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PRACTICAL PLANT PROPAGATION 



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 Fig. 32. Hyacinth bulbs. This cut shows the natural method of producing bulbels at 

 the base of the bulbs 



Each method has drawbacks. The notched method results 

 in few bulbs (see figs. 33 and 34) of a large size in a short time; by 

 scooping (see fig. 35) three times as many bulbs are produced, 



but they are tiny and 

 of inferior vitality. 

 Offspring of notched 

 bulbs flower in three 

 to four years, scooped 

 bulbs require at least 

 four or five. 



PLANTING AND 



CULTURE OF 



HYACINTHS 



Fred de Meulder, 

 of Lisse, Holland, in 

 The Florists' Exchange 

 for April 17, 1915, 

 gives the following 

 notes on the prop- 

 agation of these sorts 

 Fig. 33. The first stage of a notched bulb in his native land : 



