THE EASTER LILY IN NORTHERN CLIMATES. De 
house. Bulblets form on the cut end of the scale, as in most lilies. 
The scales may also be incubated in a moist atmosphere in summer; 
the growth of the bulblets then becomes very much accelerated. They 
may be handled almost exactly like hyacinths in propagation, except 
that if they are not covered they require an atmosphere somewhat 
more moist. 
Fic, 11.—Propagation of the Haster lily by cuttings inserted in sand in a greenhouse. 
The results shown were obtained in about three months. A, a 4-leaf cutting in which 
three bulblets have developed; B, a cutting from the terminal portion of a nonflower- 
ing stem; C, the best of the bulblets found on the cuttings; D, a cutting from the 
terminal portion of a stem, showing bulblets formed above ground as well as below. 
CUTTINGS. 
Cuttings of side shoots and various portions of stems with three or 
more leaf scales stuck in moist sand will live and form bulblets in a 
surprisingly short time. Such cuttings, so far as is known, do not 
root, but bulblets form in the axils of their leaves and these soon strike 
root. Figure 11 shows this well. Such growth as is shown in this 
illustration can be made in three months or less. 
