BULBS FILL SIXTEEN ACREe. 



ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND CANNAS, CALA- 

 DIUMS, DAHLIAS AND TUBEROSES I^ORM A 

 BEAUTIFUL WORLD's FAIR FEATURE. 



St. Louis — Fifty thousand cannas, with their gor- 

 geous aray of colors ; great caladiums, or " elephant's 

 ears," with their mammoth foliage ; modest dahlias, 

 with their daintly colored petals, and beds of tube- 

 roses, with their wax-like flowers and intense fra- 

 grance, combine to make a floral exhibit that will 

 cover sixteen acres of ground on the World's Fair 

 site. 



A North Carolina company furnished the bulbs for 

 this display, and Joseph H. Hadkinson, superin- 

 tendent of outdoor planting for the Department of 

 Horticulture, has charge of the installation. The 

 plants will not be seen in one mammoth bed or tract, 

 but will be scattered in well modelled groups over 

 the northern and eastern slopes of Agriculture Hill. 



Many thousand choice tuberose bulbs, planted in 

 beds in the six acre World's Fair rose garden, will 

 next spring send up thrifty blooming spikes, and the 

 fragrance of the blossoms, almost overpowering when 

 breathed alone, will mingle with the more delicate 

 prefume of the rose. 



The tuberose bulbs will be so selected and planted 

 that commencing with the early summer there will 

 be a profusion of blossoms, and fresh supplies will 

 constantly succeed one another until frost comes. 

 The caladiums are grown mainly for their foliage, as 

 the blossom is of little value. A large group of these 

 almost tropical plants will be the corner of the ter- 

 race ten feet high and a quarter of a mile long that 

 skirts the mammoth Palace of Agriculture on the 

 eastern side. This terrace, straight as an arrow for 

 nearly the full length of the giant structure, makes a 

 curve near the southern end and forms a bank for 



some of the beautiful artificial lakes between the 

 Agriculture and Horticulture buildings. The cala- 

 diums thrive near the water and here they will attain 

 perfection. 



That the dahlia may no longer be considered a 

 " back-yard " flower will be demonstrated by the 

 prominent position allotted to it in the World's Fair 

 garden, by far the largest and most pretentious ever 

 seen at any international exposition. Time was when 

 the dahlia was small and insignificant, but florists 

 have taken it from that class and have developed it 

 so that it ranks with the stately chrysanthemum, 

 while blossoms now range from the size of a button 

 to the size of a man's hand. The petals that radiate 

 in a single row from the solidly colored corolla, take 

 on all the tints of the paeony or rose and when cut 

 they retain their beauty for many days. 



Until recently the bulbs for all these flowers were 

 imported, and this monster exhibit will demonstrate 

 the progress in the industry of growing, flowering 

 and ornamental bulbs in this country. 



Fish Inspector Berndt, of Honolulu, H. T., is mak- 

 ing a collection of fish from Hawaiin waters that 

 will prove an interesting exhibit at the World's Fair. 



A copy of the pamphlet, ' ' Principles of Profitable 

 Farming," is before us in a new and revised edition. 

 The principles of proper rotation with leguminous 

 crops and the great advantage to be derived by such 

 methods are explained in the pamphlet in a fascinat- 

 ing manner. A description of the Experiment Farm 

 at Southern Pines, N.C., where the best methods of 

 using fertilizers are being studied and put into prac- 

 tice, is also a valuable feature of this publication. 

 A thorough perusal of the book would be of interest 

 and benefit to all practical farmers and copies can be 

 hnd, free of charge, by writing to the German Kali 

 Works, 93 Nassau Street, New York, N.Y. 



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