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take off keen edge, then poured it on and stirred rapidly 

 for several minutes ; then covered them up and left them 

 standing a day or two and had a beautiful stand. Soak- 

 ing in quite warm water a few days and changing the 

 water twice a day will do well and you take no risk of 

 overheating. Plant about two inches deep in light fine 

 soil. 



The following are described by & Co., Tarry- 



town-on-the-Hudson, N. Y. : 



Mrs. Kate Gray — This is an extraordinarily grand 

 canna in every way. Flowers are of gigantic size, meas- 

 uring six inches in diameter, much larger than Italia 

 or any of the Italian varieties. The Italian varieties, 

 in fact, are not to be compared with this variety in any 

 way — size of flower, freedom of bloom, or substance — 

 the flowers of this variety lasting as well as almost any 

 of our leading standard sorts. In color, the flowers are 

 very brilliant, deep orange, round and full, and are 

 thrown high above the foliage, making them very showy 

 and effective. It is one of the most effective bedders 

 we have. It is a very free bloomer, and bears a large 

 number of flowers on each spike. It is also a very 

 strong grower, and would be valuable on account of its 

 beautiful and luxuriant foliage alone, which is tropical 

 in its luxuriance, much resembling the Abyssinian Ba- 

 nana; but added to this are its gigantic flowers, borne 

 in large clusters, towering on large flower spikes high 

 above the foliage, and produced in the gTeatest pro- 

 fusion, l^otwithstanding its immense size, it is as free 

 a bloomer as any of our best standard sorts. All who 



