. Commercial plant propagation; an exposition of the art and science of increasing plants as practiced by the nurseryman, florist and gardener. Plant propagation. BULBS - LAYEBS - DIVISIONS 73. Fig. 40.—Gladiolus corm. The sketch shows the method of producing new corms above the old one. Between the two corms small corms, cormels or spawn, are produced (See page 74) one bud for each layer of tunics or husks. Because of the man- ner of growth of the Gladiolus, a cormous plant, which is in one plane, these buds should have an opposite arrangement (see fig. 41), thus causing them to He in one str
. Commercial plant propagation; an exposition of the art and science of increasing plants as practiced by the nurseryman, florist and gardener. Plant propagation. BULBS - LAYEBS - DIVISIONS 73. Fig. 40.—Gladiolus corm. The sketch shows the method of producing new corms above the old one. Between the two corms small corms, cormels or spawn, are produced (See page 74) one bud for each layer of tunics or husks. Because of the man- ner of growth of the Gladiolus, a cormous plant, which is in one plane, these buds should have an opposite arrangement (see fig. 41), thus causing them to He in one straight fine through the center of the corm. With the Gladiolus, it takes from one to four years, accord- ing to the variety, for a seed- hng to produce a corm of blooming size. Every stem that makes vigorous growth has at its base a corm. Each corm has sev- eral buds, of which each one that grows will produce a new corm on top of the one planted. Seven Gladiolus bulbs of blooming size in one season has been reported. In this way the grower's stock is not only reproduced each season, but also rapidly increased, provided good soil and proper cultivation are given. The vigor and the thickness of a corm depend much on the proper maturing of foliage. If in cutting the spike Httle vegetative growth is left above the soil, only small quantities of food can be manufactured by these abbre- viated leaves, and the base of the stem, or corm, in which the food is stored, suffers. The failure to carry over stock is often due to cutting the flower stems near the surface of the soil, the corms thus being able to make little or no development The suggestion, then, is that if one wants an annual renewal of corms, care must be exercised to leave. 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 Hottes, Alfred Carl, 1891-1955.
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