Silberrad, Una Lucy, 1872-, Nixon, Mima, Lyall, Sophie, joint author · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 229
at it will begin to grow mouldy andgo bad. The moment it is put in earth or over water, in theproper season, the bulb, which is just beginning to be ex-hausted, pumps up sap so vigorously that it begins at onceto throw out roots from almost the first day, and growersdare not move them again, even a… … HYACINTH CULTURE AT HAARLEM 129 sucked up so quickly should cause them to rot, and theyeven consider it a dangerous process to change them fromone place to another, in the same bed, if they have been buthalf an hour in the ground. The roots, which are in such ahurry to show themselves when first…
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