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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Canna—continued. 
bottoms, they winter safely in the open, provided their 
crowns are covered with 1ft. of litter or cocoa fibre refuse. 
But where the soil is wet and cold, or the situation bleak 
and unprotected, they should be lifted and stored away, 
as already described. 
Ac! variegata (variegated Achiras).* f. dark red. 
August. l bright sree green, striped with white and yellow. Better 
adapted for indoor culture than out. 
C. Annæi (M. Année’s).* fl. salmon-colour, large, well formed. 
June. J, large, green, glaucescent, ovate-acute, 2ft. long by 10in. 
wide. Stems vigorous, stiff, sea-green. h. bft. (R. H. 1861, 
470.) Of this there are many forms, the best of which are: — 
C. A. discolor (two-coloured).* fi. rosy-yellow, few, small. Late 
summer. J, seinieol’s, 6 me light red, 24ft, long, 10in. wide. 
pr darkred. h. 3ft. to 
fulgida (red).* J. ree -red, large, well-opened. J. 20in. 
ion Gin vain w ide, eep purple, erect. Stems small, dark red. 
C. A. bows gg jl. carmine-rose colour, small, few. Late 
summer. J. 2ft. long, very narrow, age erect. Stems dark 
green, with a reddish base, numerous. h. 5ft. 
C. Auguste Ferrier (A. Ferrier’s).* fl. dingo- -red, medium- 
sized. apn p orike oval, erect, pointed, deep green, with narrow 
stripes and margins of dark ' purplish-red. Stem green, very 
thick, downy. h. 10ft. = 
C. aurantiaca (orange). Jl., segments of perianth rose-coloured 
outside, reddish or upper lip orange, lower one yellow, 
dotted with orange. large, broadly lanceolate, pale green; 
margins slightly aatdlated. h. 64ft. Brazil, 1824. 
C. Bihorelli (Bihorell’s).* 7. deep crimson, produced upon branch- 
ing spikes in great abundance.. l. red when young, Pit to 
deep bronze with age. A. 6ft. to 7ft. One of the best. 
C. Daniel Hooibrenk. f. bright e, freely Laie 0 
l einen B eeg he, eats. wits becca margin. Stalk 
C; Depute Henon.* f 
. pure canary-colour, with a yellowish 
spikes numerous, 
, rising ora aaa the foliage 
toai a t ‘of 1}ft. l ovate-acute, erect. 
discolor (two-coloured).* fl. red. l v broad, ovate- 
oblong ; lower ones tinged with a blood-red ue ; upper ones 
streaked with purple. Stems h. 6ft. South 
wi 
America, 1872. (B. R. 1231.) 
eas eng = i, Bront large, with purple outer segmen 
rae Ga te-lanceola' paS tin, a 
scowl gine a le tinged. A oft, to Pee, Í 1820. 
(B. R. 775.) 
expansa-rubra sau’ J. large, with rounded bright 
purple segments. l. very large, gerard over 4ft. long, and 
nearly 2ft. broad, ovate, obtuse, spreading horizontally, dark 
red, Stems numerous, very thick. A. 4ft. to ft, 
C. flaccida (flaccid). /l. yellow, very large, not very unlike those 
of the native Iris pseudo-acorus. l. ovate-lanceolate, erect. 
h. 2ft. aam America, 1788. (L. B. C. 562. 
C. gigante: (giga antic).* fi. large, very ornamental, with orange- 
A, yoa peenaa and deep purple red inner segments. Summer. 
l. about 2ft. long; petioles covered with a velvety down. h. 6ft. 
South America, if (B. R. 206. 
C, indica (Indian).* f. rather ne, irregular ; spikes erect, with 
light yellow and lenges divisions. Summer. l. lar e, 'alter- 
nate, ovate-lanceolate. h. 3ft. to 6ft. West Indies, 1570. 
Fig. 359. (B. M. 454.) 
mn (magnificent). fl. orange-red, few, small. J. ovate, 
horizontally, green, rayed and margined with purplish- 
pria Stems violet, downy. h. 3ft. to 5ft. 
ae ). jl. rose, with a yellow spot on the 
S ieir Pronin, arken emanating porr reg 
agi l broa ovate-acuminate. to 
eae Asie) A 
ha i wie on blood-red, very large, only properly 
et l , 
Stem green, downy, somewhabreddish. A. 6fi. to aft, O 7 ae 
C. limbata y a h-red, disposed in long loose 
spikes ; spathes pil 
Native “country uncertain, 1818. GG 
c. 1. major gk r e 
f 
be ecm 2st. 8in. wide, spread 
downy. h. 5ft. to 6sft. Sp deep green. Stems 
a (blackish).* 1, -red, lanceolate, 
= Een Jong, 10in. to Iain, broad.” Stems purplish. kae 
the finest kinds. C. atro. has l 
h shade, passing into dark red, of a fi sony tata 
nceolate, acute. A, 3ft. 
711.) 
‘red, large. J. large, 
eeper hue than those 
ladies de Boe. bright 
a terma ay) Pe f brig! yellow, very large, Stems and 
ec ae agama ames fae 
ede he th a 
Canna—continued. 
Fic, 360, FLOWERING SPIKE OF CANNA SPECIOSA. 
C. speciosa (showy).* fl. sessile, i x pairs ; petals two, erect, bifid ; 
lip spotod, motil August. J. lanceolate. h. 3ft. Ni Nepaul, 
1820. See Fig. 360. (B. M. BIT.) 
C. Van-Houttei (Van Houtie’s).* fl. bright S. large, ve 
abundanti; profit. re aor ge 2ft. to 24ft. be raat i 
owe rayed and margined with dark purplish-r ae 
Warscewiczii (Warscewicz’s).* fl. with conti scarlet inter, 4 
gae purplish outer segments. J. ovate-elliptic, narrowed at both 
ends = Abe ed with dark k poha, h. 3ft. Costa Rica, 1849. 
re are seve fal vaoia of this id best 
the: ere Chater, with very large dark red leaves, and 7 with 
deep green leaves, rayed and margined with dark red. we 
brina = small. l. Sar ares. ovate, 
» ne dee pce pone » ode dark red, rayed with violet-purple. 
Stems date rick violet-red. he 6ft. to tee 
CANNABINACEZ:. This order, of which the genus 
Cannabis (Hemp) is the type, is Beie into Urticaceæ. 
CANNABIS (from the Greek word “kannābis, used by 
Dioscorides, and that from Sanskrit canam). Hemp. ORD. 
Urticacee. A small genus, of but little ornamental value. 
Flowers racemose, diœcious.* Nut two-valved, within the 
closed calyx. ‘The undermentioned species is a hardy 
annual, of easy culture in ordinary garden soil. Propa- 
gated by seeds, sown in spring. 
C. sativa (cultivated). fl. greenish. June. J, on long stalks; 
ts from five to seven, long, lanceolate, acuminated ; margins 
pod ig h. 4ft. to 10ft., or even 20ft. India, &c. This plant is 
cultivated very extensively for the sake of its val fibre. 
Well-grown L eave rat er an ornamental appearance during 
the summer [innethe. See Fig. 361, 
