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for this notch and not large enough to fill the %-inch 
notch it would be No. 5 and so on. 
Of the very high priced bulbs there is usually not 
sufficient quantity to grade and they are frequently 
listed as first size, half size and quarter size, with prices 
ranging accordingly. 
Some varieties, like Purple Glory, lor instance, 
make very large bulblets, as well as medium sized and 
small ones. The bulblets of such varieties are often 
graded into three sizes known as: Large, Medium and 
Small. On the other hand, some varieties make very 
small bulblets; a large bulblet of Mrs. Dr. Norton would 
be about the same size as a small bulblet of Purple Glory. 
• In the sale of bulblets, those which will pass through 
an 8-mesh screen should not be included. It has also 
become quite customary to give an additional 10% in 
count. Liberality will be remembered where price has 
long been forgotten. 
BULBS AND BULBLETS 
Small bulbs are sometimes called bulblets, but this 
is erroneous. A bulb is a bulb regaidless of size. A 
bulb grows from the eye of another bulb, bulblet or 
seed. & Bulblets grow on rootlike stems produced at the 
base of new bulbs. We sometimes speak of bulblets 
produced from bulblets, but this is not literally tiue, 
bulblets from bulblets really grow on stems from the 
base of the new bulb growing on top of the original 
bulblet. 
Bulbs are enclosed in several layers of paper-like 
coverings. Bulblets are encased in hard shells. Some- 
