160 GAKDENING FOB YOUNG AND OLD. 



CALENDULA, OK POT-MAKIGOLD. 



The Pot- Marigolds are well-known and popular flow- 

 ers. They have been greatly improved, and some of the 

 new varieties are decidedly superior to the old kind. 

 Cultivation similar to that of Phlox Drummondii. 



COEEOPSIS, OR CALLIOPSIS. 



The Coreopsis is a hardy, easily grown and very showy 

 flower. It is best to sow the seeds in a bed by them- 

 selves, in rows fifteen inches apart, and thin the plants to 

 three or four inches apart in the rows. The flowers are 

 on slender foot-stalks over two feet high. The soil can 

 not be made too rich, or kept too clean, as much of the 

 beauty of the bed will depend on having the plants strong 

 and vigorous. A weedy, poverty-stricken bed of Coreop- 

 sis presents a sorry appearance, but if the plants are well 

 grown the bed will be very showy and attractive. 



CANNA INDIAN SHOT. 



The Cannas are now attracting much attention ; being 

 large, vigorous growing plants. Some of the varieties 

 attain the height of five or six feet, or even more, with 

 broad, long leaves, which look fresh and beautiful in our 

 hot and dusty weather. A fine bed of well-grown Can- 

 nas is very pleasant to the eye, and even a single plant is 

 very attractive. 



The Canna can be grown from seed the first year, but 

 to get fine, large plants the first season, it is necessary to 

 sow the seed in a hot-bed or in a box in the house in 

 March, and transplant into larger boxes, as soon as they 

 begin to crowd ; if the plants do well, they will soon 

 need transplanting a second time, and by far the better 

 way is, to pot them and place the pots in a hot-bed, not 



