Bulb
a scaly body, formed at or beneath the surface of the ground, sending roots downward from its lower part and a stem upward from its center. It propagates itself by developing new bulbs in the axils of the scales, of which it is formed. There are two kinds of bulbs: (1) A tunicated bulb, literally a coated bulb, that is, a bulb furnished with a tunic or covering of scales, tho outer series of which is thin and membranous, example, the onion; and (2) a naked bulb, or one in which the outer scales are not membranous and united, $14,360,000 but distinct and fleshy like the inner 39,000,000 5,500,000 ones; example, the lilies. The so-called 4,360,000 solid bulb of the crocus is, properly 7,430,000 speaking, not a bulb at all, but an un- 990,000 $71,640,000 BUITENZORG ("without care"), a favorite residential town in the island of Java, about 40 miles S. of Batavia, with which it is connected by rail. It contains a fine palace of the governor-general, celebrated botanic gardens, etc. Pop. about 25,000.