THE BULB BOOK 



Gladiolus. The new corms, instead of developing on top of the old 

 ones, are produced at a lower depth from a downward growth. 



Fio. 15 Corm or bulb of Erythronium, showing 



new lower growth to right. 



Fig. 16.— Corm of Colchioum, showing new 

 growth to left. 



In this way there is no likelihood of the new corms coming too 

 near the surface to be injured by frost, etc. 



Fias. 17, 18.-Corm and section of Bnlbocodium, showing new 

 lower growths at side. 



This volume is devoted to those plants which have either bulbs, 

 corms, tubers or tuberous roots, and rhizomes, and therefore embraces 

 many families of flowering plants (both Monocotyledons and 

 Dicotyledons) from all parts of the world. Orchids — a large and 

 important family requiring a volume to themselves — are excluded. 



FUNCTIONS OF BULBS, COEMS, TUBERS, 

 AND RHIZOMES 



Apart from the plants described in this volume being characterised 

 by having either bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes, they all agree in 

 one important respect — they are all herbaceous plants and they are 

 all perennial. That is to say, their aerial parts (flower-stems and 



