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of voting to associate members: Resolved, That the final clause of 

 article 3 of the constitution of this society be amended so as to read: 

 Which privileges shall belong exclusively to active members and to asso- 

 ciate members who have paid their second consecutive annual member- 

 ship fees.' L. O. Williams." 



After considerable discussion the resolution was amended to read: 

 ■'Resolved, That the final clause of article 3 to the constitution of this 

 society be amended so as to read: 'Which privileges shall belong ex- 

 clusively to active members and to associate members who have been 

 members of the society for twelve months and who shall have paid their 

 second annual dues.' L. O. Williams." , 



On motion^ the resolution as amended was adopted. 



The President: Have we anything else, Mr. Russell? 



Mr. Russell: There is nothing before us now but the regular pro- 

 gram. 



The President: We will now hear from Mr. C. H. Green on the 

 planting of bulbs. 



Mr. Green: Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is a matter of 

 some regret to me that the subject which I have to present will prob- 

 ably not be of as general interest to the members assembled here as 

 the other papers that have been presented, but for the benefit of the 

 florists in particular I will trespass on your time to this extent 



PLANTING BULBS. 



.^ C. H. GEEEN, FREMONT. 



In taking up the subject of bulb planting, I am going to use the word 

 bulb in the broad sense in which it is used by the average amateur planter. 

 That is, I will take up a number of the easily-grown varieties of plants 

 that are produced from fleshy, underground roots or stems and com- 

 monly called bulbs. So accustomed is the florist to being asked for 

 dahlia, gladiolus, canna, crocus or lily-of-the-valley bulbs that he very 

 seldom or never bothers to even think that none of these are bulbs, 

 properly speaking. For convenience the bulbous plants might be divided 

 into three classes. Those for greenhouse forcing, tender outdoor sorts, 

 atid hardy ones. 



In greenhouse bulbs for forcing, the Roman hyacinth and paper white 

 narcissus are used most extensively for forcing for cut flowers, and the 

 methods used are so simple and well understood by all florists, and of 

 little interest to others, that I will pass them by. 



The Lilium Harrissi and Longiflorum, commonly called Easter lilies, 

 are not so easy to handle. Owing to the fact that they require a com- 

 paratively long season of growth and must be had at a certain season 

 to be valuable, skillful handling and good judgment are required to pro- 

 duce the desired results. A few years ago we heard much complaint 

 regarding a strange, incurable disease called lily blight. The leaves of 



