Being familiar with the nature of this strikingly new Canna, we wish to give a few hints to your readers about the treatment of tubers after frost has killed the leaves. Unlike other varieties of Cannas the leaf-stalks of this sort are more fleshy, and the new eyes or side-shoots less prominent, and unless the tubers are kept growing after taking them from open ground before frost touched the leaves, or if leaves have to be cut off after frost killed them, the opening and drying off has to be done very slowly, and in a warm house, or the roots will invariably rot. The only really safe way I found to be to cut off only a part of leaves and bury the roots under a bench in a light and warm place when vegetation will be kept up all winter, or at least until new shoots show themselves.

Then only it will be safe to divide the roots too. Canna Newtonia iridiflora has the same habit and foliage, and requires same treatment. Its sole difference is in the color of its flowers, being of a lighter red.

I may mention that we have succeeded in raising a beautiful yellow blooming Canna, flowers same size as Canna Ehmanni.