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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . 283. Onion bulbs. 285. Corm or solid bulb of Gladiolus. dormant condition, during which period they are col-lected, dug, stored, shipped, sold and planted, like somany potatoes. This class includes, in addition to thetrue bulbs, many that are botanically known as corms, 286, Potato—E
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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . 283. Onion bulbs. 285. Corm or solid bulb of Gladiolus. dormant condition, during which period they are col-lected, dug, stored, shipped, sold and planted, like somany potatoes. This class includes, in addition to thetrue bulbs, many that are botanically known as corms, 286, Potato—Example of a tuber. tain iris, ginger, and many wild plants (Fig. 287 ; also,Pig. 53, p. 37); pips, the flowering crowns of lily-of-the-valley ; and certain other dormant fasciculated fleshyroots like those of peonies, ranunculus, etc. A varietyof bulbs is shown in Fig. 288. The true or feeding rootsgrow generally from the base of the bulb, the stems,flowers and foliage from the crown of the bulb, or theeyes. There is an exception to this in certain lilieswhich throw out roots above the bulb also (Fig. 289),The bulb is a storehouse for the plant, wherein is formed,after flowering, new stems, leaves and flowers. In fact,the bulb contains a new plant, which is protected andtained within the bulb by the rese
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