Archive image from page 142 of The culture of pot-plants in. The culture of pot-plants in rooms, greenhouses, & frames cultureofpotplan00davi Year: greenhouses ( BULBS IN POTS, BOWLS, AND GLASSES m Otherwise have been used in floral production. That they have a sufficient store for the purpose can be proved by growing hyacinths in pure water; they are then enabled to flower perfectly without any addition of food. The growth is, of course, at the cost of their substance—their internal supply—the bulbs diminishing in size and, unless subsequently Fig. 57.—Lily Bulb, with two sets of roots. p
Archive image from page 142 of The culture of pot-plants in. The culture of pot-plants in rooms, greenhouses, & frames cultureofpotplan00davi Year: greenhouses ( BULBS IN POTS, BOWLS, AND GLASSES m Otherwise have been used in floral production. That they have a sufficient store for the purpose can be proved by growing hyacinths in pure water; they are then enabled to flower perfectly without any addition of food. The growth is, of course, at the cost of their substance—their internal supply—the bulbs diminishing in size and, unless subsequently Fig. 57.—Lily Bulb, with two sets of roots. planted in soil or otherwise provided with food, eventually dying. There is, however, one bulb, or rather tuber, Sauro- mahcm guttatum sometimes called Monarch of the East, which does not need any additional moisture for the produc- tion of flowers. It contains not only enough food, but also enough water for that purpose. Placed dry and without soil on a table or a shelf in a room, it is able to flower; but afterwards, as previously stated, it must be planted to enable
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