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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March , 1910 



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Making Money from Cannas 



A FRIEND of mine has a canna bed about 

 twelve feet across at the side of his house. 

 After putting the bulbs in for several years, the 

 clumps became so large that he was obliged to give 

 many of them away to his neighbors. The idea 

 came to him one day that perhaps he could sell 

 some of the bulbs, and he was astounded at the 

 quickness with which his first lot was bought. He 

 then sold in clumps, but experience has taught him 

 it is better to divide the bulbs into fair-sized pieces. 

 He grows only the red-leaved variety, for which 

 there is always a demand, and attributes the ready 

 sale to the excellent plump condition of the bulbs, 

 from which he makes between eight and ten dollars 

 each season. 



Plenty of water is necessary during the growing 

 season, and the bed should be well drained. Mix 

 with the soil a goodly supply of leaf mold and 

 plenty of coarse sand. 



After the growing season, the bulbs are lifted from 

 the ground and left in the air for a few days to dry. 

 They are then spread on the cellar floor and left 

 there for some days longer so as to insure perfect 

 dryness. The earth is then rubbed off and the bulbs 

 stored away in sand in boxes which are piled on 

 shelves for the winter months. They are inspected 

 frequently to see that no dampness, which speedily 

 ruins canna bulbs, has crept in. 



It is the winter storage that determines the con- 

 dition of the clumps in the spring. If they are 

 taken from the ground in the fall and put in some 

 corner that is not frost-proof or where the heat will 

 be excessive, the clumps will show rot or shriveling. 

 If, on the other hand, they are thoroughly dried 

 after being taken from the ground, and afterwards 



An average-sized clump of canna before being 

 divided 



The tops are cut off some days before the bulbs 

 are dug up 



