Vol. J. 



FbORISTS' PUBUISMINd t.O 



I0-S33 Caxton Building. CHICAGO. 



CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 3, 1898. 



No. 10. 





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Combination Canna and Carpet Bed. 



COMBINATION CANNA AND 

 CARPET BED. 



The bed shown in the accompanying 

 engraving was one of a pair seen in 

 Lincoln Park, Chicago, last summer. 

 The cannas in the center are the dark 

 foliaged variety Egandale, which Mr. 



Stromback considers to be decidedly 

 the best dark foliaged variety to date. 

 In the center is a young Ailantus 

 glandulosa. which is cut down each 

 season, leaving only a few inches of 

 last year's growth. Around the cannas 

 is a circle of Begonia Erfurtae, the 

 culture of which was covered in a 



former article. The geometrical de- 

 sign that encircles the above named Is 

 worked out with santolina, the bronze 

 leaved geranium Bismarck, Achyran- 

 thes Lindenii, Coleus tessellata and 

 echeverias. 



The santolina is propagated by cut- 

 tings made in October, put in trays of 



