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following season. This renewal is well shown in the gldiolus,
Fig. 39. The illustrxtion shows a gladiolus bottom, half Gxe,
when taken up in November. At the base are seen the withered
remains of tlw corm that w’tts plmttd iu t,he spring, and rtt~~w
it the new corm, which will furnish bloom the following season.
A numbthr of 0)~,r/.rrTs or “ spawn ” has also appeared about
the base of the new corm in Fig. 4% These may be planted
out in a border or bed, ard will prducc~ mature corms in one or
two seusoIIs. The larger ones, under good tr(r’atnieut, ofteu
produce bulbs an inch in diamett~r the first, season. Some
growers keep the ~orn~ls a year td :I htdf btbfore planting thym
out (that. is, uutil tlw stv~ond spring), as they are thought to
vegetate morth tvdy uider suds treatment ; in this case they
sl~oulcl be pl~eri in sd to prevent too great drying out.
Adveut it ious (~ormels nIay be produced by various methods
of woulrcliug the mothc~r vorm, :uId this prnct.ice is often neces-
SilIy’y as soltw slwt.*it3 cl0 Ilot product’ ~~orrnels freely. Each
bud 011 the top or sick of the vorm IH:I~ l)tb ma& to produce 11
separate vorm hy cWting a deep rhg a~cuIrIcl it, so as partly to