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BULBS AND TUBEKOUS-KOOTED PLANTS. 



during four flowers on a single scape, nor to a bulb that 

 produced two or more scapes, as most of these bulbs did. 

 Soon after the first hard frost the bulbs were taken up 

 and put about two inches deep in ordinary flats, which 

 were placed in racks in the Gladiolus room. There they 

 remained until the following spring. To our surprise, 



MILLA. 



the crocus-sized bulbs we had planted were, when taken 

 up, as large as good-sized Gladiolus corms, or about two 

 inches in diameter. These were planted at the same 

 time as the Gladiolus, and in the same manner, early in 

 May. They commenced to bloom early in July, and 



