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20 ins. to 2 ft. high. Leaves very small, of a light green. 

 Flowers large, yellow, spotted with red. Rootstocks 

 whitish, small, conical. A charming variety for edgings. 



Canna Plantieri. — Stems very thick, reddish below, 

 deep green above, 33- ft. to over 8 ft. high. Leaves 

 green, glaucous, lance-shaped, acute. Flowers large, 

 bright yellow, changing to orange. Rootstocks greyish, 

 rather thick, conical and cylindrical. A late and shy 

 bloomer. 



Canna Premices-de-Nice. — Stems and leaves like 

 those of C. A?inei, $1 ft. to 5 ft. high. Flowers very 

 large, bright yellow, sometimes dotted with salmon-colour. 

 Rootstocks conical and cylindrical, rather shorter than 

 those of C. Annei. A very free-flowering and hardy 

 variety. 



Canna rubra-superbissima. — Stems dark purple- 

 red, very thick, from nearly 6 ft. to 6£ ft. high. Leaves 

 broad, round, purplish-red, with a metallic lustre. Flowers 

 of medium size, light orange-red. Rootstocks brownish, 

 very thick, conical, crowded together. One of the finest 

 metallic-red-leaved Cannas. 



Canna rubricaulis. — Stems dark-red, from nearly 

 6 ft. to 7^ ft. high. Leaves dark-red, rayed and mar- 

 gined with purple-red. Rootstocks greyish, small, conical. 

 (Inferior to the preceding variety.) 



Canna rubra-nerva. — Stems dark-red, from 3^ ft. 

 to 5 ft. high. Leaves long and narrow, lance-shaped, 

 reflexed, dark-red rayed with purple. Flowers large, of a 

 cinnabar red. Rootstocks dark-red, very long, conical, 

 and cylindrical. Resembles a weeping willow. 



Canna rubra-perfecta. — Stems dark-red, from 5 ft. 



