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be brought into a 50-deg. house. Keep them in the same pots and 

 they will start to flower early in April. 



FIELD CULTURE FOR LATER FLOWERING 



Sow in March, carry in small pots and plant in the field in May. 

 Lift in October and heel the plants into a coldframe until the middle 

 of February, then pot up and let the plants come along slowly in a 

 45- or 48-deg. house. Don't make any attempt to force them in a 

 high temperature; they will not stand it. They can also be planted 

 out on a bench or solid bed where they will flower by early May. 



FOR OUTDOOR FLOWERING 



Sow any time from March to May; give field culture during 

 Summer; lift plants in Fall, overwinter in a frame, and plant out 

 where they are to flower during April. You will always find it ad- 

 visable to overwinter at least a part of your stock in frames, as 

 during a hard Winter they are liable to freeze if left out in the open, 

 even when covered. 



OTHER DESIRABLE CAMPANULAS 



Among the many Campanulas, C. carpatica, in different shades of 

 blue and white, makes a fine, hardy border plant of dwarf habit. 

 It is covered with small, bell-shaped flowers and should be planted 

 near the edge. C. persicifolia is taller growing and makes a good 

 cut flower; so does C. pyramidalis, and all of these are easily grown 

 from seed. If this is sown outdoors and the seedlings are once trans- 

 planted the plants will flower the following year. 



CANNAS 



The florist who says "We don't do much in Cannas, our trade calls 

 more for other plants for bedding/' would be far more correct if he 

 blamed this condition on the fact that although Cannas are becoming 

 more important as bedders each year, he has but little call for them, 

 because by not handling them and pushing their sale he manages to 

 have his patrons and himself get along without them. 



In few other bedding plants have greater improvements been 

 made in the past thirty-five years than in the Cannas. After Mme. 

 Grozy came out Gannas ceased to be just plants to be used for sub- 

 tropical planting or massing around a Castor Oil Bean plant with 

 Dusty Miller as a fitting border. Each sort is now planted in a 

 bed or border by itself according to the particular color effect wanted, 

 and we obtain a mass of blossoms from July until Fall. While Gan- 

 nas are most attractive and make the best showing when large beds 

 can be used, even in the small home ground they can and should 

 be used. Such grand varieties as King Humbert, San Diego, Mrs. 

 F. Gonard, or The President are showy even when planted singly or 



