August 29. 190S 



HORTICULTURE 



293 



EASTER LILY BULB PROSPECTS. 



The crop of Azores Lougillorum is 

 being delivered short this year and 

 the percentage of 9 to 11-inch bulbs 

 will not run more than 10 per cent, of 

 orders. This is owing to dry weather 

 and to conditions similar to those in 

 Bermuda this year. 



Seitaro Arai. Yokohama, writes UU- 

 der date of August 2nd that the dig- 

 ging of Multiflorum aud Lougilioruui 

 has begun and that there are many 

 doubles and triples and the singles 

 have grown from 1 to 11-4 inches 

 smaller than usual. It would there- 

 lore appear that the crop is not as 

 good as expected. Some growers 

 planted Giganteum in the rice fields 

 last fall and as a consequence many 

 Giganteums kave rotted; the quanti- 

 ty estimated host on this account is 

 between 500,000 and 600,000 export- 

 able bulbs. Some are so entirely rot- 

 ted that they they will not leave any 

 form of bulbs under the green lily 

 plant. Those planted on elevated 

 ground and in the mountainous local- 

 ities are very much better. From 

 this information crop prospects are 

 not very encouraging and short de- 

 liveries would not be unexpected. 



FREIGHT RATES FROM JAPAN. 

 The Japanese exporters are some- 

 what troubled over the freight mar- 

 ket to this country and write that 

 the conditions are unsettled and they 

 fear higher rates. It is likely they 

 have been unable to make their usual 

 contracts owing to the recent ruling 

 of the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion in this country, compelling the 

 railroads to publish their rates, thus 

 abolishing the through rates in con- 

 nection with the Pacific steamship 

 companies. If the overland freight 

 rates are raised it will greatly affect 

 the selling prices of Japanese lily 

 bulbs, which weigh very heavy in the 

 aggregate. 



The Chamber of Commerce Reports 

 at Yokohama as follows: "The ex- 

 ports of lily bulbs as edible food is 

 fast increasing. The total export 

 during last year reached over 500,000 

 yen in value. The sale this season is 

 expected to show some increase com- 

 pared with the previous year." 



Edible bulbs are chiefly speeiosum and 

 especially the variety magiiiiicum. — Ed. 



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