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HORTI CULTURE 



April 11, 1908 



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MORE ABOUT THE FORMOSA 

 LILIES. 



Horticulture Pub. Co. 



Dear Sirs: — 



Referring to our correspondence in 

 your last mmiber, we read with inter- 

 est about the experience our brother 

 growers have had with the Formosa 

 lilies, and we would only like to add 



Formosa Lilu'm t.OM.iFLouuM 



that contrary to the experience of the 

 Hinode Floral Co. we found the size 

 of the flower is rather what we would 

 call pretty long, as you will see from 

 (he photograph we send you under 

 separate cover, which was taken about 

 two weeks ago. 



Very truly yours. 



SALTER BROS. 



Editor HORTICULTURE: — 



Referring to your correspondent's 

 request regarding Formosa lilies in 

 HORTICULTURE for April 4. would 

 say that our experience with them 

 this season has been satisfactory. 

 The flowers are not so large and pos- 

 sibly not so numerous as in the old 

 type, but in other respects, notably 

 health and earliness. the Formosa is 

 much preferable to the old type. 

 There is greater variation in height 

 of growth, but we do not find that to 

 be objectionable. 



A. GRAHAM & SON. 



Horticulture I*ub. Co., 

 Dear Sirs; — 



As we are the original introducers 

 of the Formosa Liliuni Longiflorum. 

 we think it will be of interest to your 

 readers to state some facts about 

 them, as there .seems to be very little 

 knowledge as to the origin of this 

 comparatively new type. 



As the Lilium longiflorum business 

 is of the greatest importance for our 

 concern in Yokohama, Mr. Uhei Suzu- 

 ki, the founder and iiresident of our 

 company, did not spare either expense 

 or trouble to bring a lily on the mar- 

 ket that could compete in earliness 

 with the Bermuda Harrisii. New 

 plantations were started on different 

 islands in the southern part of Japan 

 with stock from our regular planta- 

 tions in the vicinity of Yokohama, 

 but they only resulted in entire fail- 

 ures and big losses of money because, 

 although the lilies produced good 

 bulbs, they did not give the desired 

 results when forced. 



Finally, Mr. Suzuki discovered on 

 one island a wild-growing lily of the 

 longiflorum type. He had the bulbs 

 collected and cultivated in the same 

 way the cultivations are made on the 

 mainland. They proved to be a suc- 

 cess but we had to wait for the re- 

 sults of forcing them in the States. 

 Three years ago we received the first 

 six cases in miscellaneous sizes of 

 ihis stock and they turned out excel- 

 lent. The year after, about sixty 

 cases were consigned to us and again 

 gave such satisfaction that we cabled 

 to our Yokohama house to plant as 

 n'.any as possible. As a result we re- 

 ceived over .300 cases last year and 

 expect over 2,000 cases the coming 

 season. 



The Formosa lily flowers in the 

 month of February on its native 

 island or about two months earlier 

 than the Bermuda lily. The bulbs are 

 thoroughly ripened by the end of May, 

 when shipments will commence which 

 we count on reachin.g New York the 

 end of July or the first ]jart of August. 

 The long rest the bulbs have until 

 they can be potted will be decidedly 

 in their favor. 



The Formosa lilies should not be 

 forced as hard as the Harrisii, other- 

 wise they grow too tall. Nothing 

 need be said about the quality of 

 Formosa longiflorum bulbs, as they 

 are recommended enough by the 

 growers who have tried them. 



Yours verv truly. 

 THE YOKOHAMA NURSERY CO., 



LTD. 



There are some 



GOOD BARGAINS 



listed In the 



BUYERS' DIRECTORY, 



Pages 510 to 515, this week. 



U. S. APPRAISERS' DECISION. 



No. J8580, Bark Baskets.— Protest 

 207402 of Russin & Hanfling (New 

 York). Opinion by McClelland, G. A. 



Bark Baskets, classified as manufac- 

 turers of grass, were claimed to be 

 dutiable as uneuunierated manufac- 

 tured articles under section 0, taiiH act 

 of 1897. Protest sustained. 



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