. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoo. The American Florist. 1267. FORCED DARWIN TULIPS EXHIBITED AT THE HAARLEM BULB SHOW, MARCH 16, 1900, BY E. H. KRELAGE & SON, OF HAARLEM, HOLLAND. have noticed this year, for instance, in our batch of Coleur Cardinal, a good sprinkling of some inferior, cheap red sort. This might have been accidental; but it is certainly strange, if these mis- takes be purely accidental, that we never find any high-priced tulips among the cheaper sorts. The culture of bulbs is so simple and now so well understood that I w
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoo. The American Florist. 1267. FORCED DARWIN TULIPS EXHIBITED AT THE HAARLEM BULB SHOW, MARCH 16, 1900, BY E. H. KRELAGE & SON, OF HAARLEM, HOLLAND. have noticed this year, for instance, in our batch of Coleur Cardinal, a good sprinkling of some inferior, cheap red sort. This might have been accidental; but it is certainly strange, if these mis- takes be purely accidental, that we never find any high-priced tulips among the cheaper sorts. The culture of bulbs is so simple and now so well understood that I will not detain you longer. I may mention that we find it necessary to have but few hyacinths in bloom early in the week preceding Easter, as the general demand comes only as late as Friday or Saturday. We find it best therefore, to have the hyacinths showing color not earlier than Thursday. When "just right" they meet with a ready sale on Saturday. Darwin Tulips for Forcing. The May-flowering Darwin tulips have hitherto not been tried for forcing to any great extent. The quinquennial bulb show held at Haarlem, Holland, March 16-20. has shown the excellent results which may be obtained by forcing these brilliant late varieties and the glorious display they produce. A group of about fifty varieties was exhibited in low pots or pans, by E. H. Krelage & Son, each containing ten to twelve bulbs of the same variety. The development of all the blooms in each pot was remarkably regular, and they were almost exactly as large and cold as in the open ground at the usual flowering period. The bulbs were forced in the usual way. Almost every pot was faultless, and it proved quite easy to have the plants in bloom before the opening of the show. It would have been possible to get them ready many days earlier if necessary. The Darwin tulips are now being generally appreciated for their dazzling colors and bold grouping efiect in May, but it may interest our readers to know that t
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