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absent, the bulb had flowered by means of the stem roots and then 
collapsed. 
Lilium Martagon and its vars. Chalcedonicum, Szovitzianum, Dalmati- 
cum, Humboldti, and others of a similar character, only produce basal 
roots. The root action commences about the middle of October or earlier, 
Fig. 17. -L. speciosum. Fig. 18. — Tigrinum Fortunei. 
and continues during the winter. Therefore, if it is necessary to lift the 
bulbs, it is best to do so before root action takes place ; for if the bulb 
be lifted after root action has commenced, and the roots damaged or dried, 
it receives a serious check, and will only produce a weak growth. 
I lift my bulbs early, and keep them cool and moist in cocoa fibre, and 
plant them again not later than December, when root action at once 
commences, and not much time is lost. And I think that there is not 
Fig. 19.— L. Concolor. Fig. 20. — L. Martagon. 
much doubt that the late planting of Martagon Lilies, and after root 
action has been checked, is the cause of their partial failure the first 
season. Species with two root actions, like Umbellatum, Thunbergianum, 
Browni, Batemannifx;, Longiflorum, Speciosum, Tigrinum, Henryi, Odorum, 
Krameri (fig. 24), &c., do not make such stout basal roots, and do not re 
