
summers are not so intensely hot as in
this country"
Are the hyacinths ready for sale after
the first year2"
mo, no; would they were. The
first year they are planted close; the
second year we must plant them in new
soil, as they will not grow two years in
the same ground. Every year each bulb
gets more space, until five years elapse,
when they are then ready to sell. =
s'What do you do with the ground
you cannot use a second year9'
I'VE plant some other species OF
flower, and ut the same time enrich the
soil. Thus we change their homes al
ternately, and can always utilize the
ground. Bulbs have about six different
diseases, which cannot name In your
language. Sometimes the soil gets tired
of the bulbs, and refuses to grow any
| thing. We give il time to rest, and
then we dig up depth of four feet, put
on double quantity of fertilizing mat
ter, and after another short rest it is
willing to start to- work again. You
know everything in life must have some
time to rest, or 1t wears out, and is no
good afterward."
.sTell me something about your
tulips
'sWeIl, plant the bulbs the same as
the others. only they do not need cut
ting, as they increase themselves by
forming offshoots on the old ones. We
separate those and replant. We ofttimes
grow from seed that makes the work.
Prom first planting it is four years until
the bloom. The strange part is they all
bloom coffee colored flower for anum-
Der OF years, when suddenly they will
bring forth some fine color, las those see
who buy them. Thus we know what
our bulb is. They never hold the coffee
color, which is quite pretty, any longer
| than four years. This we are sure of.
but what they will be in the end we
know not until they show u.s. Crocuses
are raised the same way. The three bulbs
mentioned will grow nicely in water.
For forcing always use sandy loan,
which is the best.
How many varieties Of tulips have
youa'
ssThree thousand inst 2, 800 to many.
suppose there are more than that. "
ssWhat is your native place likea"
The scenery is grand, elegant; Ican't
tell YOU in your language a. would like
to. We have lovely trees like here, that
is, the same kind The land is perfectly
level. Everybody grows bulbs the
laborer, tailor, shoemaker, as well IS the
florist. All the houses some one story,
some two, and none higher are built of
brick. We build no pavements, but we
never have any mud, and our roads are
always dry and smooth, not full Of hard
coblestones like here. In the principal
bulb growing district, my home, Sasscn-
heim-you can see millions and millions
Of tulips, hyacinths and crocuses In bloom
ut once. Their beautiful fragrance is
waited for miles around On one acre
will be planted about 100, 900 bulbs
Can you imagine then, looking over q
dozen Of acres In bloom, what q vast
sea, tit for . paradise, il is9 wish I
were able to describe in your talk the
grandeur Of it.
what do think Of our cOuntryf"
1T il grand, il ia grand Good for
poor man--the rich man can get along
anywhere. If could not get along bet
ter than some at our place would come
to America. Our people dress very plain,
live plain, and meat IS the greatest lux
urv. Some men who work very hard
have this fat rib meat, I think you call
il bacon. I am really ashemed TO tell