XI 



LILIUMS AND OTHER BULBS SUIT- 

 ABLE FOR CUTTING AND GENERAL 

 DECORATIVE WORK 



SINCE the science of refrigeration has been brought 

 to perfection the flowers of bulbous plants have 

 become very much more prominent in the decorative 

 world than they were ten years ago. 



I am glad to say there are still a great number 

 of bulbs that have defied the art of the cold-storage 

 man, and which, after having been subjected to 

 months of unnatural winter, either refuse to start 

 life afresh, or make such a poor attempt at it that 

 they will not pay their freezing bill. 



There is no questioning the fact that bulbs now 

 take a very important part in the floral-supply of 

 the world. 



They are practically all splendid subjects for the 

 decorator, as, almost without exception, the flowers 

 of bulbous plants have strong constitutions, and 



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