. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. ng from Atlantic City to CapeMay, New Jersey, ideal soil for the grow-ing of bulbs; all that was needed wasplenty of manure. The climate wasthere; also the sandy soil and the mois-ture. In Southern Jersey he thoughtthat not only could Dutch bulbs begrown, but Japan bulbs also. He wasfurther under the impression that in theSouthern coast of Jersey, as well as thedistrict around Cape Hatteras, wherethe climate was moderate, azaleas couldbe grown out-of-doors. There wereplaces in
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. ng from Atlantic City to CapeMay, New Jersey, ideal soil for the grow-ing of bulbs; all that was needed wasplenty of manure. The climate wasthere; also the sandy soil and the mois-ture. In Southern Jersey he thoughtthat not only could Dutch bulbs begrown, but Japan bulbs also. He wasfurther under the impression that in theSouthern coast of Jersey, as well as thedistrict around Cape Hatteras, wherethe climate was moderate, azaleas couldbe grown out-of-doors. There wereplaces in the last mentioned localitywhere geraniums and heliotrope stoodthrough the Winter. However, a greatdrawback in the meantime was the overanxiety of the American capitalist forimmediate returns; he was unwilling toinvest his money and wait three, four orfive years for results. This country wasproducing gladioli, callas and tuberosesand exporting them to Europe, andthough, as regards the latter competi-tion with Italian and African grownstock had forced prices down, tuberosegrowers were still able to make a ^■i?3- I THE LATE A. W. LIVINGSTON. was finished. He believed that bulbsgrow faster in America than in Holland. Mr. Taylor referred to the reclamationof the ground around Hamburg, whichland at one time was similar to themarshes seen now on the Hackensackmeadows. Gravel was placed on thatground; it was drained thoroughly, andplanted with grasses that would standa little salt, and by gradually gettingthe salt out of the soil, one of the mostfertile sections in Germany had resulted. C. H. Allen spoke of the soil of someparts of Long Island, especially aroundSouth Bay, as being well suited to thegrowing of bulbs; but we do not havethere a climate similar to that of Hol-land—we experience cold weather afterthe bulbs have started into growth. Hebelieved there was no condition neces-sary for the culture of hyacinths ortulips, or any other bulb cultivated inHolland, which
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