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8) were again photographed on October 8 (Nos. 26, 27, 28, 29, 

 and 30). The first, third, fourth, and fifth bulbs were dead. 

 Only the second (Nos. 5 and 27) was Hving and its outer scales 

 were dead or dying and were infected with fungi. A section 

 through a dead first bulb is shown at No. 25. All the parts of 

 leaves and stem were dry and brittle ; there had been no noticeable 

 decay or rotting. 



As a result of the premature and al^normal growth and the 

 subsequent death of large numbers of bulbs the stock of La Tri- 

 umphante was greatly depleted. No bulbs of large and flowering 

 size were left for planting. 



In the tulip White Jewel, grown in 191 7, large numbers of 

 plants exhibited abnormal and premature development of the 

 first bulb as shown in No. i. Dissection of these bulbs showed 

 that the main stem was much more elongated and slender than 

 was the case in La Triumphante- (No. 9). The lateral bulbs 

 borne were also larger and better formed. Practically every bulb 

 of White Jewel lived through summer storage. Even the newer 

 bulbs prematurely split ofif from the first bulbs remained plump 

 and viable. Nos. 31 to 34 show the conditions of sister bulbs at 

 the end of the summer. While there was no special loss of bulbs 

 through their death in this variety, the premature development 

 of sister bulbs from the first bulb thereby reduced the stock 

 of bulbs of the largest size which are most desirable for planting 

 in display beds. 



The variety Cramoise Brilliant bloomed freely and fully in 

 1917 in beds at the Garden. A large majority of the plants ex- 

 hibited abnormal vegetative growth of the new bulbs. Here (No. 

 2), however, there was rarely more than a single outermost scale 

 involved. Nearly all the sister bulbs, however, produced a single 

 green leaf. The bulbs were solid and of good weight with no 

 premature or abnormal development of their stems or lateral 

 bulbs. 



In tulip Margaret the development observed corresponded 

 closely to that just described for Cramoise Brilliant. The first 

 bulbs were solid and the only apparent sign of abnormal growth 

 was confined to the outer scale. As will be discussed later, the 



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