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PROPAGATION BY SEPARATION AND DIVISION 59
t.hey may he planted in pots or flat.s a,nt-i
be treated dwut the same as single-eye A
cuttings. In some lilies, the hulbels are
allowed to remain attached, and the
whole mass is planted in autumn in dose
drills. SomeGmes the lakger lily bulbels
may produce flowers the following (or
first,) season, but they usually require the
” 4 ~ r-
wh01e of the sewnd season in whkh to (:lltJ hys-
0,II1plete their growth. The second au- rinth hul,,els bulb wit,h resulting
tumn they are ready to be permanently ’
planted. Mbels of some species require even a Ionger time
in which to mature into bulbs.
I3ulbels are sometimes produced by a,n injury to the bulb.
Growth of stem and leaves is more or less checked and the
energy is directed to the format,ion of minute buds, or bulbs,
a,s adventitious buds form on a wounded stem. Advantage is
taken of this fa(at to multiply some bulbous plants, and in the
case of the hylc+lths, at least, the mutilation of bulbs for this
purpose is practiced to a conimerciaJ extent.
E-Iyacir:th bulbs are cut in two, or
are slashed in va,rious ways. The favorite
method is to make deep transverse
cuts into the base of the bulb (Fig. 46).
The strongest bulbs should be chosen,
md the opera’tion is performed in spring
or early summer, when the bulb is taken
Frti. 47. HollowwI hya- q’. The bulbs arc sometimes hollowed
ninth lmll~
out from the under side for half or more
of their depth. This operation is sometimes performed la.ter
in the season than the other, and precaution should be exer-