Districts Where Grown 
Figs are grown in hot houses, or in 
specially protected places, in the Northern 
or Middle states, or they are sometimes 
grown in very limited quantities by spe- 
cially protecting the tree from the freez- 
ing of winter. But the districts where it 
can be grown in commercial quantities, 
according to the recommendations of the 
American Pomological Society are as fol- 
lows: 
District No. 4—Turkey Brown. 
District No. Angelique. 
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
District No. 6—Angelique, Brunswick, 
Celesta, Genoa, Turkey Brown, Marseil- 
laise, Mission, Monaco, Bianco, Osborn 
Prolific, Reine Blanche. 
District No. 7—Celesta, Turkey Brown, 
Mission, Monaco, Bianco, Osborn Prolific, 
Reine Blanche. 
District No. 16—Mission. 
District No. 17-—Mission. 
For description of districts see page 192. 
For further information and for pro- 
fits from Fria Curtrurr, see Alabama. 
Figs in the United States 
There are but few states in the Union which produce figs for commercial purposes. 
The following are reported in the census of 1910 and the number of bearing trees 
produced by each state appended: 
(Scale, 5 em per 100,000.) 
California, 269,001. 
Texas, 230,171. 
Louisiana, 71,464. 
Alabama, 52,731. 
Georgia, 49,424. 
Florida, 12,784. 
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Virginia, 10,1386. 
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Floriculture 
JOHN W. DUNCAN. 
Spring Flowering Bulbs 
In the early days of spring the first 
flowers to appear are such as the snow- 
drop, the crocus or the scilla, to be fol- 
lowed a little later by the tulip, the 
hyacinth and the many varieties of 
narcissi, see Fig. 1. In order to have a 
good showing of these flowers, they 
should be planted during the fall months 
of October and November. This gives 
the bulbs a chance to form roots so that 
they have a stronger start in the spring. 
When beds are to be solidly planted with 
these bulbs, the soil should be well pre- 
pared and a rich sandy loam is un- 
doubtedly preferable. 
It is very essential that the beds 
should have perfect drainage so that 
there is no danger of water standing on 
Arkansas, 4,174. 
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“ia 8,848. 
Delaware, 32. 
Nevada, 14. 
the ground during the winter, which has 
a tendency to rot or weaken the bulbs. 
The soil should, if not naturally sandy, 
get a good coating of sand mixed into it 
and should be dug to a depth of at least 
15 inches. Well rotted cow manure is 
perhaps the best fertilizer that can be 
used, but fine ground bone will also be 
beneficial. The beds are better to be 
raised a few inches higher than the sur- 
rounding ground, to effect a more per- 
fect drainage. 
In planting bulbs, many people put a 
small quantity of sand around each bulb, 
or often the top soil is taken entirely 
off the bed to the depth at which the 
bulbs are to be planted, a coating of 
sand then spread over the bed, the bulbs 
then set the proper distance apart and 
the top soil carefully replaced. Where 
the bed has been prepared as mentioned 
in the first place, this plan need not be 
