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PRODUCTION 



Sect. XIX. 3. 1 



fion, both thefe methods are of equal ufe to enlarge and render 



the finde flowers of bulb 



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I 



roots, as well as to increafe th 



ndency to duplicature. 



2. The fingle flowers of fome of thefe plants may be probably i 



ly enlarged, but fo ftrengthened as to ripen their feeds in this c 



i" 



mate, by nicely laying bare the root, and taking from it the new 



progeny 



hether a fincfle new bulb, as in 



& 



his mafcul 



the 



numerous ones of hyacinth, tulip, or lily of the valley ; as by thefe 

 means the vegetable nutriment is not expended on the new bulbs, 



and probably more of it may thence be derived to the flower. See 



Sea. XVII. 1.3. 



Another method of increafing the bulb-rooted flowers in fize or 



mbe 



fift 



in 



ding th 



lly tranfpl 



rden-pots 



by 



them 



and thus by preventing th 



ffi 



from being formed, or by decreafing the number or vigour of them 

 thus lily of valley, and jonquil, feldom afford large or 

 flowers, till they have remained three or four years in the fame fit 



numerous 



tion 



but muft neverthelefs be then occafionally 



par 



fpi 



ed» leaft the roots (hould die from beins: fo crowded as not to form 



& 



each of them one annual new bulb, which is their mode of reproduc 



1 



tion. 



The ufual method of propagating bulbou's roots has been by the 

 fmaller offsets, which are formed annually round the principal or 

 central new bulb, as in tuhps ; which central new bulb has com- 

 monly been miftaken for the old root ; by this mode of propagation 

 the fimilarity of the new progeny to the parent is nicely preferred ; 

 and on that account fome of thefe new roots of tulips and hyacinths 

 have been" fold at extravagant prices. For the circumflance of this 

 mode of reproduction fee Se<fl. IX, 3. 2. 



Bat in refpedl to producing variety of colour in the fingle flowers 

 <3f bulbous roots, the mofl efFedual method, I fuppofe, mufl Lc by 

 fowin^ their feeds^ and waiting a few years, till their fucccffive bulbs 



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