34 THE FLOWER GARDEN COMPANION. 



Some bulbs, as the Garlic, and Shallots, form, a truss of 

 bulbs, from the centre of the plant, which is to be divided, in 

 order to form a new plant; others are increased from the tops, 

 as the Tiger Lily ; such are termed cauline bulbs, or bulbs 

 of the stalk ; they only require to be taken from, and treated 

 as, the parent. 



Increase of tuberous rooted plants. The tuberous rooted 

 are exemplified in the P&ony, and Dahlias; the root forms 

 a crown, to which are connected many tubers, which are to 

 be divided with a sharp knife, in such a manner, as to leave 

 part of the crown, with one or more eyes or buds to each 

 plant ; those parts are to be inserted in the ground, in the 

 same manner and soil, and treated in the same way as the 

 mother plant. 



Increase of fibrous rooted herbaceous plants. Fibrous 

 rooted herbaceous plants are increased by dividing the crown, 

 or main root, as the Phlox, and perennial Larkspur. This 

 method may be applied to most hardy fibrous rooted plants, 

 in the month of September, or beginning of May. 



Increase by fleshy roots, examples of which are among 

 many kinds of herbaceous plants, as the Campanula Pyra- 

 midalis, and the different varieties. Such plants are readily 

 propagated by breaking the roots into small pieces, an inch 

 or two in length, and inserting into pots so that the top of the 

 cutting is just equal with the surface of the earth in the pot. 

 In this manner, they make roots from the joints, and every 

 part makes a plant ; when rooted, they may be potted into 

 small pots, or planted into the place assigned for their final 

 flowering. 



Geraniums, and many kinds of green-house plants, may 

 be propagated in this manner, by putting the cuttings of the 

 roots in a compost of one-fourth good sharp sand, and the 

 remainder prepared compost, as recommended for green-house 

 plants. When they are propagated in this manner, the roots 

 may be managed in every way the same as cuttings of the 

 same kind of plants. 



