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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



August 18, lOio. 



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FORMOSAS" IN OSHIMA. 



This Illustration is from a photo taken in June this year, showing part of a lily field located on the hills above 

 the town of Vase, the chief seaport of tbe Island. 



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The word "Formosa" applied to lily bulbs is misleading, because the bulbs <^om- 

 monly sold as such do not come from Formosa at all, but from the islari 1 of 

 Oshima, located south of Japan. The bulbs planted there have done fairly well, « -^P^' 

 cially in the sizes 6 to 8 and 7 to 9, and it is likely the quality will improve somevhat 

 when the various varieties are separated and cultivated with the same care exer< ised 

 by good growers in Japan. 



Lilies are also grown in the experimental stage in other islands still farther soutb, 

 toward the equator, and some of them are superior to the best of Giganteum, bulbs 

 size 7 to 9 producing in the fields from 12 to 20 flowers. 



