12 BULLETIN 962, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
HANDLING PLANTS THAT HAVE FLOWERED IN THE FIELD. 
At digging time the early seedlings (fig. 7) which have already 
blossomed in the field should be separated from the others and the 
stems cut off, but they can be potted like those which have not flowered 
and made to flower again by Easter, thus giving one small and one 
normal crop of flowers in 18 months from seed. They require no 
different treatment from those which have not flowered. However, 
if the florist desires, he can plunge them outside or treat them in all 
respects lke imported bulbs. 
Fic, 6.—A group of seedlings of the Easter lily of the 1919 progeny, selected from the 
field in late autumn to show diversity in development. Photographed a few days 
after they were potted from the field. All are of the same age. 
GROUPING SEEDLING STOCKS. 
As the bulbs are potted from the field it is possible to segregate 
them into five or more groups. One group will be in full bud and 
will blossom within 10 days or two weeks. Another can be made to 
blossom for Thanksgiving, another for Christmas, another in Febru- 
ary, and the last for Easter. The last group will include the most 
backward of the plants in the field which have not flowered, together 
with the early-flowering forms which are to blossom the second time. 
Of course, by holding them at different temperatures, all except those 
in bud, and possibly even those, can be made to blossom at the later 
date. 
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