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THE GARDEN OF THE WORLD 
in order to grow further. On the whole, it is a 
long performance. It takes quite a long time 
for carrots or daisies to grow to full size. 
A bulb, on the other hand, is juicy and fat. 
It is stuffed full of food and is all ready to grow. 
It doesn’t need much soaking. The tulip bulb 
has enough food for the use of the new plant. 
Consequently, as soon as warm weather comes, 
the tulip just shoots up. Before long there is a 
tulip blossom. Growing plants from bulbs is 
very much quicker than growing from seeds. 
But only a few plants have bulbs Most of 
these belong to the lily family. Tulips, daffo¬ 
dils, hyacinths, and all lilies have them. The 
onion belongs to this family too. Some flowers 
are especially fortunate to have bulbs. These 
are the early spring flowers that grow low on 
the ground in a deep forest. Because of their 
fast-growing bulbs they get an early start in 
the spring. By the time the leaves are on the 
trees, they are all through making and storing 
food for the next season. If they did not get 
through by this time, the forest would soon 
Bulbs are 
stuffed with 
plant food 
