The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-13

man hyacinths, tulips, narcissus, lilies
and so on. A beginning has already
been made in growing them in this
country and II is thought that the soil
and climate Of North Carolina is pre-
eminently adapted to producing some
at least of the bulbs now imported
Formerly all tubcrose bulbs came from
Italy; now more than five million bulbs
are grown by two growers in North
Carolina, enough TO supply American
wants and leave a surplus which are
shipped abroad. The peanut is not a
bulb. yet its wants in soil or climate
are not greatly different from the
tuberOn s-rOoted begonia, the jonquil
the tulip or the Caladium esculentum.
Four million bushels Of peanuts are
grown annually in North Carolina.
Experiments are being made and 1t
has been found the medium-sized Gala
dunn esculentum. jonquils and Roman
hyacinths can be grown there, and
samples were on exhibition at the con-
vention. Dahlias are being extensive
ly grown, and also cannas. the season
being two months longer than in New
Jersey, thus making larger tubers and
better ripened.
Prof. Massey of the North Carolina
experiment station has been expert
menting with bulb culture. and was
down on the programme for a paper,
y,
did not put in an appearance. He sent
a paper but it came one session late
and was ordered printed without read
ing, so the florists who had come a
thousand miles (more or less) are still
in the dark as to what is being done
scientifically in bulb growing at the
North Carolina station. However
later in the evening OF the same day
we were able TO forget our regret in
an interesting lecture by MIR. ]. K NJ
l.. Farquhar. a noted scotsman of
Boston, who had Travelled all over the
world with good camera, and talked
steadily for $50 minutes, his talk be-
ing accompanied by a stereopticon ex-
hihit of about 100 slides, many of them
colored to show exactly what was be-
ing talked about. The subject was
The worlds supply of bulbs, giving
views of the fields and gardens where
grown; the planting, fertilizing and
care, and the packing and ship
ping. The lecture commenced with the
growing of Roman hyacinths and mar
cissus, in France, Italy and Belgium;
of gladioli, cannas and lilies in the
same region. of gardening and hot
houses in Northern Europe and Rus
STA, of the growing of Dutch bulbs in
Holland of the sacred lily in China
and the growing of Caladium esculen-
tum and the gold-banded lily (both of
which are used for food, in Japan. Be
sides all this there were interesting
slides showing the gladioIus fields of
Mr.. Arthur Cowee of Central New
York, and the railroad station where a
dozen or more wagons were being un-
loaded into express cars, the produce
being gladiolus spikes set a hundred
or more standing in wooden water
buckets The cars were furnished with
shelves and two cars holding many
thousands were being loaded, the un-
loading points being Sara toga, Boston,
New York, Newport and Philadelphia
One of the pictures which interested
the audience greatly was that of noun
tains in France and Italy terraced to
their SUBMITS and planted to hya-
cinths. Immediately after slides show
ing rugged mountains nearby in the
state of nature, and these mountains
were so exactly like those in Western
North Carolina, along the French
Broad river that photographs of
the latter might have answered.