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Gannas to Brighten the Garden 
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flowers successively for many days. The 
only fault is that these panicles become 
ragged as the flowers fade but do not 
drop off—a fault which Antoine Wint- 
zer, the canna wizard who has scored 
the greatest advances in this flower, is 
endeavoring to breed out of it. I have 
found it no great bother to spend ten 
minutes a day picking off the blooms 
which have done their attractive duty, 
meanwhile keenly enjoying the “close- 
up” of these striking subjects. 
The dev'elopment of the canna as a 
bloom producer has not been at the 
expense of its distinct and effective 
foliage. Indeed, the appearance of 
tropical richness has been increased by 
the breeding and crossing to which the 
family has been subjected. The bright 
and lively green which is normal has 
been varied in some varieties which 
show almost wholly a deep purplish 
foliage. To this foliage variation is 
added an almost equal v^ariation in ulti¬ 
mate height, which in some sorts is 
less than 3', while others tower toward 
6' in their stately showiness. It is the 
right use of these height and foliage 
differences as well as the arrangement 
of the flower color-effects which makes 
cannas very useful in a garden. 
No other plant of easy culture is so 
promptly effective, I think. Setting out 
in rich soil the young plants received 
in late May or early June, or planting 
a little earlier the dormant roots, 
flowers will open in a few weeks, and 
those same plants will be increasingly 
effective until a positive frost nips them. 
In my latitude, fully four months of 
effect can be relied upon. 
I have made evident my dislike of the 
formal beds in which cannas have been 
used to make a garden splash, not in¬ 
frequently with an extra detriment in 
the way of an edging of coleus or some 
similar plant dear to the old-fashioned 
florist’s ideals. There are locations in 
parks, in some great lawns, that may 
be proper for these beds—without the 
coleus, of course,—but I have seldom 
seen them. For one such place, a score 
will appear where cannas do their best 
garden duty in a border, preferably 
with a tree or deep foliage background. 
Planted in front of evergreens, they are 
particularly effective. 
For example, place a dozen plants of 
the lovely scarlet President canna in an 
oblong clump where the evening sun 
strikes them at the edge of a woods- 
bordered lawn, and there will be nearly 
the same thrill of pleasure one experi¬ 
ences when the bright display of the 
wild cardinal flower is encountered at 
the line of the deep forest, far from 
any garden. 
Or, let a few plants of Snow Queen 
canna, which mounts only to about 4', 
take an open sunny spot in a hedge 
border, and the result will be entirely 
pleasing. The leaf-greens of the cannas 
are quite different from the average 
mature summer foliage hues, and they 
take the light to much advantage. With 
a little study of heights and colors, a 
border center, or a corner, may be 
given to a grouping of cannas that will 
be harmonious and attractive. 
If varieties of yellow and scarlet are 
used in such a relation, the rather bare 
legs of the cannas may be screened 
with French marigolds in front. For 
the softer hues of pink and salmon, 
similar dwarf zinnias are a good foot¬ 
ing. I have had pleasant results in a 
long border by planting the giant zin¬ 
nias of proper hues right with the 
cannas. Another suitable edging or foot¬ 
ing for the best of the cannas can be 
had if the blue and white ageratums 
are used. 
These uses of cannas will suggest 
other dispositions to better gardeners, I 
am well aware. It is to promote ad¬ 
venturing in this excellent garden sub¬ 
ject that I have thus written, and to 
remove the idea of coarseness so often 
associated with these flowers. It will 
be as well, also, to say that we are in 
America properly independent of Europe 
in the matter of cannas, for the pro¬ 
ductions of our own hybridizers are as 
good as any, if not entirely the best. 
The present effort is toward a branching 
habit in the plants, and there is also 
a hope for a really dwarf canna. not 
over 2' in height. The devoted IMr. 
Wintzer, who has worked with cannas 
for fully twenty years, sometimes man¬ 
ages two generations in a single year, 
in his development efforts. 
Just a few words about canna cul¬ 
ture may be in place. They are strong 
feeders, and need rich, friable, moist 
soil. After growth begins, they ought 
to have plenty of water, too, in the 
way of occasional thorough soaking 
rather than simple sprinkling. I know 
of no insect or fungous enemies to be¬ 
set them, and therefore no spraying or 
dusting is part of their life round. 
Cannas are not hardy, and the roots 
will not stand hard freezing, but may 
readily be kept over winter in a dry 
cellar a little warmer than is good for 
potatoes. These roots will do well in 
their own soil, or in sand. Yet as they 
are cheap, and attain full beauty in a 
few weeks from planting, there is less 
inducement to keep them over. 
Cannas ought not to be planted in 
the garden until the ground is warm, 
for they are truly tropical in inclina¬ 
tion. Plant the sorts you like in a 
proper place, give them an occasional 
hearty drink, keep off the withered 
blooms to prevent seed formation, and 
they will surely and pleasurably 
brighten the garden. 
