134 PLANNING AND PLANTING 



them in boxes of sand in the cellar, the roots 

 packed upside down so that the juice may drain 

 off, and by this method, if you have a frostproof 

 cellar it will be found that the roots will carry 

 through the winter, and come out in the spring 

 with unimpaired vitality, ready to grow and 

 bloom for you as well as before. 



Before planting again the roots will need to 

 be divided, and they may be cut apart with a 

 sharp knife, leaving two or three eyes to each 

 division. 



Many of our flowers have interesting legends 

 connected with them, and not the least of these 

 flowers is the canna. According to an old Burmese 

 legend, the canna sprang from sacred blood. It 

 is recited that Dewadat, becoming jealous of 

 Buddha, climbed a hill and waited for Buddha to 

 pass below. Poising a large stone at the edge of 

 the hill, it crashed down into a thousand pieces at 

 Buddha's feet, and one small fragment striking 

 him on the toe drew blood. The blood seeped into 

 the ground, and from it there sprang forth the 

 blood-red canna. 



