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is sonicthin^'^ in the soil or climate of sucli reji^ions that ren- 

 tiers them pecuHarly suited to tlie production of I)uIhous plants. 

 That this is an error is shown hy a recent Bulletin (No. 1082) 

 from the L'niletl State>> Department of .Vijriculture in which 

 1 )a\ ill Griffiths <;^i\es a survey of tulip growing in America. 

 Tulips as good as any that are iiuported have been grown to 

 a limited extent in Michigan. X'ermont, Virginia, California, 

 Oregon and Washington. It is apparent, therefore, that near- 

 ly any region with a rich friable soil and not too warm will 

 l)roduce good bulbs. The most extensive experiments in tulip 

 growing in this country have been made in the vicinity of 

 Bellingham, \\'ashington. where the Government maintains 

 a station for this work. The bulletin states that any full- 

 grown tulip l)ulb is certain to produce a flower if handled 

 properly and that the cause of unsatisfactory bulbs is to be 

 found in careless handling of the bulbs after they are dug. 

 As is so frequentlv the case, ripening continues in the bulbs 

 for weeks after they are dug. Under ideal conditions more 

 than 150,000 bulbs large enough to flower have been pro- 

 duced on a single acre. The tuli[) has few if any diseases 

 and can be grown to maturity in a single season. 



