D2 BULLETIN 962, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
force them. [Even in very cold regions where the plants will not 
stand the winter climate, florists can still produce their own flower- 
ing plants, for by this method of propagation the stocks are 
Fic. 10.—Two stems of the Easter lily, showing the differ- 
ent character of reproduction. On the right seven bulb- 
lets 24 to 32 inches have been produced; on the left 
are 20 bulblets 2 to 22 inches. The former is much the 
more desirable, Photographed late in October, 1920. 
flowered in the green- 
house during the 
winter, having made 
their development 
out of doors during 
the summer. 
BULBLETS. 
In the natural 
course of growing 
the plants, besides 
the bulb or bulblet 
planted, there is a 
propagation along 
the stem of from 1 
to 30 bulblets which 
form in the axils of 
the leaf scales under 
the ground. (Fig. 
10.) 'Thisis the most 
common method of 
propagation and is 
ample for continu- 
ing the stock and in- 
creasing 1t from year 
to year. These bulb- 
lets are taken off the 
stems at digging 
time and planted to 
continue the propa- 
gation. Commercial 
bulbs can be pro- 
duced from the best 
of these in one year. 
They will not be so 
large as some com- 
mercial stocks now imported, but they will produce better. 
SCALES. 
The bulbs may be broken up into their individual scales, which can 
be planted in the open ground 2 inches deep or in flats in the green- 
