CANNAS 



The beautiful race of Carinas that we now possess was 

 originated by M. Crozy, a French nurseryman, who, by 

 crossing two species, obtained a new "break" of compara- 

 tively dwarf habit and with large flowers. Other breeders, 

 especially Herr Pfitzer and Herr Ernst, German nurserymen, 

 have continued the work of improvement by cross-breeding 

 and selection, with the result that a large number of beautiful 

 varieties are now available for the garden, both under glass 

 and in the open air in summer. In the warmer parts of this 

 country Cannas are used as bedding plants; they are lifted 

 in October and stored in a dry frost-proof place until March, 

 when they are started in a little warmth with Dahlias, &c, 

 and planted outside in June. They flower continuously from 

 July onwards. Grown in pots under glass they form hand- 

 some pictures of large green or bronzed leaves and spikes of 

 flowers, whose colours vary from rose to crimson, cream 

 yellow to orange, or variegated, as in that shown in the plate. 



