Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1904 — Money in Growing Bulbs. [ARTICLE]

Money in Growing Bulbs.

One of the most profitable branches of the florist’s business is tlie growing of the bulbs of flowering plants. It takes an immense quantity of bulbs every year to satisfy the love of the Americans for the most delightful flowers that grow from them. Most of our bulbs are imported. We get annunciation lilies and Roman hyacinths from France, Easter lilies from Bermuda, narcissi from England and practically all of the “Dutch bulbs,” particularly h}-aeinitis.and tulips, from Holland. For centuries the Dutch gardeners have almost monopolized the bulb-growing industry of the world. In lfK)2 we paid Holland nearly half a million dollars for bulbs, and we gave another half a million to the bulb growex-s of other countries. It needs only a little Yankee shrewdness to see why American gardeners are discovering that there is enough first-class bulb land in Western Washington alone to supply the world with bulbs, and undoubtedly many parts of Oregon and British Columbia are equally suitable for the business. There Is no question whatever that it is possible to grow bulbs in the Puget sound country which are greatly superior to ihe best Holland stock. Bulb-grow-Ing offers attractive considerations to those who wish to earn n living out »f doors. It will probably grow to a great industry In this country.