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58 THE N URSERY-nil,4 N UA I,
leek, and the like (page 4). The bulb& of the t,ulip are
slwwn in Fig. -1-X 111 one of the lilies (Fig. -44) t,wo bulbs have
formed at the crown of the old ow.
In some lilies, as I,ilir/.,,~ wdidwtb,
the bulbels form at the top or
crown of the mother-bulb, and a
circ’le of roots is found between them
ad the bulb ; in others, as L.
sprciosum and I,. mmtwu, they
form WI the lower part, of the flowerstalk.
In some species the bulbels
ilIT fc-\v and very large, or even
sin&n, aid they bloom the followii
ig year. III swh cases the bulb
iincltqocs il progressive movement
front J-ear to year after the manner
of rootstocks, the bulb of one
year bearing a more or less distinct
one above and beyond it, which con-
FIti, 44. Two txl1tw
ijf lily tinues the species, while the old one
formed from one.
becomes weak or dies. This method
of bulb formation is seen in the cut of LiZiem2 prdclli~m~ta, Fig.
45. In the hyacinth the bulbels form at
the base of the bulb.
Bulbels \-ar,v greatly in size and frequenc>T
in different species. Sometimes
they are no larger than a grain of wheat.
the first year, and in other p1a.nt.s the)
are as large as hickory-nuts. In some
species they are borne habitually underneath
the scales of the mother bulb. FIti. -.G. Bult-, of Liliutn
The bulb& are often removed wlien pn s&ll~irrl4nl.
the mother-bulbs are taken up, md they are usually planted
in essentially the same way as the bulbs themselves, although