soon as possible after the introduction of 
a first-class variety we should purchase 
bulblets or young bulbs if they can be had; 
but usually at first these are not on the 
market and we shall have to content our¬ 
selves with the first size bulbs, commonly 
known as old bulbs. Then our next con¬ 
cern is the causing of these to make the 
greatest possible number of bulblets; then 
the making of the largest number of the 
bulblets germinate and in their turn pro¬ 
duce the greatest increase. 
We can actually make the bulbs and 
bulblets do much better than they ordi¬ 
narily would, and have often obtained 
quite remarkable results. I recall reading 
a statement by an eminent authority that 
a single bulb has sometimes been known 
to produce as many as 200 bulblets in a 
single season. We have had several varie¬ 
ties average better than that, among them 
being Golden Measure which so many 
growers have claimed is non-prolific. In 
the season of 1922, two large bulbs of Mrs. 
Leon Douglas together made 943 bulblets. 
J. A. Carbone and Mr. W. H. Phipps each 
made over 350 bulblets. Some growers 
have said that Mrs. H. E. Bothin is not 
prolific, but the five bulbs of that variety 
shown in the cut averaged over 500 bulb¬ 
lets each and our other bulbs of it went 
nearly as strong, in fact when selecting 
them for the picture it was somewhat dif- 
