. 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. 259S. Round-petaled Tulips in a five-inch pot {X14)- 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 con
. 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. 259S. Round-petaled Tulips in a five-inch pot {X14)- 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 reproduction or perpetuation of the species only in case of failure of seed production. sufficiently developed to show, there is no mistake as to variety, and the plant's energies are wholly directed to bulbs, are â I' iffer in thi^ rf-i] I. Thr iiirr. ;isr is not far from tenfold an- nually; tli;ii N, 111., pill-,.lit liiilh will pi'oduce that num- ber of .iffsi-ts, wliii'li iiiiisl f^rown at least three years 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 nntiirc On LnnK Island the bulbs can be safely takt-ii up :iiiil .li-i.'il ntf within two weeks from the time the sicm^ .m- cui. the flowers are cut it will not do to 1. th. Ill on the hcls; they must be carried to ,. ].l,.|.... are not to be grown. If left they will, as the Dutch say, "make the ,' ^.iiind, healthy bulbs cannot again be proilii I ..II it until after a succession of grain and 'I' must not be returned to the same soil annually, a of at least two other crops being necessary tin- of sound, vigorous bulbs. A salable bulbs can be grown on a single 'I'
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