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there will be from one to two hundred of these tiny 

 corms attached to a single bulb. You take these off 

 and plant them as you would peas the next spring. Of 

 course these will be like the parent root, while the seed- 

 lings will give you something new. 



We are often asked if paeonies, dahlias, cannas and 

 other flowers will not mix and change color by being 

 planted near together. 'Never. This is impossible. 

 The seeds will of course bring different results, but 

 merely growing side by side will never effect any 

 change. 



THE FLOWERS. 



While in Minneapolis in the summer of 1904 the 

 florists told me there was no sale for the flowers and 

 they went begging everywhere. Looking at the blos- 

 soms I did not wonder, for they were little, out-of-date 

 affairs. Not much like the grand, full, radiant ones 

 of more modern types. 



The Childs & Groff's hybrids and Burbanks outrank 

 the old sorts and by constantly selecting seed from the 

 best there is a chance for great improvement yet. 



When the first flowers begin to open, cut off the stem 

 and put it in water and it will keep on blooming a 

 long time. 



There is an almost infinite number of named sorts. 



Arthur Cowee of Berlin, N. Y., is quite a specialist 

 in this line and sends out a very neat little booklet with 

 various approved varieties and directions for obtaining 

 the best results. He has immense fields of them and 

 seems to keep at the front. 



