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to 6% ft. high. Leaves broad, thick, dark-red, rayed with 

 purple. Flowers very large, well-opened, poppy-red, in 

 crowded panicles. Rootstocks white, small, crowded 

 together. 



Canna striata. Stems green, slender, 3! ft. to 5 ft. 

 high. Leaves small, very narrow, erect, glaucous-green. 

 Flowers yellow, speckled and rayed with red. Root- 

 stocks small, cylindrical, crowded at the base of the 

 plant. Inferior to C. picturata-nana of the same colour. 



Canna Warscewiczioides-Chatei. Stems dark- 

 red, thick, from 6 ft. to over 7 ft. high. Leaves very 

 large, dark-red. Flowers small, blood-red, in very large 

 panicles. Rootstocks brown, rather thick, cylindrical. 



Canna Warscewiczioides-nobilis. Stems deep- 

 green, tinged with dark-red, from 5 ft. to 6 ft. high. 

 Leaves deep-green, rayed and margined with dark-red. 

 Rootstocks medium-sized, conical, crowded around the 

 base of the plant. 



Canna Van-Houttei. Stems dark-red, vigorous, from 

 5 ft. to 6 ft. high. Leaves lance-shaped, pointed, green, 

 rayed and margined with dark purplish-red, 2 ft. to 

 2^ ft. long. Flowers large, well-formed, poppy-red. 

 Rootstocks grey, long, cylindrical. A very handsome 

 and hardy variety. 



Canna zebrina. Stems green, tinged with dark-red, 

 small, from 32 ins. to 3! ft. high. Leaves deep-green, 

 rayed and striped with dark-red. Flowers small, orange 

 tinged with salmon. Rootstocks whitish, conical. A 

 tardy grower. 



Canna zebrina-major. Stems green tinged with 

 dark-red, downy, of medium size, 5 ft. to 6 ft. high. 



