. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants ... Gardening; Plant propagation. 30 SEPARATION AND DIVISION. a little bulbel, or sometimes two or more, will appear at the base of the scale, as shown in Fig. 24. Late autumn or early winter is a proper time for this operation. These pots or flats may be plunged outdoors during summer if the planting was done in winter, or the scales may be potted off or transferred to the open border as soon as rootlets have formed. It is the common practice with most hardy species to allow the scales to remain in the original flats during
. The nursery-book; a complete guide to the multiplication of plants ... Gardening; Plant propagation. 30 SEPARATION AND DIVISION. a little bulbel, or sometimes two or more, will appear at the base of the scale, as shown in Fig. 24. Late autumn or early winter is a proper time for this operation. These pots or flats may be plunged outdoors during summer if the planting was done in winter, or the scales may be potted off or transferred to the open border as soon as rootlets have formed. It is the common practice with most hardy species to allow the scales to remain in the original flats during summer and to cover them the next fall, allowing them to remain outdoors over winter. The succeeding spring they are shifted into a bed or border, and by the next fall—having had two summers' growth ^most species will be ready for permanent planting in the flower border. A bulblet is a small bulb borne entirely above ground, usually in the axil of a leaf or in the inflorescence. Familiar examples oc- cur in the tiger lily and in "top " onions. In the former instance, the bulblets are direct transformations of buds, while in the onion they are trans- formed flowers. It is impossible to draw any sharp line of separation between bulblets and buds. In some plants, certain buds detach themselves and fall to the ground to multiply the species. Sometimes these buds vegetate before they fall from the plants, as in the case of various begonias and ferns. For purposes of propagation, bulblets are treated in the same. 25. Gladiolus corm (xj^).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, The Macmillan Co.
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