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year. After that they are usually less vigorous. If we 
want lots of bulblets we must plant young bulbs. 
It used to be thought that one must wait till about 
the third year before a bulb of good blooming size 
could be had from the bulblet. But by the methods of 
growing described herein we not only get a great many 
first size but even some extra size bulbs from bulblets 
the first season. They should produce their best spikes 
of bloom in most cases the second year, but it is seldom 
we fail to get some large spikes of almost every variety 
from the bulblets themselves the first year. At this 
writing, in the fore part of August, we have large spikes 
in full bloom of Dr. F. E. Bennett, Dr. Van Fleet, Die- 
ner’s American Beauty, Henry Ford, Jewell, Golden 
Measure, Purple Glory, Marie Kunderd, Stanford, Mrs. 
John S. Wood, Mrs. Leon Douglas, Arlon, Rose Ash, 
Wm. G. Badger, Mrs. Richard Lohrman, Golden Gleam, 
Ming Toy, Marietta, Topaz, from bulblets planted only 
about four months ago; and Mr. W. H. Phipps, J. A. 
Carbone, Elf, Mrs. H. E. Bothin, Wm. Kent, Jewell, 
Madison Cooper, Bengal Tiger, and many others, will 
soon be in bloom from bulblets planted this spring. 
When bulbs of any variety become cheap enough 
to be used for cut flowers, the bulblets have but little 
value; but while the bulbs are yet very scarce and high 
in price, the bulblets have a very high value, and, de¬ 
pending on the ease of germination, from five to ten 
bulblets are worth more than a first size bulb for pur¬ 
poses of propagation. 
