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cised that, th hhs do uot, bet~mc~ too moist, &e they will
rot. I roll,WltVl 1 )u I1 1s sl~ould 1~ ~11 dried hefore bciiig
plniitetl. r~otlr ~Mh~ds of prtq)arillg li,va~~iuth bulbs are
sliocv~i in Figs. -4Ci aud -0, the latter adapted from the
Garderler’s I Y~rouick. The mutilat~c~cl hilbs are storecl
during s111111I1~‘I’, iml arc plant~rd ill fall or spring. Tll C
~uudr~l bulbs produ(~r~ \-cry little foliage, hut,
at the end of tl-ic first seasou the l~ilbels will
lla\*c f01~111d. ‘1‘1~ brill~ls arc ttieu separated
and plauted b? tlicmscl~~cs iu prepared beds.
Several !-cars are requhl for t.he bulbels to maturn
into Howcrirlg bulb. Some of the strongest
OIICS may produce flowering bulbs in three years,
ITIC:. 4x. ~rll11 hut some of them, especiall~~ those obtained from
scslc.
the liollowed bulbs, will riot mature short of six
>.ears. This mhod of propagating h~~;tcintlls is confined
mostly to I Iollaud.
The scales of 1~~11~s are ofttlu emplq~~l to multiply scarce
varieties. From ten to thirty of the thicker scales may be
renkvecl from the out.side of a large bulb without serious injury
to it. Tliesc~ s&5 arc treated in the same way as single-eye
cuttings. The?- are usually llanrlletl in flats or propagatiugframes,
and are prc’ss~~d perpcudicularl,v into a light and loose
soil --- half sharp sand and half leaf-mold - for nearly or quite
their entire length, or they may be scattered in damp moss.
Keep the soil merely moist, and for hardy and half-hardy
species Md the temperature rather low - from 45” to 60°.
Slight bottom heat may sometimes be given to advantage. In
three to teu weeks a little bulbel, or sometimes two or more,
will appear at tlic base of the scale, as shown in Fig. 48.
Late aut,uniu or early winter is a proper time for planting
bulb scdes. The pots or flats may be plunged outdoors in
summer if the planting was made in winter, or the scales may
be potted of-l’ or transferred to the open border as soon a.s root-