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grown only for their curious leaves. These roots 

 are tender and must be taken up when frost comes. 



Calla Lilies love lots of warm weather, and much 

 water. People living in the South can have them 

 in their gardens, but my Northern friends must 

 plant them in pots. Make holes in the garden and 

 sink the pot in the holes, just before frost take 

 them up, pot and all, and put them in a sunny win- 

 dow in the house where they will bloom. But in 

 the South they will bloom out of doors. I remember 

 years ago seeing the street cleaning department of 

 the City of Mexico digging calla lilies out of the 

 ditches. They were such a large, strong weed they 

 choked the gutters. 



Hyacinthus Candicans is a wonderful flower! 

 The bulbs should be planted pretty deep six 

 inches at least; the broad leaf comes up in spring 

 and along about August (here where I live) a tall 

 flower spike is sent up then the wonderful white 

 bell-shaped flowers begin to open and keep up a 

 procession of bloom for a long time. My children 

 call them "Giant Lilies of the Valley," 



Tuberoses: Probably no flower has a stronger 

 perfume than these and it is a perfume many peo- 

 ple are very fond of. The flowers are a creamy 

 white, thick and wax-like, growing on a stiff, 



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