68 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 



If Crocuses are to be planted at all, they must be planted 

 at the proper time, which is as soon as the corms can be 

 procured in the autumn after their arrival from Europe. 

 They usually commence growth by the first of Septem- 



SPRING FLOWERING CROCUS. 



ber, and if planting is long deferred the germ is 

 destroyed ; for grow they will, whether in or out of the 

 soil. Planting should not be deferred later than the 

 first of October, if the best results are to be attained. 



