PKOPAGAJION BY SUCKERS AND DIVISIONS. 179 



ing bulbs — the Narcissus, Hyacinth, Tulip, etc., or the 

 ■fibrous and tuberous species of early Anemones, Spiraeas, 

 Dicentras and Perennial Poppy — dividing the bulbs and 

 clumps and transplanting should immediately follow the 

 ripening of the foliage, for this time is the beginning of 

 the dormant season with these plants. 



Eoot-growth and development of flower-buds will take 

 place later in the season, and while no stems may appear 

 above the surface, they are gathering materials for the 

 ensuing season's growth. In a few instances, as in the 

 common Garden Lily {Lilium candidum) and Oriental 

 Poppy {Papaver orientale) a part of the main leaves of 

 the plants push to the surface early in autumn. Owing 

 to the wide difference in the habits and structure of 

 plants, no one season, or time of year, can be considered 

 . as best for dividing and transplanting all kinds. 



In the common herbaceous species of the Paeonia and 

 Dahlia we have types of a class of plants that produce 

 tubers with buds clustered at the apex or crown, and not 

 distributed over the entire surface, as seen in the Potato 

 and American (commonly called Jerusalem) .Artichoke. 

 In propagating the varieties of either class, we have only 

 to separate the buds, leaving a tuber or a small portion of 

 one attached to the bud, for the purpose of supplying it 

 with sustenance until it emits new roots and tubers. 

 Many of the fibrous-rooted plants which grow in tufts or 

 stools, as seen in some species of Grass, Garden Pinks, 

 and other common plants, are usually propagated by 

 divisions. All plants which naturally produce buds, 

 bulbs, or tabers on their roots or subterraneous stems, are 

 usually more readily propagated by root divisions than 

 are those which do not show such formations, but, as I 

 have already shown, with many kinds the existence of 

 buds is of no importance whatever, because there is an 

 inherent power in the plant sufficient to produce them 

 whenever they are required. 



