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60 THE h’ ITRSEIZ 1’- MA N ilA4 I,cised that, th hhs do uot, bet~mc~ too moist, &e they willrot. I roll,WltVl 1 )u I1 1s sl~ould 1~ ~11 dried hefore bciiigplniitetl. r~otlr ~Mh~ds of prtq)arillg li,va~~iuth bulbs aresliocv~i in Figs. -4Ci aud -0, the latter adapted from theGarderler’s I Y~rouick. The mutilat~c~cl hilbs are storeclduring 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 willlla\*c f01~111d. ‘1‘1~ brill~ls arc ttieu separatedand plauted b? tlicmscl~~cs iu prepared beds.Several !-cars are requhl for t.he bulbels to maturninto Howcrirlg bulb. Some of the strongestOIICS may produce flowering bulbs in three years,ITIC:. 4x. ~rll11 hut some of them, especiall~~ those obtained fromscslc.the liollowed bulbs, will riot mature short of six>.ears. This mhod of propagating h~~;tcintlls is confinedmostly to I Iollaud.The scales of 1~~11~s are ofttlu emplq~~l to multiply scarcevarieties. From ten to thirty of the thicker scales may berenkvecl from the out.side of a large bulb without serious injuryto it. Tliesc~ s&5 arc treated in the same way as single-eyecuttings. The?- are usually llanrlletl in flats or propagatiugframes,and are prc’ss~~d perpcudicularl,v into a light and loosesoil --- half sharp sand and half leaf-mold - for nearly or quitetheir entire length, or they may be scattered in damp moss.Keep the soil merely moist, and for hardy and half-hardyspecies Md the temperature rather low - from 45” to 60°.Slight bottom heat may sometimes be given to advantage. Inthree 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 plantingbulb scdes. The pots or flats may be plunged outdoors insummer if the planting was made in winter, or the scales maybe potted of-l’ or transferred to the open border as soon a.s root-