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in a light, rich compost of fibrous loam, leaf-soil, rotten manure, 

 and sand. Pot lightly, keep in the warm pit near the glass till 

 they have attained a good size, and then remove to the cool pit. 

 After flowering, ripen and dry off outside in full sun. Later in 

 the autumn shake out the roots and lay in trays of sand in a 

 frost-proof shed till required for starting again in February. This 

 should be done by placing in trays of leaf-soil and sand in 

 gentle heat, and pottmg up after they have started. 



There are now a great number of splendid hybrids of many 

 colours and shades — of red, crimson, rose, white, and yellow. 

 The following may receive mention : Double — Daphne, Khartoum, 

 The Geisha, Mrs. Pereira (Fig, 484), The Sirdar, Beatrice, Charlotte 

 Bronte, Diamond Jubilee (Fig. 485), Ivanhoe, and Queen Victoria ; 

 single — Ruby, Kitchener, Akbar, Bayard, Falstaff, Poetess, and 

 Rider Haggard. 



Brunsvigias are useful bulbs, very much resembling the 

 Hippeastrums. Grow in loam, peat, sand, and charcoal, starting 

 in February, and continue 

 to grow on after flowering 

 (in July) in the cool pit 

 during summer ; dry off 

 in autumn, and store in 

 their pots during winter. 

 Propagate by offsets. 

 Sorts : B. grandifiora^ 

 B. Josephiitce and var. 

 minor ^ and B. radula. 



Cannas are most ele- 

 gant plants, rivalling the 

 orchids in the richness 

 of their colours and the 

 shape of their flowers, 

 borne in July and August. 

 Propagate by seed sown 

 in the warm pit in Feb- 

 ruary, and by divisions 

 just after starting in 

 March. Grow in the warm 

 pit in fibrous loam, leaf- 

 soil, rotten manure, and 

 sand. Ripen off in a 

 frame in autumn, and 

 store in their pots in the 

 shed. There are many 

 hybrids, the best being 

 those raised by Messrs, 

 Crozy. The following may be mentioned : Italia, Austria, Aurore, 

 Alphonse Bouvier, Baron de Hirsch, Jules Chretien, Mme. Crozy, 



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Fig. 486. — Canna Florence Vaughan. 



