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FLORA AND SYLVA 
raised in America ; Marcus Micheli, very fine 
orange-scarlet spotted with carmine and bor- 
dered with yellow, taller than most ; Mosaic, 
clear yellow netted and spotted scarlet ; Oscar 
Dannecker, flowers deep orange and very dark 
foliage ; Papa Crozy, large flowers of orange- 
scarlet and purple leaves ; Paul Bert, flowers 
amber yellow, leaf deep bronze ; Paul Meylan, 
clear amber yellow ; Philadelphia, one of the 
best reds ; President Camot, flowers cinnabar- 
red, rich purple foliage ; Prof. Hugo de Fries, 
bright rosy carmine; Pro^rm/b//, an older kind, 
orange red with crimson blotches, good for 
spring flowers ; Riese von Stuttgart, chestnut 
edged yellow ; Reichskanzler F'iirst Holienlohe, 
among the best pure yellows, with flowers 
opening well together ; Roides Rouges, flowers 
deep blood-red ; R. Wallace, yellow faintly 
spotted ; Sophie Bucliner, a vigorous old kind 
with crimson-scarlet flowers very broad in 
petal. The long-sought pure white Canna now 
seems near at hand, Meriem Lombard in which 
the white was due to asortof bleaching,having 
given place to Boule de Neige — a pale yellow 
fading to creamy-white — and now to Mt. 
Blanc, a new American seedling with large 
cream-white flowers and bright green foli- 
age. American growers have also been work- 
ing to improve the pink forms, using Canna 
Pink Pjliermanni with success in West Grove, 
Betsy Ross, and others which have not yet 
reached us. In foliage one of the best new 
darks is Brandywine, with deep purple leaves 
and fiery flowers of good size and substance ; 
Mt. Etna, Chautauqua, and Hiawatha are also 
good for their dark foliage and handsome 
flowers. 
Good Winter Kinds. — Messrs. Cannell of 
Swanley kindly send us the following list 
of kinds flowering well in winter and early 
spring. Black Prince ; Duke Ernst ; Eliza- 
beth Hoss ; Hesperide, orange and crimson ; 
y. B. Van der Sclioot, yellow spotted red; Jean 
Tissot ; Mile. Berat, rosy-carmine; Mirijique, 
of dwarf habit, flowers orange-red bordered 
yellow; Mrs. G. A. Strohlein, amaranth-red; 
Niagara, red with yellow edges; Oscar Dan- 
necker ; R. Wallace ; and Willielm Bojinger, 
orange and scarlet. Those undescribed ap- 
pear in the previous list. 
{To be continued.) 
THE PINK CHEROKEE ROSE 
(R. Icevigata var. Rose- Anemone). 
This lovely single Rose is at once a 
herald and a foretaste to those who would 
fain see our raisers leave the beaten track 
and devote more of their attention to 
the crossing of wild Roses. Though 
of uncertain origin — having been intro- 
duced from japan in 1896 by J. C. 
Schmidt of Erfurt — it is evidently a 
cross, between the Cherokee Rose {R. 
Icevigatd) of China and some unknown 
Tea-rose which has given its free-flow- 
ering habit. Until well established upon 
a lofty wall or tall tree, R, Icevigata is 
too well knownas a shy bloomer, where- 
as this fine hybrid form flowers freely 
in its second year and is hardier and 
vigorous in growth. Budded on the 
De la Grifferaie stock, its shoots run 
to 5 or 6 feet the first season, and if 
undisturbed yield a mass of bloom in 
the following May and June. How beau- 
tiful are the large blossoms fully 4 inches 
across,opening with arich rosy-crimson 
shade, paling later to silvery-rose with 
veinings and marblings of light and 
deeperpink! Appearingfromthemiddle 
of May throughout June, before the 
sun has attained its full power, these 
charming blossoms last longer than in 
the later-blooming single kinds. Were 
it not for the fact that (in common with 
many other single Roses) the flowers 
close at night, this variety would be of 
value for cutting. 
In the garden its earliest blossoms 
lend charming contrast to other early 
species and varieties, such as R. spino- 
sissima altaica., R. acicularis^ R. rugosa 
I and its white form, R. alpina^ R. sericea^ 
