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of the bulb, the other from the bottom of the flower stem. Second, the 
Lily that only produces roots from the base of the bulbs. 
Now it is obvious which Lily requires early planting and which Lily 
can be planted late with reasonable hope of success. Those Lilies that 
have only basal roots to depend upon must be well established before they 
can flower with any degree of success ; as, unless they are well rooted, the 
stem has nothing to draw from and feed on, except the bulb, which 
Fig. 16.— L. aukatu.ai. 
naturally suffers. Whereas those that have two root actions may be 
planted almost at any time ; for as soon as the stem is about 6 inches 
high, roots may be observed breaking out in small rings round the base 
of it, which grow with exceeding vigour, and help and support the stem 
to produce its flowers almost independently of the bulb I have often 
noticed when lifting L. auratum that those bulbs which had plenty of 
basal roots had new well-formed bulb growth ; whereas, when it was 
