USEFUL FLOWERING SUBJECTS 77 



Cannas 



may be lifted from their summer beds in September, and 

 grown on in pots. Useful winter plants may be had by 

 removing strong offsets and potting in 5-inch pots in 

 September, using rich soil and placing in an intermediate 

 or greenhouse. Foliage as well as flower is ornamental. 

 Instead of planting the crown in early summer, these 

 may be kept at rest until August, when they should be 

 potted up, and kept in an intermediate house for flowers 

 through winter. 



The Rosy-Carmine 



(Centropogon Lucyanus) flowers freely under the treatment 

 given for bouvardias. When a succession is needed, 

 from December to March, four batches should be grown. 

 The first lot should be put in in March, and the others a 

 month apart later. The flowers are tubular, a couple of 

 inches in length. 



Chrysanthemums (Winter) 



Insert cuttings in frames or pots in the middle 

 of March. Keep shaded and sprinkle frequently. 

 When well rooted shift into 4-inch pots, using good 

 loam and well-decayed manure or other good compost. 

 In three weeks pinch the plants, and stand them when 

 frosts are over upon a sunny bit of ground. Shift to 

 7-inch pots later, pinch again, and plunge in the open. 

 Give clear soot water and other stimulants, varied and 

 weak, from August onwards. These plants require no 

 further tending, and will give a good number of useful 

 flowers, just the thing for January cuttings. It is wholly 

 a matter of choice whether the blooms are disbudded or 

 not. If not, the flowers are numerous but small, and 

 may be crushed. As a rule it is best to lessen the 

 number by removing all except the central bud and 



