Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-04-26
LILIES Of The VALLEY.
How Florist. Fsre~ Their GrvwtA .aa Pre-
tr.rt Th.5r ><a@sa Of BtoaantaE.

trsrt Their ~~a&sn Of BtoamtaG.
There : an interesting and curious
trade between Germaay and this e0un-
.try in the lily % the valley Many
shnussnsls Of these lily pip@. as they
arr called. the roots eachwitd a sinxls
t<ht-wzPp~xi bud. are imported A.
the habit q the plant IS well known.
.snd Il MAJ b counted upon 70 flower il
.f-1m nineteen 10 twenty-five tav.
after the pip has been planted in sand
and placed in = forcing house. the i'm
purtrr~ COMMONLY make their contracts
in sdvansc with florists. and order in
accordance with these contracts The
.pip- cume over Ia the holds 81
the great steamers, TWENTY-FIVE
punched together tied with a vere
table hher and wrapped in moss
They are thus delivered 10 the florists
and then transferred IN the foreins
hDuss IN five or six weeks from IN.
time when the m-aningfrSs-lookina
plps rave left their native Csernzn SoI
the exquisite spray Of dropping white
bells and the sheaf Of green leaves l.
~atoruiuE the Jacket Of some Young
~ - NAN ~ = 84HaHA&%N
When the pjps are dr<t planted IN
sazi they must be placed over steam
nip~s for the AXE Of the bottom heat.
and kept continuously in a high TEN.
p~>a.gnr until the blossom i pretty
we'll advanced Thev arc then removed
from the pipes in order that the time
of hiogminz uiav b. prolonged They
are u%ryfi1ariiv planted n rough. siiaI-
low pine boxes and spray after spray
II clipped OF a. Il = needed for bou-
.gucss or roots amt all ARE transferred
in eIuups for pottinE The plants in
the original pine boxes are much less
attractive than the blossom when made
into \ bouquet
Many thousands Of these lilies 1rs
cultivated IN the ore1 air The NAV
bs ~ suf Just a. they arrive from Ter.
MANY at almost ans time Of rear. and
thev resist fnn~t with perfect hzrff-
ne The outdoor lille. hsoou IA the
spring and cuutiau- the season fer he
florists after the cr1p of the forcing
houses has been exhausted When
these outdoor bl0omer are exhausted.
the florists have another 10
reserve Thousands of lilv Pjps On 1r.
irving from Germany. are a. once
placed IN coId storage. and kept there
at = lpz temperature for wreEs or per.
hats for usnuth~ The development Of
the plants 5 thus arrested. and some
weeks before the time when che ous-
do0r hi.m-- viii have been exhaust
eel Part Of the pips On cold storage are
brought forth and either forced in
duo~ or permitted To develop normal
wsliv IN the op-u air In this vzy the
season s t1rtarr ext-n@e7E
Florists find shat the lily 81 the val
lev l. E,oss difficult to manags for
~a7Nerfar The period Of de-
~elouu1eut i then AZ least sventr DAYS
and the Sewers are upon the whole less
satisfactory than IN winter and spring.
Beautiful a. the flower = II = uot-x.
p~~nsiVe The pins may ~ brought Al
retail in November At from thirty q
forty eruts Der dozen. or ao0us one dol.
lar and n half per hundred The Prizes
To the Importers = far below this and
the rate ro florists : such that there 1
4 handsome profit in the plants wher
the cut flowers retail a. low a. Fvs
cents per spray n each pip ur-
duc-s anlv one 1T Of blossoms and he
PERCENTAGE cf loss = reasonably uni
form florists know pretty weii what 20
e1unt IN IA forcing the lily Of the val
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