THE lUTLB 1U)()K 



between tlie bulb and llie corm consists in dilferent methods of 

 growth. Many bulbs will grow for years and produce numerous 



oll'sets. Corms, however, dwindle 

 away and shrivel up each year 

 after liaving yielded up their 

 store of nourishment for the pro- 

 duction of new flowers and 

 leaves ; and their place is taken 



Fig. 1.— Galtonia candicans, bulb section 

 of same. (J.) 



Fio. 2.—SciUa sihirica, cross ami vertical 

 sections of bulb. 



Fid. 4.— Imbricated or scaly bulb of /,t7ii(m 

 candiilum. (A.) 



by quite new cornis, which have been developed by the action of 

 the leaves in the daylight. Thus, the corms of Crocus (Fig. 5) 

 and Gladiolus (Fig 6), etc., that are put into the soil are not the 

 same as those that are taken up after growth has ceased. They 

 are quite new vegetative creations. 



Although corms and bulbs diflfer from each other in structure and 

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