Agriculture for beginners . flat stem is carefully scrapedawav to expose the base of the buds. The bulbs are then putin heaps and covered with sand. In a few weeks each budhas formed a little gardener plants thewhole together to growone season, after whichthe little bulbs are sepa-rated and grown intofull-sized bulbs for bulbs, like thenarcissus or the daffodil,form new bulbs thatseparate without beingscraped. There are some otherplants which have under-ground parts that arecorfimonly called bulbsbut which are not bulbsat all; for example, the gladiolus and the caladium. or
Agriculture for beginners . flat stem is carefully scrapedawav to expose the base of the buds. The bulbs are then putin heaps and covered with sand. In a few weeks each budhas formed a little gardener plants thewhole together to growone season, after whichthe little bulbs are sepa-rated and grown intofull-sized bulbs for bulbs, like thenarcissus or the daffodil,form new bulbs thatseparate without beingscraped. There are some otherplants which have under-ground parts that arecorfimonly called bulbsbut which are not bulbsat all; for example, the gladiolus and the caladium. or elephants ear. Their under-ground parts are bulblike in shape, but are reallv solid flat-tened stems with eyes like the underground stem of the Irishpotato. These parts are called conns. Thev mav be cut intopieces like the potato and each part will grow. The dahlia makes a mass of roots that look greatly likesweet potatoes, but there are no eyes on them as there areon the sweet potato. The only eyes are on the base of the. Fig. 99. A Clematis 112 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS stem to which they are joined. They may be sprouted Hkesweet potatoes and then soft cuttings made of the greenshoots, after which they may be rooted in the greenhouseand later planted in pots. There are many perennial plants that will bloom the firstseason when grown from the seed, though such seedlingsare seldom so good as the plants from which they are generally used to originate new varieties. Seedsof the dahlia, for instance, can be sowed in a box in a warmroom in earlv March, potted as soon as the plants are large
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