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PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS 



MUSA 



reddish-purple, flamed and striped, height 

 4-5 ft. 



Aphroddte, broad green leaves, large 

 golden-yellow flowers spotted salmon, 

 height 6 ft. 



Asia, dark green foliage, large flowers 

 of a rich golden-yellow, inner petal dotted 

 scarlet, height 3 ft. 



Atalanta, very large deep orange- 

 carmine flowers, foliage greyish-green 

 with dark border. 



Australia, very large salmon-red 

 flowers, striped sulphur-yellow, foliage 

 dark green with brown border. 



Austria, stems 6-9 ft. high, flower 

 large bright canary-yellow dotted brown. 



Bavaria, large green leaves with a 

 bluish hue, very large spikes of flowers 

 of a briUiant golden-yeUow, covered all 

 over with scarlet spots ; extremely hand- 

 some, height 3 ft. 



Borussia, green leaves, flowers canary- 

 yellow with a golden hue, and red spots, 

 height 3-4 ft. 



Ca/mpamia, large flowers, innei* petals 

 chrome-yellow with carmine spots, outer 

 petals sulphur-yellow, glaucous fohage. 



Cha/rles Naudin, very large salmon- 

 red flowers, fohage dark green bordered 

 brown. 



H. WendUmd, broadgreen leaves, large 

 flowers ; petals scarlet, with a golden- 

 yellow border ; height 4 ft. 



Heimrich Seidel, green leaves, flowers 

 of a vivid fiery red, with yellow border ; 

 height 3 ft. 



Iberia, glaucous leaves, flowers 

 golden - yellow with red border, inner 

 petals crimson, height 3 ft. 



Italia, 4-8 ft. in height, flowers large, 

 scarlet, tinged at the tips and margined 

 yellow. 



Kronas, broad sea-green leaves, 

 flowers rich sulphur-yellow, spotted red, 

 height 3 ft. 



La France, leaves of a splendid pur- 

 ple, flowers brilliant yellowish-scarlet ; 

 height 4 ft. 



Oceamus, bright green leaves, flowers 

 yellow, spotted red, very beautiful, height 

 3 ft. 



Pandora, purple leaves, flowers fiery 

 red, the borders and inside of petals are 

 gold-flamed ; height 3 ft. 



Partimope, sea-green leaves, flowers 

 vivid dark orange-yellow, height 3 ft. 



Perseus, glaucous green foliage, 



flowers canary-yellow with scarlet pen- 

 cillings, height 3 ft. 



Pluto, large purple fohage, extra large 

 flowers, of a scarlet-purple, flamed red 

 inside, height about 3 ft. 



Professor Treub, large scarlet flowers, 

 striped with salmon, broad bronze foliage, 

 with a deep green hue. 



Soma, large yellow flowers flamed 

 with salmon-red, glaucous green fohage. 



Suevia, Banana-hke leaves, slender 

 stalks, very large flowers, of a pure 

 canary-yellow, and bronzed inside. 



Trimacria, large and numerous 

 sulphur-yellow flowers, green fohage. 



William BecTc, green leaves, sulphur- 

 yellow flowers with scarlet penciUings. 



MUSA (Banana). — The Bananas are 

 very closely related to the Cannas, but 

 differ in having 5 out of the 6 stamens 

 normal, the sixth one being represented 

 by a small awl-like body without an 

 anther, and there are no brightly coloured 

 staminodes as in Canna. The only 

 species of any value for the outdoor 

 garden during the summer months is 

 M. Ensete, an Abyssinian species with 

 a thickish stem 1-3 ft. in diameter at the 

 base, and attaining a height of 10-20 ft. 

 The more or less erect oblong leaves 

 when fuUy developed are 12-16 ft. long, 

 2-4 ft. wide, of a bright pleasing green, 

 and a beautiftd broad bright crimson 

 midrib. 



Culture and Propagation. — In warm 

 parts of the country the effects of a group 

 of plants of Mwsa Ensete can be well 

 imagined. Even in midland and northern 

 parts of the country this species may be 

 grovm outside in warm, sheltered, but 

 not confined nooks, during the summer 

 months, to give a tropical aspect to the 

 vegetation. In autumn the plants may 

 be Ufted and stored on shelves in green- 

 houses. The leaves should be tied up 

 and the roots covered with soil or a piece 

 of matting. In early spring the plants 

 may be started into growth like the 

 Cannas, potting them up, or planting in 

 a warm and moist corner of the green- 

 house, and gradually hardening them off 

 so as to be ready for the open air by the 

 first week in June. Where large con- 

 servatories exist M. Ensete forms an 

 ornamental subject planted out in beds of 

 rich well-manured soil. 



