68 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 
If Crocuses are to be planted at all, they must be planted 
at the proper time, which is as soon as the corms can be 
procured in the autumn after their arrival from Europe. 
They usually commence growth by the first of Septem- 
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SPRING FLOWERING CROCUS. 
ber, and if planting is long deferred the germ is 
destroyed ; for grow they will, whether in or out of the 
soil. Planting should not be deferred later than the 
first of October, if the best results are to be attained. 
