CLUB, ANBURY, FINGERS AND TOES 399 



the feeding fibres swell into useless tap-roots, or what should be 

 the bulb divides into Fingers and Toes in a manner suggestive of 

 degeneracy the result of poverty in the soil, careless cultivation, or 

 degenerated seed. Those who save their own seed during a series of 

 years are pretty sure to become well acquainted with this malady. 

 We advise such to obtain a change of seed, and to consider at the 

 same time where the routine of work is defective. A healthy, vigorous 

 plant derived from a pure seed-stock does not make Fingers and 

 Toes, but a sound plant that stands for food and money. 



