PROPACATING HYACINTHS.
• vlt takes > jab.oiit ,/six;year s, t obr ill r -an- infant : fiyacinth to, a 'flowe'ring/stage// v " T|he'method ' .';F)ons£ ! s;:;,]Jx^ '''iAa^gVtwo'^tfr^tKrMXoifef^aoE^S'J^/baS® When/placed. on not ;;b"ef>VnUml»ers-v we're formed, at' th6..in i 4rgin;of reaGh''slit. -This,' lio'wpver.v did' not givo l . the/desired .number, of/offsets .and ;'a -new method ''has./been dis&ed|V> jMiii&\is.'tfse.'•;.As .soon ■ as-'dug, .the :bulbs /are taken-jand • the ./base ■scooped. butJso.:tliat;al'large" bowl-like .cavity. ■ Ms formed,' lineel:witli-theVtraiisverse-' surfaces ■ of' ; the fleshy ■scale's. 1 :trhe ,bulb^:,are then. pnt: - out" inithe field;and;covered,with'• sand,and ' left. there; for 'fourteen * days ' (this' heals up. .'. the bulb' where- it has 'been "cut), " after which ' they; are' 1 taken - into a shed ; arid;/spread. on. a rack.' ." : Aftor ' several' days it will bp found : '.it'iitliio .-.surfaces^-Qf/.tli© ■_ sctalesl - inside [the cavity 'Have'.-'formed / a- 'large' riutiiber •■ of . young bulbs " ofvery. ' Btnall 'size, representing ,so many / individual' plantsV - .These / are allowed to /remain .'the're;untili 'tho.. tissues-'of' the 'parent-bulb'have all dried,out and.aro.'thou open ground. _ • >.."-It • takes,' six^;yearsto .grow, a' full-sized hyacinth', from.:.such'.;a:- bulblet.''i*' ...;.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 80, 28 December 1907, Page 3
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158PROPACATING HYACINTHS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 80, 28 December 1907, Page 3
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