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THE ENGLISH FLOWER CARD EX. 



CARBliNIA. 



with a few corms of gladiolus. The 

 flowers of the Gladioli nestle among the 

 foliage of the Cannas, and lend a charm 

 to groups. 



LARGE-FLOWERED CANNAS. This is 

 a race of Cannas for which we are 

 mainly indebted to M. Crozy, of Lyons, 

 France, who crossed the Iris-flowered 



Cannabis saliva (Hemp Plant). 



Canna with the older kind. Here, how- 

 ever, they are more valuable for the green- 

 house than the open air. The plants as a 

 rule are dwarfer than the old type of 

 Canna, the newer French varieties rang- 

 ing between \\ ft. to 4 ft. in height, the 

 leaves of many shades of colour. 



In commencing the cultivation of these 

 Cannas, by far the best time to get them 

 is during the winter (say soon after 

 Christmas), when the rhizomes, then in a 

 dormant and well-ripened state, can be 

 sent by post. The list of varieties is now 

 a considerable one, so that a careful 

 selection is absolutely necessary, other- 

 wise some of them will be found to 

 greatly resemble each other, A few of 

 the finer ones are Paul Bert, Louise 

 Chretien, Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire, Capri- 

 cieux, Revol Massot, Lutea splendens, 

 Ulrich Brunner, Francois Crozy, Antonin 

 Crozy, Admiral Courbet, Felix Crousse, 

 Francisque Morel, and Antoine Chantin, 

 and there are many others. 



CANNABIS (Hemp Plant}. A well- 

 known annual of the Nettle Order, C.satii>a 

 being largely cultivated for its fibre. In 

 our country it is 4 to 10 ft. high, but 

 in Italy sometimes 20 ft. high. In 

 plants growing singly, the stem is 

 much branched, but in masses it is 

 generally simple. It is useful where the 

 tender sub-tropical plants cannot be easily 

 grown, well-grown plants looking graceful, 

 and are useful at the backs of borders ; 

 and a few look well as a separate group. 

 It should be sown in the open ground 

 early in April, and to get larger plants it 

 would be best to raise it in frames. It 

 loves a warm sandy loam, and is one of 

 the few plants that thrive in small London 

 gardens. 



CAEAGANA (Siberian Pea-tree). 

 A curious group of wiry bushes of the 

 Pea order which, as seen in gardens 

 generally, are not pretty enough to justify 

 their getting a place in this book, but as 

 the name occurs so often, and the wretched 

 appearance they usually present may be 

 in part owing to their being grafted, I 

 give them a place. They are mostly rock 

 or desert shrubs of arid regions in Central 

 Asia, and the species are C. arborescens 

 and its varieties, C. aurantiaca which is 

 the prettiest, and would, perhaps, be a 

 graceful rock shrub, C. chamlagu, C. 

 jubata, C. microphylla, C. pygmaa, and 

 C, spinosa. If we could get these curious 

 shrubs on their own roots the best place 

 for them would be the rock garden or dry 

 banks. 



dicta is a handsome biennial, having bold, 

 deep-green leaves, blotched and marbled 

 with silvery white. It is useful for asso- 

 ciating with plants of fine foliage, but 

 must have good deep soil and plenty of 

 space. It grows freely and luxuriantly in 

 a thin shrubbery, or on any bank of rub- 

 bish. S. Europe. Syn. Cnicus bcncdictus 



