THE BULB BOOK 



between the bulb and the corm consists in different methods of 

 growth. Many bulbs will grow for years and produce numerous 



offsets. Conns, however, dwindle 

 away and shrivel up each year 

 after having yielded up their 

 store of nourishment for the pro- 

 duction of new flowers and 

 leaves; and their place is taken 



FIG. 1. Galtonia ca.ndica.ns, bulb section 

 of same. (J.) 



FIG. 8. Nothoscordum, bulb and seclion 



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

 the leaves in the daylight. Thus, the conns 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 conns and bulbs differ from each other in structure and 

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