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sending out large fleshy roots from the base of the 
sprout and these soon become its main feeding roots. 
Some of its habits are more like those of the potato 
tuber than of the true bulb. The potato is a solid store¬ 
house of food for the eyes which are the new plants in 
miniature. The potato goes a bit farther and does not 
send out any roots from the tuber itself, but all roots 
grow out from the sprout. Now if the potato is sprouted 
in a warm dark place the resulting sprouts are long 
slender, sickly things and practically worthless, but if 
sprouted in direct sunlight the sprouts are very strong 
and sturdy and just right to produce the best crop. 
As illustrating the difference in the results which 
may be obtainable we will cite the case of a bulb of Ben¬ 
gal Tiger. This was a fine young first size bulb with 
high crown and just in the condition in which we might 
expect it to make the most bulblets. It was planted 
deep and without peeling or sprouting. It made only 
32 bulblets. The next year, though older and less liable 
to produce bulblets, it was peeled, sprouted in the sun¬ 
light, and planted shallow. It made over 200 bulblets. 
The 32 bulblets were peeled, soaked and planted under 
ordinary methods and gave about 68% germination. 
The 200 bulblets were sprouted in the sprouting cab¬ 
inet which we shall describe later and without peeling 
gave over 95% germination. Just one out of a number 
of instances we might mention. 
The grower with only a small number of the more 
expensive bulbs will find it profitable to start them 
indoors very early in the spring and transplant them 
later when the weather is suitable. By keeping them 
growing all summer, a month or two will be added to 
their growing season. This will add greatly to the size 
