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BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS 



can hardly fail to prepossess amateurs in favour of this genus. 

 When they have studied it a little they will find that it contains 

 plants very little less valuable than the old favourite named. Some, 

 such as pulla, turbinata, and carpathica, are quite dwarf; others, 

 like the splendid double white peach-leaved Campanula (persicifolia 

 alba flore pleno) and glomerata dahurica, are of medium height ; 

 while still others, such as the fine pyramidalis (which, however, is 

 generally grown in pots) are nearly as tall as Hollyhocks. The 

 Campanulas are mostly either blue or white. Some are annuals, 

 others biennials, and yet others perennials. The first are best raised 



from seed sown in spring, the second 

 and third from seed sown in early 

 June, or by division of the root- 

 stocks. 



Cannas. Like tuberous Begonias 

 and Zonal Geraniums, Cannas (In- 

 dian Shot) are grown extensively 

 for both greenhouse and flower 

 garden. They are extraordinarily 

 brilliant flowers, some of the colours 



being vivid in the extreme. The flowers are borne on long 

 stems, which stand well up above the large green or brownish 

 purple leaves, so that they are very effective in beds or clumps. 

 They are easily raised from seed, but this is difficult to get of the 

 best varieties, such as Madame Crozy, Italia, and Austria, and if 

 it were the colours might not come true. The plants form tubers, 

 which are lifted in autumn, stored under greenhouse stages, and 

 divided in the spring. Divisions form plants which keep true to 

 colour. Cannas love a deep, rich, moist soil. 



Canterbury Bells. The rise of some modern flowers has not 

 caused old favourites like the Canterbury Bell to decline, nor is 

 it likely to do so, considering how powerful its claims are. Its 

 compact habit, great profusion of bloom, brilliant colours, duration, 



PLANTING SEEDLINGS IN NURSERY BEDS 



A, distance between the rows ; B, distance 

 between the plants in the rows. 



