BULBS IN POTS, BOWLS, AND GLASSES 



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Otherwise have been used in floral production. That they 

 have a sufficient store for the purpose can be proved by 

 growing hyacinths in pure water ; they are then enabled to 

 flower perfectly without any addition of food. The growth 

 is, of course, at the cost of their substance — their internal 

 supply — the bulbs diminishing in size and, unless subsequently 



Fig. 57. — Lily Bulb, with two sets of roots. 



planted in soil or otherwise provided with food, eventually 

 dying. There is, however, one bulb, or rather tuber, Sauro- 

 mahcm guttatum^ sometimes called Monarch of the East, 

 which does not need any additional moisture for the produc- 

 tion of flowers. It contains not only enough food, but also 

 enough water for that purpose. Placed dry and without soil 

 on a table or a shelf in a room, it is able to flower ; but 

 afterwards, as previously stated, it must be planted to enable 



