BULBS, BULBLETS AND BUUS 



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XIX. BULBS, BULBLETS AND BUDS 



122. We have now found that plants propagate 

 themselves by both sexual and sexless means, for 

 seeds are the product of 



a sexual process, whereas 

 spores are not. 



123. A bulb of an 



FIG. 95. 

 Section showing the formation of the bulbels. 



FIG. 96. 

 Onion bulbs. 



Easter lily is shown in Fig. 95. It is breaking 

 up into several parts; and the gardener knows 

 that each of these parts becomes a new bulb. 

 124. If we cut the bulb, we find a main 



