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bell-shaped flowers. The Canterbury Bell is the best known. 

 It is biennial, but if started early and transplanted will 

 bloom the first season. The perennial Campanulas are 

 most excellent for borders. C. Carpatica is particularly 

 good for edgings. 



Canary Bird Flower. See Nasturtium. 



Candytuft. Well known sweet-scented hardy 

 annuals, in red, purple, and white; easy of 

 culture and fine for cutting. One of the 

 best of edging plants for the front row. The 

 plants grow from 6 in. to 1 ft. tall. Sow 

 seeds where the plants are to grow, letting 

 plants stand 6-12 in. apart. They do not 

 last the entire season, and successive sow- 

 ings may well bo made. There are also perennial kinds. 



Canna is now the favorite bedding plant. The 

 improvements made in the past ten years, in size and 

 markings of the flowers, have created a liking for the plant. 

 The tropical effect of a large bed of Cannas, either mixed 

 or of one color, is not surpassed by any other plant used for 

 bedding purposes. 



The Canna may be grown from seed and had in bloom 

 the first year by sowing in February or March, in 

 boxes or pots placed in hotbeds or warmhouse, first 

 soaking the seeds in warm water for a short time. Atten- 

 tion to transplanting as needed and removal to the ground 

 only when it is well warmed are the necessary requirements. 

 The majority of Cannas, however, are grown from pieces of 

 the roots (rhizomes), each piece having a bud. The roots 

 may be divided at any time in the winter, and if early 

 flowers and foliage are wanted the pieces may be planted in 

 a hotbed or warmhouse in early April, started into growth 

 and planted out where wanted as soon as the ground has 

 warmed and all danger of frost is over. A hardening of the 

 plants, by leaving the sash off the hotbeds, or setting the 



