232 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 
ducing four flowers on a single scape, nor to a bulb that 
produced two or more scapes, as most of these bulbs did. 
Soon after the first hard frost the bulbs were taken up 
and put about two inches deep in ordinary flats, which 
were placed in racks in the Gladiolus room. There they 
remained until the following spring. ‘To our surprise, 
MILLA. 
the crocus-sized bulbs we had planted were, when taken 
up, as large as good-sized Gladiolus corms, or about two 
inches in diameter. ‘These were planted at the same 
time as the Gladiolus, and in the same manner, early in 
May. They commenced to bloom early in July, and 
