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variety producing the seed and the conditions under which the plants 

 are grown. 



The method of propagating hyacinths known as " scooping " is 

 the one most extensively employed in commercial work, for the 



Fig. 6. — Upper part of a machine used to scoop mother hyacinth bulbs. To the right 

 of the knife on the table are a scooped and an unscooped bulb and an extra scoop- 

 ing knife. The machine is extremely simple, easy of operation, and will effect a 

 saving of 25 per cent or more in time as compared with scooping by hand. 



reason that by it the largest number of bulblets are produced. The 

 number and vigor of the bulblets are proportionate to the size and 

 strength of the mother bulb, and consequently the strongest and best 

 of the mature bulbs are selected for scooping. 



