Show HOLLAND BULB TRADE IMMENSE over acres devoted to raisins tulips and hyacinths an industry characteristic of the netherlands Is the raising of tulip and hyacinth bulbs attempts have been made in several parts ot the world to grow these but nowhere can the experiment be said to have been successful as the proper kind ot soil for propagation 0 perfect bulbs deoms only to exist in the small space 0 ter between the cities ot leyden and haarlem this stretch 0 country Is in reality the bottom of the old haarlem which was laid dry abbit the year 1862 and this sea bottom dirt a corn ot sand and decomposed vegetables and plants appears to be the only soil capable of producing the flower bulbs mentioned these bulbs are exported to all parts the demand Is constantly increasing and an increased area is from year to ear set apart to the cul 0 bulbs the statistics for 1906 the latest available give this area as 4 oos hectares equal to 10 acres |