CANNAS 



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the plants get rather leirge, they should be placed in pots; those four 

 inches high are generally large enough. 



Cannas are tender and should not be planted in the open ground 

 before all danger of frost is past. There is no advantage in plemting too 

 early, for they do not make good growth tiU the ground becomes warm. 



Preparing Ganna Bed. Spread a wheelbarrow load of manure 

 over each square yard of soil and dig deeply; this means that the soil 

 needs loosening to a depth of fifteen to eighteen inches. The deeper 

 the digging the better will the bed absorb water. Large-leaved 

 pleuits always require lots of water. Careful attention must be given 

 to the question of the planting of varieties of harmonious colors as 

 well as of the proper heights. The following table of varieties is 

 supplied by the Gonard & Jones Co. : 



Cannas usually spread a little and, as .they are large growing, 

 should be planted at least eighteen inches apart. The Orchid-flowering 

 varieties require from twenty to twenty-two inches between the plants. 



