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The individual flowers are of good substance, 

 enduring the sun well. 



After the blossoms fade, the petals drop to 

 the ground. This is a special feature for which 

 careful selection has been made, as many cannas 

 tend to hold shriveled blossoms, thus having an 

 untidy appearance. 



ORIGIN OF THE NEW CANNA 



The Tarrytown canna was developed from the 

 type known as the Crozy canna, hybridized with 

 a native species of the Florida swamps known as 

 Canna ftaccida, a plant with extremely large 

 flowers of pure lemon yellow. 



The Crozy canna was a well-known horticul- 

 tural variety, developed in somewhat recent 

 years, which differs from the varieties that were 

 previously in vogue in that its flowers are very 

 large, notably attractive, and of varying colors. 

 Until the cannas of the Crozy type were devel- 

 oped, this plant was prized chiefly for its foliage, 

 the flowers being rather insignificant. But the 

 Crozy canna has large flowers, to casual inspec- 

 tion similar to those of the gladiolus. 



The Florida species (C. flaccida) that was 

 used to hybridize with the Crozy, has very fine 

 large petals, but the flowers are not lasting. But 

 it blended well with the other type, and intro- 



