Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-26
AN OCEAN OF FRAGRANCE
How Hyacinihs. Tulips and Crocuset
Are Cultivated In Holland.

Holland has always been and proha-
bly, will ever be the mother of bulbs.
Few persons, while admiripg the beau
tiful flowers produced from Holland
bulbs, ever think OF the care, time
and trouble taken 10 grow them. Bulbs
have been cultivated there 100 or 800
years, AS near M can be ascertaiped,
but for several years past they have re.
ceived more attention thar ever. A
well.known bulb-grower of Lassen-
helm, near HARLEM. Holland, was In
terviewed In this city this week. He
said;
"lIolland, as is we'll known, IN all
low land, the greater part OF IL IL low
or than the sea- The water IL kept Off
by dykes: you have another name
here. Erected here and there on them
are large windmills that pump the
water out when 1t mandates the land.
They present a very strange appear.
apce 10 M unaccustomed eyes We
travel Ivy canal boats like. under
stand, was once done here.n
"Wbat ia the soil like, that you are
enabled TO raise the finest kulbs.n
Frhe bsst In the world for bulb.
growing-pnre, sandy soil. The rea-
son Holland bulbs are best IL owing 70
the soil, temperature aud water, which
| In as pure M possible. We have only
| to dig three feet--I believe you meas
ure by feet hereto find water, not
only In enc place, but anywhere"
"How do You plant hyaclnths to In
crease their numbeI?h
ave first fertillze the soil, put about
sixteen bushelH OF manure ON ench
| twelve feet square, and then we take q
/ hyaclnth bulp aud cut across the bot.
tom several times, plant, and In June
No lift. The one bulb will be divided
into several small ones OF perfect
growth
when do you plant iirst2h
ain Septt mber. The great fogs
from the Asa drive the frost
away, but we always cover the
beds with weeds. We cannot
use straw, because then the
mice destroy our bulbs
"Are your wlntera as cold AZ here
"No; we are great ways further
north, yet our winters are not 80 &C.
we're. Probably the fogs h,lp ms some,
Our summers are notso intensely hot
ss In this country"
Are your hyacinths ready for sale
after the first Year,
4 mo; j would they were. The hral
year they are planted close; the second
year we must plant them In new SOL
M they will not grow two years In the
same ground. Every year each buit
gets more space until five yeara e'spse'
when they are then ready To aeii."
What do you do with the ground
you cannot use second yealY"
1--WE plant some other speples OF
flowers and NJ the same time enrich
the soil. Thus we change their homes
alternately, and can always utilize the
ground. Bulbs have about six diffsr-
ant diseases, which cannot name In
| your language. This causes much
trouble and loss OF money. Sometimes
the soil gets tired and refuses 10 grow
ANYTHING. We give II n time To rest,
and then we dig up depth OF four feet,
put OH q double quantity OF fertiiininB
instter, anu after another short rest IL
In willing to start 10 work again. You
know everything In life must have
some time To rest, or IL wears out, ana
Is no good afterwsrd."
"Teil me something about your tu-
lirsn
the Others, only they do not need cut
ting, az they Increase themselves by
forming offsboots ON the old ones. We
separate those and replant. We Oft
times grow from seed--that makes
work. From first planting IL Ii four
wears until the bloom. The strange
Dart Is they all bloom coilee-colored
dover for number OF years, when sud.
denly they will bring forth some fine
color, as these see wbobuy them. Thus
: we know what our bulb II, They never
.,old the coffee color, which Is quite
pretty, any longer than four years.
This we are sure OF, bat what they
will be in the end we know not until
they show us, Crocuses are raised the
same way. The three bulbs men
toned viii grow nicely Ia water. For
forcing | always use sandy loan,
which is the best"
"How many varieties OF tulips have
your
'Three thousand-just $500 too
many. suppose there are more than
that.h
"WhRt is your nstlve place like?p
"1he scenery 10 grand, elegant; !
can't tell you in your language AS ]
would like 10. We have lovely trees
like here, that is, the same kind. The
land Is perfectly level. Everybody
grows bulbs 1.-The laborer, tailor, shoe
maker, as well as the florist. All the
houses--some one-story, some TWO ana
, none higher--are bullto brick. We
build no pavements, but we never have
any mud, and our roads are Away dry
| ana smooth, not full OF hard cobble.
stones like here. In tho principal
bulb-Rrowing district, my hone--5as.
. senhelm--you can SEQ millions and
millions oftulips, hyacinths, and GRO
cuses ia bloom ut once. Their beautl.
fui fragrance Ii waited for miles around,
On one acre will be planted about l00,-
600 bulbs. Can you imagine, then,
looking over a dozen acres In bloom,
what vast sea, fit for a paradise, IL isg
wish were able 10 describe In your