. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 2595. Round-petaled Tulips in a five-inch pot {XH). soon as they appear; if not, nearly the whole of the plant's energies would go to the development of the seed, ânature's method of reproduction, âand the bulbs produced would be small and with but few or no offsets. From nature's standpoint the bulb is of cons
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 2595. Round-petaled Tulips in a five-inch pot {XH). soon as they appear; if not, nearly the whole of the plant's energies would go to the development of the seed, ânature's method of reproduction, âand the bulbs produced would be small and with but few or no offsets. From nature's standpoint the bulb is of consequence as a means of reproduftiiiu or perpetuation of the species only in case ot' taihuv of seed production. By cutting the flower-stems as soon as the flowers are sufiiciently developed to show, there is no mistake as to variety, and the plant's energies are wholly directed to reproduction by offsets which, from large bulbs, are freely produced. There is a great difference in varieties in this respect. The increase is not far from tenfold an- nually; that is, the parent bulb will produce that num- ber of offsets, which must be grown at least three j'ears before they can be sold as first class. By the cutting of the flower-stems the plant's period of development is materially shortened. The bulbs will mature at least four weeks earlier than the seeds would if permitted to mature. On Long Island the bulbs can be safely taken up and dried off within two weeks from the time the stems are cut. When the flowers are cut it will not do to leave them on the beds; they must be carried to some place where bulbs are not to be grown. If left upon the beds they will, as the Dutch say, "make the soil sick," and sound, healthy bulbs cannot again be produced on it until after a succession of grain and grasses. Tulips must not be returned to the same soil annually, a rotation of at least two other crops being necessary to the production of sound, vigorous bulbs. A hundred thousand
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