98 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 
year; take up and store the same as Gladiolus; plant 
out the following spring, and by the first of August the 
flower stalks will appear; these should be immediately 
cut off, at least from a portion of the bulbs, as soon as 
they appear, in order to throw the whole strength of the 
plant into the bulb for the next season’s flowering. The 
second year from seed sowing its greatest perfection is 
attained, and spikes such as we have described will be 
the rule. After once flowering dig up and throw away, 
as they will never after produce flowers worthy the name. 
It is not worth while for the owners of small gardens to 
grow their own bulbs, because of their cheapness, but 
they should always plant such as have been produced in 
the manner described. Well grown bulbs will be from 
two to three inches in diameter. 
GANYMEDES, or RUSH DAFFODIL. 
See Narcissus triandrus. 
GARLIC. 
See Allium. Page 9. 
GASTRONEMA, 
See Cyrtanthus. Page 76. 
GEISSORHIZA. 
Tile-Root. 
A considerable genus of beautiful little bulbous 
plants, which were formerly considered to belong to 
Ixia. They are all remarkable for their bulbo-tubers, 
or rhizomes, which resemble fleshy stems, and are coy- 
ered with several skins, or coatings, which lie over each 
other, like scales, or the tiles of a house, beginning from 
below. It is from this peculiarity that the plants take 
their English name of Tile-root. They have but four 
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