CHAPTER VI 
Flowers that Spring from a 
Storehouse (Bulbs and Tubers) 
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: 
they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say 
unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not 
arrayed like one of these. 
—Matthew vi, 28, 29. 
Ir you are going to be a really-truly gardener, 
you will want to know something about the plants 
and flowers that you try to grow, so let’s have a 
few words right here about the difference between 
the bulb and tuber families. They can be classed 
together because they both spring from what is in 
fact a storehouse filled one season with food to 
help them through the next season’s bloom! 
Hyacinths and daffodils, for example, come from 
BULBS, which are built up, layer on layer, exactly 
like an onion. 
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