CANNAS 



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Preparing Canna Bed 



Spread a wheelbarrow load of well-rotted manure over each square 

 yard of soil and dig deeply: the soil should be loosened to a depth of 

 fifteen to eighteen inches. The deeper the digging the better will the 

 bed absorb water. Large-leaved plants always require lots of water. 

 Careful attention must be given to the question of the planting of va- 

 rieties of harmonious colors as well as of the proper heights. We give 

 herewith a list of select varieties: 



Eureka, white, ft. high. Sensation, pink, 3 ft.; City of Port- 

 land, pink, ft. King Humbert, red, 4)^ to 5 ft.; Meteor, red, 

 5 ft.; Firebird, red, 4 ft.; Fiery Cross, red, 4 ft. Favorite, yellow and 

 variegated, 43^ ft.; Panama, yellow and variegated, 3 ft.; San Diego, 

 yellow and variegated, 4 ft. 



A supplementary Ust of equally fine varieties contains the follow- 

 ing: Wyoming, reddish bronze leaves and ochre colored flowers; tall 

 and good; Richard Wallace, soft creamy prinu-ose trusses and green 

 foliage; effective and desirable: compact habit; Venus, deep pink 

 flowers, dark green foliage, sturdy grower: Souv. de Anthony Crozy, 

 brilliant scarlet and gold, flowers large, a free bloomer and dwarf; 

 J. D. Eisele, rich orange scarlet, 5 ft., one of the very best. Rosea 

 Gigantea, has immense flowers of a deep old rose color; one of the 

 finest and most beautiful; Mrs. Alfred Conard, salmon pink, large 

 and fine; Feurnur, intense orange, 5 ft., a good Canna; Gustav Gump- 



Even as a foliage plant, without flowers, the Canna is beautiful 



