102 Subtropical Gardening. 



Canna macrophylla-zebrina. — Stems violet and 

 downy, 4 ft. to over 5 ft. high. Leaves dark-red, rayed 

 and striped with purple. Flowers red, with a perennially 

 withered aspect. Rootstocks very small, conical, closely 

 set round the tuft. This variety is very subject to 

 diseases. 



Canna metallicoides. — Stems violet, 5 ft. to 6h ft. 

 high. Leaves of medium size, dark-red striped with 

 purple. Flowers medium size, light-red. Rootstocks 

 small, with fibrous roots. 



Canna nervosa. — Stems reddish, 3 J ft. to 5 ft. high. 

 Leaves deep green, rayed and margined with purple. 

 Flowers small, blood-red. Rootstocks conical. 



Canna nigricans. — Stems purplish-red, 4! ft. to over 

 8 ft. high. Leaves lance-shaped, acuminate, erect, of a 

 coppery red, which exhibits a metallic gleam under sun- 

 shine. The old leaves lose their reddish tint, and assume 

 a duller hue. They are 2^ ft. in length by 10 ins. or 12 

 ins. wide. Flowers few and late, of a sad, tawny-yellow 

 colour. Rootstocks brownish, conical. Seldom seeds. 

 One of the finest kinds. 



Canna nana-superba.— Stems green, growing very 

 closely together, and from 20 ins. to 32 ins. high. Leaves 

 small, of a handsome green. Flowers large, badly formed, 

 of a brick-red, becoming darker as they open. Root- 

 stocks grey, small, conical. (A very inferior variety.) 



Canna nepalensis-grandiflora. — Has the same 

 habit and foliage as the type (C. nepalensis), but is a 

 dwarfer variety with better-shaped flowers of a sulphur- 

 yellow, sometimes dotted with red. 



Canna Oriflamme. — Rhizomes conical, stalks deep 



