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ened in a cold frame, and should be planted out, either 

 from flats or four-inch pots, as soon as danger from 

 frost is over. They are particularly valuable for bed- 

 ding, as they have no insect enemies, and are not injured 

 by heavy rains. When they begin to ripen off, they 

 should be taken up, dried so that the soil will shake off, 

 and stored in a dry cellar. 



Of the named varieties, the following are recom- 

 mended for growing in pots, by F. J. Meech & Sons, 

 the well-known tuberous begonia specialists of Charle- 

 voix, Mich. "Double: Glow, bright scarlet ; Incendie, 

 flaming scarlet; Triomphe de Nancy, creamy yellow; 

 Mrs. Windsor, shell pink; Marquis of Stafford, crim- 

 son ; Mrs. Hall, white ; G. Bryceson, deep salmon ; 

 Lafayette, cinnebar scarlet (the only one of its color) ; 

 Mrs. Cornwallis West, very free, yellow ; A. F. Barron, 

 deep pink ; Terre de Feu, deep rose, flowers very large 

 and heavy ; Blanche Duval, creamy white, tipped blush." 

 As the best single named sorts for bedding, Mr. Meech 

 names: "Prince of Wales, crimson scarlet; Norma, red- 

 dish magenta; Queen Victoria, rose; and Mrs. F. A. 

 Willard, cream center, blush outside." There are very 

 few sorts that succeed better as bedders than selected 

 seedlings of good strains. 



THE CANNA.. 



Although most used for out-of-door bedding pur- 

 poses, the canna is quite largely grown by florists in the 

 greenhouse for purposes of propagation, and as a decora- 

 tive plant. For the former, the plants may be started 

 in midwinter, after they have had a short rest, first 

 dividing them so that there will be a strong bud upon 

 each piece, by placing them in shallow beds of very rich, 

 sandy compost, where they can be given sixty-five to 

 seventy degrees with a good bottom heat. After the first 



