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previous season's growth and are stored in the 

 mature bulb awaiting the proper conditions for 

 further development. The selection of cheap 

 or small bulbs, therefore, necessarily means 



Fig. 29. Murillo, the queen of tulips 



small flowers or flower clusters. For example, 

 a small hyacinth bulb, even with the best of care, 

 will only produce ten flowers to the cluster if 

 there were only ten buds folded in the bulb. If 



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