October io, 1888.] 



Garden and Forest. 



391 



Fig. 62.— Pinus ponderosa pendula, at Wodenethe.— See page 392. 



Startling in this direction. We recently noted some in Hower 

 at Tottenliam, especially good being Victor Hugo, a variety 

 with dark leaves, and large, bright red flowers, equal in size to 

 those of Canna Ehnianni, and Edourd Andre, with liowers of a 

 deeper red, but quite as large; Oueen Victoria, with spotted 



yellow flowers, was also good. 



half the attention they deserve. 



ticable, they are most ett'ective 



and serve an admirable purpose by carrying the eye gradually 



upwards from the dwarfer subjects usually employed in tl 



The Cannas do not receive 

 Where their culture is prac- 

 in the open air in sunmier, 



