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they Avill surely rot. A very good plan is to mix the 

 scales with fine moss or pure sand, and put them wliere 

 tliey will not dry nor become wet, but just moist ; let 

 them remain in this position until the small bulbs begin to 

 form and roots show themselves, after which plant them 

 out in the open ground or in the house. In a warm cellar, 

 or in any warm room in the house, these scales will pro- 

 duce new embryo bulbs. Give them plenty of time, and 

 do not endeavor to hurry the rooting 

 process, and success is almost certain. 



In addition to the natural division of 

 the bulbs in the L. speciosum and aura- 

 tum, new bulbs are formed on the flower 

 stems above the old bulbs. Fig. 7 shows 

 a flower stem, with the young bulbs ad- 

 hering to it ; from each of these bulbs 

 there are more or less roots, showing 

 that they are already provided with 

 means of self-support before the flower 

 stems die in the autumn. The particu- 

 lar point on the stems where these bulbs 

 are formed is worthy of a passing re- 

 mark. If we examine the flower stem, 

 we see that it is clothed with leaves 

 from the base to the top, similar to a 

 young seedling tree or shrub ; but if we 

 examine the stem, at the point where 

 the leaves form a junction with it, we find no buds as 

 we do in the woody plants ; but that there is a latent power 

 in the plant to form buds at this point is conclusively 



