CHAP. V. ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 359 



Canna. 



INDIAN SHOT. 



Ukul-lMr. 



A very numerous genus, between the several species of which 

 there is so great a similarity of character as to make it needless 

 to retain in the garden more than some two or three of the best. 

 They all have large lanceolate leaves, grow about three feet 

 high, and are apt to become exceedingly troublesome by 

 throwing up suckers for a great distance around. Most easily 

 propagated either by division of roots or by seed. 



C. Annsei. Described as bearing a robust stem more than six 

 feet high, with numerous heads of large flowers, orange-yellow 

 externally, and orange-red within; C. gigantea, with scarlet 

 flowers, and C. zebrina are mentioned in the 'Gardeners' 

 Chronicle,'* as most worthy of cultivation; but I have not yet 

 met with either of these here. The following are those I have 

 observed in cultivation in this country : 



1. C. Indica. The well-known species, native of India, and 

 found almost everywhere, constantly in blossom, with its small 

 but vivid crimson-scarlet flowers. 



2. Var. lutea. A variety with yellow flowers. 



3. C. Roscceana. Has orange-coloured flowers, spotted and 

 striped with crimson. 



4. C. edulis. Has small crimson flowers, with the lower lip 

 striped. 



5. C. Achiras. Has also crimson-scarlet flowers. 



6. C. Schubertii. Has crimson-scarlet flowers, somewhat 

 larger than any of the preceding. 



7. C. glauca. Has narrow glaucous-green leaves, and bears 

 rather large, pale, lemon-yellow flowers. 



8. C. Warscewiczii. This is beyond comparison the most 

 beautiful of any of the species met with in India ; bears brilliant 

 crimson flowers, admirably set off by the stems, which are of a 

 rich chocolate-brown, as well as by the leaves, which are striped 

 and edged with the same colour. 



9. C. discolor. Has large crimson flowers, with the leaves and 

 stems somewhat similar to the last, but not so handsome. 



* No. for May 1st, 1862. 



