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OF 



TUBEROUS-ROOTED BED FLOWERS. 



The distinction between bulbs and tubers is 

 not very well defined. If only those were called 

 bulbs in the sense in which Evelyn uses the 

 term, i. e. tunicated, or composed of abbreviated 

 leaves, there would be no confusion. The 

 introduction of the term hulhoiis solidus^ by the 

 early botanists, has led to much uncertainty 

 in subsequent descriptions. The first of this 

 character to be noticed is the 



