Show hollands holland trade in flower bulbs the cultivation and exportation of flower bulbs has been carried on in holland since 1750 but the trade did not begin td attain ts present enormous proportions until the last twenty or thirty years of the nineteenth t mth century about tour four million dollars worth of bulbs bulba are now exported annually the dutch bulb growers form a general federation which numbers about three thousand members the federation publishes ft a paper twice a week organizes sales during the season sub ab mita new varieties detles va to a committee or of judges and lays all trade dia disputes Dides bo be foro a 4 council specially named for the purpose the federation has also or ranged exhibitions and sent dutch produce to foreign shows |