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attended with good results, A co-operative society with a distribu- 
ting centre in Penzance, in communication with the chief markets of 
the country, might very easily place many of the flowers to better 
advantage than at present, and the same with surplus bulbs ; whilst 
manures, wood for boxes and other things might be obtained more 
economically. : 
Such a society might also be the means of extending the flower 
industry by encouraging the culture of other kinds of flowers. 
Already a few other kinds are grown, such as violets, anemones, 
and tulips but a larger business might be developed. Anemone 
fulgens about Penzance is less satisfactory than Narcissi for it does 
ot give good results in succeeding years, A scheme has therefore 
been adopted by which roots are purchased from Dutch growers, 
flowered, and returned to Holland as soon as the foliage is dead. 
Richardia africana, the so-called “ calla” or “arum lily ” thrives 
remarkably well on the cliffs about Penzance. Several large 
masses were noted with leaf stalks 3 feet long bearing blades 
15 inches by 9. The flower stalks were up to 4 feet in height. 
The inflorescences have not been marketed but there appears to be a 
future for them provided the plants could ke covered with lights 
whilst the spathes are developing. From the manner in which this 
plant is thriving, there can be little doubt but that it will prove 
valuable for the cut flower trade; but a few experiments are 
required in order to discover the best means of finishing and 
marketing the spathes. 
Amongst other people I am much indebted to Mr. J. Mitchell of 
Lower Kemyell near Penzance, for the information he so kindly 
imparted, and to Mr. Dorrien Smith of Tresco Abbey who gave 
me every facility for studying the system of culture conducted in 
his bulb grounds at ‘Tesco. 
Perhaps to the latter gentleman more than to anyone else the 
credit is due of having originated the early flower industry in the 
Scilly Islands and indirectly about Penzance. It came into being 
at a time when a wave of agricultural depression was passing over 
those out of the way parts of the country and it has been instru- 
mental in raising many farmers from financial embarrassment to a 
comfortable position. Throughout the 30 years during which this 
gentleman has been growing bulbs on the Island of Tresco, he has, 
with the assistance of an energetic and sympathetic bailiff, spared 
neither time nor money in perfecting both cultural and marketing 
arrangements, the results of the’experience thus gained being freely 
ith his fellow islanders. 
On this estate alone, some 70 acres of bulbs are cultivated and, in 
addition to the flowers which are grown out of doors, many hundreds 
of thousands are forced annually, a number of long, low, market 
houses having been erected for this purpose and for tomato- 
ing i r. The flower shed is a model of its kind and is 
representative of the methodical and business-like arrangements 
which everywhere exist. The front only is of glass which can be 
shaded with light blinds when necessary. Immediately before the 
glass is a stage about 34 or 4 feet high, the upper six inches havin 
been conyerted into a water-trough, the bottom of which is Seeuen 
with small stones, Over the trough are trellises divided into - 
