84 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 



and carry on into larger pots as their growth demands, 

 and then plant out as soon as the weather will permit. 



For purposes of trade, what are known as dry pot 

 roots are very convenient, as they can be distributed 

 through the mails as easily as any small bulbs, and they 

 make plants, in every respect, equal to those grown from 



UNDIVIDED CLUMP OF DAHLIA TUBEES. 



larger tubers. These are grown from cuttings in three- 

 inch pots, which are plunged in ashes in a frame, to pre- 

 vent their roots from penetrating the soil, and grown on 

 during the summer, drying off in October. When dry, 

 they can either be shaken out of pots and stored away, 

 like the large tubers, or kept in the pots until wanted. 



Taking up and Storing-. After the frost has 

 killed the tops, and before there is danger of the ground 

 freezing up, the tubers can be taken up and stored in a 



