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JuM 10, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



19 



House of Lilies Flowered in May, J92I, from Bulbs Grown on the Island of Oshima. 



on prizes and exhibitions to give com- 

 petitors reasonable latitude in the depth 

 of the pans used. They may use their 

 discretion as to the use of pots or pans, 

 but the diameter must comply with the 

 scheduled size. 



There are two prizes for six 12-inch 

 pans of hyacinths, of six distinct varie- 

 ties, one variety in each pan. There are 

 two prizes for each of the following 

 varieties of hyacinths, to be in 12-inch 

 pans: Morena, or other blush-pink va- 

 rieties; La Grandesse, or other whites; 

 King of the Blues, or other dark blues; 

 Czar Peter, or other light blues; City 

 of Haarlem, or other yellows, and for a 

 pan of any other variety of superior 

 merit. 



Tulips. 



For single early tulips there arc two 

 classes, with two prizes in each cla.ss, 

 one class for twelve lO-inch pans and 

 the other for six 10-inch pans, with one 

 distinct variety in each pan. There are 

 two prizes for each of the following va- 

 rieties of single early tulijis. to be in 

 10-inch pans: Joost van Vondel, white; 

 Le Eeve, soft rose; Mon Trosor, yellow; 

 Prince of Austria, orange red; I'ink 

 Beauty, rose pink; flamingo, rosy red; 

 Proserpine, oarmine-rose; Sir Thomas 

 Lipton, deep cardinal, and Kei/.ers- 

 kroon, scarlet, bordered yellow. 



There are two prizes for each of the 

 following varieties of double tulips, to 

 be in Ki-inch pans: lilue Flag, violet- 

 blue; Schoonoord, pure white; Crown of 

 Gold, golden yellow; Crown of Roses, 

 rosy crimson, and Imperator Rubrorum, 

 scarlet, with a yellow center. 



There are two prizes in each class for 

 the following parrot tulips, in 10-inch 

 pans: Lutea Major, yellow; Admiral 



of Constantinople, red and Cafe Brun, 

 coffee color and yellow. 



There are two prizes for a collection 

 of Darwin tulips, twelve varieties in 

 10-inch pans, one variety in each pan. 



There are two prizes for each of the 

 following varieties of Darwin or 

 breeder tulips, to be in 10-inch pans: 

 Clara Butt, Madame Krelage, Nauticus, 

 Gretchen, Suzon, Erguste, Rev. H. Ew- 

 bank, Don Pedro, Feu Ardent, King 

 Harold, Farncombe Sanders, King 

 George V, Pride of Haarlem, La Tulipe 

 Xoir, Inglescombe Yellow and Yellow 

 Perfection. 



For 10-inch pans of late tulips, two 

 prizes are offered for each of the fol- 

 lowing varieties: Bouton d'Or, Ges- 

 neriana Major, Golden Spire, retroflexa, 

 Shandon Bells and White Swan. There 

 are two prizes for 10-inch pans of any 

 other variety of tulip of superior merit. 



Narcissi. 



There are two prizes for each of two 

 classes of narcissi, single, in 10-inch 

 pans, one distinct variety in each pan, 

 one class for twelve varieties and the 

 other for six. 



There are two prizes for 10-inch pans 

 of the following varieties of narcissi: 

 Duko of Bedford, Emperor, Empress, 

 Glory of Leiden, King Alfred, Madame 

 de Graaff, Olynipia, Robert Sj'denham, 

 Vanilla, Van Waveren 's Giant. Wear- 

 dale Perfection, Lucifer, Sir Watkin, 

 Firebr.-md and White Lady; Narcissus 

 poeticus Glory of Lisse; double nar- 

 cissus, varieties. Von Sion, incompara- 

 bilis plenus. Orange Phoenix and Sul- 

 phur Phoenix; Narcissus poctaz, varie- 

 ties, Bouquet Enorme, Mignon and 

 Klondyke; Narcissus Jonquilla rugii- 

 losus, and a 10-ineh pan of any other 



variety of single narcissus of superior 

 merit. 



THE OSHIBiA LILY. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 a house of lilies at the establishment of 

 White Bros., Medina, N. Y., photo- 

 graphed late in May. This is the va- 

 riety known as the Oshima lily. The 

 bulbs were brought to America by the 

 American Bulb Co. They were grown 

 on the island of Oshima, one of the 

 Formosa group, south of Japan, and are 

 of special interest as showing the char- 

 .'icter of growth of the lilies coming 

 from this comparatively now district. 



UNCERTAINTY IN BELGIXTM. 



Little Improvement in 1920. 



"The situation of the horticultural 

 industry in Belgium last year did not 

 inijirove much over that of 1919," re- 

 ])orts the United States consul at 

 (ilieiit. "The closing of the German 

 market to the Belgian plants of the 

 Ghent district has caused the greatest 

 harm to this industry, as before the war 

 Germany took more than half of the 

 amount exported. At present the Ger- 

 man government refuses absolutely to 

 let the Belgian plants come in, on the 

 ground that they constitute a luxury. 



"And from the side of France a new 

 danger has lately arisen. The Federa- 

 tion of the Horticultural Industry of 

 Franco has sent a request to the French 

 minister of agriculture that the cus- 

 toms duty l)e iucr(>ased on all hor- 

 ticultural plants, flowers, vegetables or 

 fruit. The French federation proposes 

 that the French parliament vote imme- 

 diately a duty of fifteen per cent ad 

 valorem. The present duty is only 5 



