SEPARA TION. 



over winter. The succeeding spring they are shifted into a bed 

 or border, and by the next fall having had two summers' growth 

 most species will be ready for permanent planting in the flow- 

 er border. 



A bulblet is a small bulb borne entirely above ground, usually 

 in the axil of a leaf or in the inflorescence. Familiar examples 

 occur in the tiger lily and in "top" onions. In the former in- 

 stance the bulblets are direct transformations of buds, while 

 in the onion they are transformed flowers. It is impossible to 

 draw any line of separation between bulblets and buds. In 

 some plants, certain buds detach themselves and fall to the 

 ground to multiply the species. Sometimes these buds vegetate 

 before they fall from the plants, as in the case of various ferns. 

 For purposes of propagation, bulblets are treated in the same 

 way as bulbels, and like them, they reproduce the variety upon 



which they grow. They 

 will develop into full 

 grown bulbs in from one 

 to three years, according 

 to the species. 



A conn is a bulb-like 

 organ which is solid 

 throughout. Familiar 

 examples occur in the 

 gladiolus and crocus 

 Cormous plants are mul- 

 tiplied in essentially the 

 same manner as bulbous 

 Vk species. As a rule, a new 

 ' corm is produced each 

 year above the old one, 

 and this commonly bears 

 flowers the following sea- 

 son. This renewal is 

 well shown in the gladio- 

 lus, Fig. 1 6. The illustration shows a gladiolus bottom, half 

 size, when taken up in November. At the base are seen the 



Fig. 16. Gladiolus Corm. 



