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in the same way. Some of the geraniums, such as the 

 rose geranium, may be grown from cuttings of the roots. 

 Bulbs are simply the lower ends of the leaves of a plant 

 wrapped tightly around one another and inclosing the 

 bud that makes the future flower stalk. The hyacinth, 

 narcissus, and our common garden onion are examples 

 of bulbous plants. The 

 flat part at the bottom 

 of the bulb is the stem of 

 the plant reduced to a 

 flat disk, and between 

 each leaf on this flat 

 stem there is a bud just 

 as there is above ground 

 a bud at the base of a 

 leaf. These buds on the 

 stem of the bulb rarely 

 grow, however, unless 

 forced to do so artifi- 

 cially. The bulbs may, 

 however, be greatly in- 

 creased by making these 

 buds grow and form 

 other bulbs. In increas- 

 ing hyacinths, the ma- 

 tured bulbs are dug in the spring and the under part of 

 this flat stem is carefully scraped away to expose the base 

 of the buds. They are then put in heaps and covered with 

 sand. In a few weeks all the buds will form little bulbs. 

 The gardener plants the whole to grow together one 

 season, after which they are separated and grown into 



FIG. 234. A CLEMATIS 

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