THE CANNA AND CALLA 35 



duced an element of variability that facilitated 

 selection and development along the lines similar 

 to those characterizing the perfected Tarrytown ; 

 also the Burbank, Austria, and Italia, since 

 introduced. 



The Crozy canna is itself a hybrid, one of the 

 parents being a form known as Canna iridiflora, 

 a tall plant with long, dark green leaves, and 

 with a long drooping panicle of rich crimson 

 flowers. I have experimented with this form, 

 but have never known it to produce seed. 



The new cross that I effected between the 

 Crozy hybrid and the native Florida species, 

 brought together strains widely diversified. The 

 tendency to variation was very obvious even in 

 the first generation, as might have been expected 

 considering that one of the parents was itself a 

 hybrid. 



From the same hybrid strain it was possible to 

 select a number of plants showing individual 

 peculiarities that seemed worthy of perpetuation. 



The qualities developed in the Tarrytown have 

 already been outlined. Another race developed 

 simultaneously, through a different series of 

 selections, differed very markedly, in particular 

 as regards the character of the flower, which took 

 on so characteristic a form, and colors of such 

 elusive quality, as to merit the name of Orchid- 



