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THE EASTER LILY IN NORTHERN CLIMATES. 5 
in a more or less advanced stage of stem development when repotted. 
The lower leaves gradually ripen and dry up in the same way, often 
leaving naked a few inches of the stem at the surface of the pot. This 
leaf loss takes place even when the plants have not been subjected to 
frost in the field. 
TRANSPORTATION OF NONDORMANT BULBS. 
The loss of the leaves naturally leads to the question whether it 
will be possible to produce seedling stocks, such as described, and 
transport them in autumn a reasonable distance to be repotted and 
forced. Experience this year seems to indicate that this can be done. 
Bulbs which had lost all their leaves were repotted and came right 
along in good shape, although in some cases they were not potted 
for four days after digging. Jt would not be surprising if it should 
be found feasible to wrap the plants singly in paper in a butcher’s 
package, even in the advanced rosette stage, and pack them tightly in 
boxes for shipment, but this has not yet eee attempted. 
It should be noted that this is very different from the transporta- 
tion of dormant bulbs, although it may not at first seem very dif- 
ferent, especially when the scat bulbs have lost their leaves. The 
bulbs referred to here, however, are in what might be called a vege- 
tative condition, in ieeecion from the imported bulb, which is 
dormant. The areca bulb has ‘a well-developed crown ready. to 
go on and function the next season. The seedlings set out in May and 
dug from the field in a vegetative condition in October have a crown 
also, but it is in process of growth and its growth will build up 
another crown for the next season’s development about the time that 
the plant blossoms. The fact that the bulbs ca1i lose all their leaves 
at potting time and still go on and function satisfactorily from the- 
same crown seems to warrant the conclusion that they can be trans- 
ported safely for moderate distances. : 
CARE AFTER REPOTTING. 
The plants are repotted from the field in all stages of development, 
from a rosette of basal leaves only to plants in full bud. (Fig. 6.) 
All can be potted in the same way and handled alike afterwards. 
It has been the practice to keep the pots on the benches in the green- 
house without heat from the time of repotting in October as long 
as the night temperature does not go below 40° F. As soon as there 
is necessity for heat a temperature of 45° to 50° F. is maintained at 
night until early December and then increased to a maximum of 60° 
F. The plants continue to flower during this period and from this 
time forward. 
