THE BULB BOOK 



between the bulb and the corm consists in different methods of 

 growth. Many bulbs will grow for years and produce numerous 



offsets. Corms, however, dwindle 

 away and shrivel up each year 

 after having yielded up their 

 store of nourishment for the pro- 

 duction of new flowers and 

 leaves; and their place is taken 



Fig. 1.— Galtonia candicans, bulb section 

 of same. (J.) 



Fig. 2.^ScUla siHrica, cross and vertical 

 sections of bulb. 



Pig. 3.— Nothoscordum, bulb and section. 



Fig. 4.— Imbricated or scaly bulb of Lilium 

 candidum. (^.) 



by quite new corms, which have been developed by the action of 

 the leaves in the daylight. Thus, the corms of Crocus (Fig. 5^ 

 and Gladiolus (Fig 6), etc., that are put into the soil are not th(^ 

 same as those that are taken up after growth has ceased. TheL 

 are quite new vegetative creations. 



Although corms and bulbs differ from each other in structure anc 



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