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Mr. Nagel: Well, if the plants are strong enough we cut 

 them back to two or three buds; otherwise, we leave them six 

 or eight inches long. 



Prof. Connor: Is the Madame Plan tier considered a hardy 

 out-door rose? 



Mr. Nagel: Yes, it is one of the hardiest roses we have. 



Mrs. A. B. Underwood: For a garden flower for summer- 

 flowering, I consider the Crozy canna very valuable indeed. It 

 begins to blossom very soon after it is put in the ground. It 

 continues in bloom until the frost comes, making a brilliant 

 display. It is a bright scarlet in color, generally, although 

 there are also yellow ones. They are very handsome. 



President Underwood: Mrs. Underwood is not as enthusias- 

 tic ever the Crozy canna as I am. I wish that every one had a 

 lot of them, because I think they would enjoy them. The 

 flowers and foliage are very handsome and conspicuous. All 

 the varieties are very nice, and you can get a grand display in 

 your yard from them. 



Mr. Elliot: I don't think our people appreciate the beauty of 

 the Canna. There are a large number of varieties different in 

 foliage and blossoms. They are very easily cultivated when 

 you once get the bulbs started. You are going to have some 

 difficulty if you undertake to grow thera from seed. And you 

 may, perhaps, do as I have done many a time, dig up the seeds 

 to see whether or not they are sprouting. 



Mrs. Stager: Can we buy them as seedlings, as we do seed- 

 ling gladiolus? 



Mrs. Underwood: I think the most satisfactory way is to 

 get the plants, because many of the seedlings are not satis- 

 factory. 



Mr. Nagel: It is very hard to sprout the seeds without 

 soaking them. Soaking will not do very well either; it is 

 necessary to put them in a cup, and put boiling water on them. 

 The outside shell is so hard that they do not sprout very 

 easily. If you want to have satisfactory Crozy canna you must 

 buy the roots; you will never get them from seed. 



Miss Sara M. Manning: I want to ask for information about 

 raising water lilies. They are advertised extensively in the 

 catalogues, where it says they can be raised from the seed. I 

 got some nice tubers from seed, but I don't know what to do 

 with them now. The catalogues are very confusing. Some 

 say that one root will completely fill a tub, and others say that 

 you can get two or three in. 



