48 CANNA 



Canna — continued. 



The seed, which is large, must be soaked in 

 warm water for twenty-four hours and then sown 

 ^ in. deep in pots, thumbs, or sixties, one seed to 

 each pot, filled with sifted cocoa-nut fibre peat and 

 sand. It is a good plan to file through, or nick 

 with a knife, the outer hard skin, avoiding the dent 

 where the germ lies. Water, and place in a bottom 

 heat of temp. 80° in January or February. In less 

 than a week probably the young plants will appear. 

 Pot on into larger pots as they grow, using loam 

 and cow manure with a little peat and sand, and 

 keep in a moderate temperature, watering with a 

 little guano as soon as the flower shows. In four 

 or five months from the time they are sown they 

 are ready to plant out in groups. The position 

 must be a sunny one and sheltered. Keep them 

 watered and syringed. 



Can'nabts — Hemp (from L. cannabis, hemp). Nat. Ord. 



Urticacece. 



C. sati'va. This ornamental plant is extensively 

 cultivated in some countries for the purposes 

 of manufacturing cordage, which is made out 

 of the fibre in the skin or rind. It is well 

 known in this country by reason of its rapid 

 growth and stature, reaching about 8 ft., but 

 in warmer climates twice that height is not 

 uncommon. It is only grown in gardens for 

 its foliage, which is light and elegant, and 

 usually in strong clumps in the border. It is 

 a native of Western and Central Asia. 



