VARIOUS 
JULY 
Color 
English 
Narae 
Botanical 
Name and 
Synonyms 
Description 
Various 
ITALIAN 
CANNA 
**C4anna vars. 
& 5), flowers rich carmine, leaves 
green. President McKinley, flaming 
crimson scarlet; large spikes. Prest- 
dent Cleveland; (color no. 19 more 
orange), beautiful crimson. Sir 
Thomas Lipton; very large flower 
spikes; rich crimson. 
Parti-colored vars.—Charles Hen- 
derson, (color no. 18 redder), crimson 
and gold flowers. &. G. Hill; (color 
no. 17 brilliant), “scarlet mottled with 
carmine.” Florence Vaughan, yel- 
low flowers beautifully spotted; very 
desirable. Madame Crozy; (color 
nos. 18 & 5), brilliant crimson-scarlet 
margined with golden yellow. Queen 
Charlotte; (color nos. 18 duller & 
pinker & 5), scarlet, edged with yel- 
low. Roslindale, (color no. 5 & center 
12), large spikes of golden flowers va- 
tiegated with carmine. Very desir- 
able. Souvenir Antoine Crozy, (color 
no. 17 slightly redder), large flowers, 
vermilion margined with deep golden 
yellow, very effective. Yellow Bird; 
(color no. 6 light), deep yellow, lower 
petals slightly mottled; profuse 
bloomer. 
Vigorous tropical foliage plant, un- 
branched, taller than the French 
Canna and having longer bloom. 
Short-lived flowers in irregular ra- 
cemes terminating stout stalks. Oc- 
casionally begins to blossom in June 
if started indoors. Largely grown for 
its handsome foliage = Plant in for- 
mal garden or group among shrubs. 
After frost dig up the roots and re- 
plant in spring when there is no longer 
danger of excessive cold. Prop. by 
division of root stock. Light rich 
moist soil. Among the best vars. are: 
Yellow vars.— Golden Sceptre, (color 
no. 5), deep rich yellow. 
Red vars.— America, (color no. 13 
lighter and yellower), large brilliant 
red flowers, dark red leaves. La 
France; (color no. 16 deeper), glow- 
ing orange-scarlet, glossy dark foliage. 
Pluto; (color no. 18 yellower), large 
flowers, deep scarlet. 
Parti - colored vars.— Alemannia; 
(color no. 11 & 3 edge), large scarlet 
flowers margined with vellow; broad 
leaves. Aphrodite; deep yellow flow- 
ers spotted with salmon-pink; green 
foliage. Edouard André; (color no. 
17 mottled with 11), flowers flaming 
red with orange spots. H. Wendland; 
Situation 
3-43 ft. 
Sun 
Time of 
Bloom 
July to 
ate 
Sept. 
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