254 THE GOLD MINE 



Pandora — A rich dark-leaved variety — as highly col- 

 ored and as glossy as a dark-leaved dracena. 'Next to 

 Black Beauty, the most beautiful dark-leaved variety. 

 Besides its beautiful foliage, it is a large-flowered vari- 

 ety of the Italian type, with flowers as large as Italia 

 or Austria, scarlet marked with orange, — almost the 

 same color as Mrs. Kate Gray. 



Tarrytown, the Finest of all Cannas — This variety 

 sent out four years ago for the first time, was very 

 highly recommended, but we are glad to state that it 

 has exceeded our anticipations in every Avay; we be- 

 lieve we can justly claim it is the finest canna 

 for bedding grown today. No variety approaches it for 

 display. The flowers are large but its particular value 

 lies in the earliness with which it blooms, the abun- 

 dance of flowers produced, its branching habit, and the 

 lengths of time the flowers remain after they open. 

 Another point of superiority is the fact that the flowers 

 are thrown well above the foliage, and the heads of 

 bloom are held very evenly, and so freely produced that 

 the foliage is almost hidden. One characteristic of this 

 variety which largely gives it its value is its wonderful 

 branching habit, two or three spikes of flowers being 

 in bloom on the same stem at the same time, producing 

 a mass of bloom. The flowers, which are an exceeding- 

 ly brilliant carmine crimson, have decidedly more sub- 

 stance than any other variety, and last for an unusually 

 long time. The stem carries no withered, dried-up 

 flowers, but is always bright, clean and fresh. There 

 is so much substance to the flowers that heavy wind and 



