THE EASTER LILY IX NORTHERN CLIMATES. 



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house. Bnlblets form on the cut end of the scale, as in most lilies. 

 The scales may also be incubated in a moist atmosphere in summer : 

 the growth of the bulblets then becomes very much accelerated. They 

 may be handled almost exactl}" like hyacinths in propagation, except 

 that if they are not covered they require an atmosphere somewhat 

 more moist. 



Flu. 11. — I'roiiiigation of the Kaslor lily l'\ iulUiiii.s jiiscrtfil in saud iu a greouhousf. 

 Till' rt'suHs shown were ohtainod in al>out throe mouths. A, a 4-l('af eiittiiig in whiih 

 three l)ull)lels have developed; li, a cutting from the terminal portion of a nonflower- 

 ing stem ; C, the best of the l)uU)lets found on the euttings ; D, a euttiug from the 

 terminal portion of a stem, showing hiillilets formt>d above ground as well as below. 



CUTTINGS. 



Cuttings of side shoots and \ arioiis portions of stems with three or 

 more leaf scales stuck in moist sand will live and form bulblets in a 

 surprisingly short time. Such cnltings, so far as is known, do not 

 root, but l)itll)lets form in the axils of their leaves and these soon strike 

 root. Figure 11 shows this well. Such growth as is shown in this 

 illustration can be made in three months or less. 



