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the species, as Edulis, being grown extensively in Peru 
and the Sandwich Islands as a vegetable. Arrow-root is 
also made from this species. Propagated by seeds, or 
more commonly by division of tubers, which should be 
kept during the Winter like Dahlias in this section and © 
in the North. South of this point, however, they may 
remain in the ground undisturbed and will come up in 
the Spring. Some new kinds introduced within the past 
few years have decided merit, namely, Ehemanni and 
Nautoni. The variety Flaccida isa beautiful little native 
found in the swamps of Florida and other Southern 
States, and is one of the most effective of all Cannas for 
gardens. The flowers are from three to four inches long 
and are of a delicate lemon yellow, with a peculiar 
crimped or waved margin, giving a most pleasant effect. 
PANDANUS. 
ao HIS is an extensive genus of ornamental trees found 
== in the East Indian Islands, and are frequently called 
Screw Pine. The leaves are imbricated and embrace the 
stem, bearing some resemblance to those of the Pine 
Apple, and are from three to five feet long, placed in 
three spiral rows around the extremity of the branches, 
which gives it a screw like appearance, hence the name. 
For a vase plant on a lawn in the South a Pandanus 
makes a graceful object, and can be used in many other 
ways with fine effect. The flowers of Odoratissimus 
yield a most delightful fragrance, for which it is largely 
cultivated in Japan. Utilis, which best deserves the 
name of Screw Pine, is the species most frequently met 
in our greenhouses, and is perhaps the most valuable of 
any plant used in decoration, as it withstands gas, dust, 
and ill usage better than almost any known plant. It is 
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