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Alemannia^ foliage bluish-green. 
Kinds. flowers scarlet broadly edged yel- 
low, very large and good under 
glass; ^;//t'r/(:(?,bronzefoliage and crimson flow- 
ers with pale yellow stripes ; Atalanta, grows 
about 5 feet, with red-bordered leaves and flow- 
ers of orange and dull red ; A ustria.,ont of the first 
kinds sent out, conspicuous for its clear yellow 
colour, good in pots ; Burbank, clear yellow in 
the way of Austria ; Britannia^ a bushy plant of 
6 to 8 feet, flowers yellow blotched crimson; 
Burgundia^ smaller leaves of grey-green with 
brown margins, yellow flowers shaped like a 
Catleya, shaded and spotted with red ; Cam- 
pania, 9 to lo feet high, with immense leaves 
and yellow flowers paling towards the edges; 
Edouat'd Andre, gro^N?, 8 feet, with dark foliage 
and much-branched heads of orange-scarlet ; 
Hertnanri Wendland, 5 to 6 feet and bushy, red 
and yellow flowers in thick clusters and with 
a tendency to double ; Italia, an old kind, very 
strong, with scarlet flowers edged yellow; King 
Himhert, dwarf for this class, with brownish- 
green leaves and crimson-scarlet flowers of 
good substance ; La France, of bushy growth 
and dark foliage, flowers scarlet changing to 
orange-yellow ; Louisiana, a new American 
variety, flowers intense red, very large, the 
darkest of this class, begins to bloom early ; 
Mrs. Kate Gray, also from America, of dwarf 
growth, coming from C. Mdm. Cro-zy crossed 
with Italia. The flowers are more lasting and 
abundant than in most of this class, borne in 
solid heads of 20 to 30 and orange-scarlet in 
colour ; leaves ample and very stout, and rhi- 
zomes of distinct character. Pandora, of medi- 
um growth and bushy, pointed purple leaves 
streaked with green and vermilion flowers 
streaked and specked with yello\\»i: Partlienope, 
very strong, reaching 8 feet, flowers orange- 
red paler towards the middle of the petals ; 
Pennsylvania, a good new kind from America, 
rich red flowers, lasting and of great size ; 
Pluto, dark leaves and flowers of deep orange 
and red ; Prof. Treub, dark growths of 6 feet, 
very erect, and red flowers striped salmon-red 
andshadingto lilac-rose at the base; Rliea,6ie:et, 
dark leaves of metallic lustre and small flowers 
of intense scarlet ; Roma, grey-green foliage 
and yellow flowers shaded red ; Sicilia, flowers 
chrome-yellow with salmon spots ; Suavia, 
foliage-green touched with violet, and flowers 
of canary-yellow shaded orange. 
A few of the older giant Cannas are still 
grown for their massive effect when grouped 
upon sheltered lawns or beside water, where 
they reach a height of 8 to 10 feet in rich 
soil. Among these are Auguste Ferrier, with 
fine green leaves suggesting a Banana in their 
luxuriance ; Senator Millaud, in which the 
I leaves are dark, with clusters of red flowers ; 
and Madame foanni Sallier, a good plant in 
i foliage and in flowers. This was raised about 
1 5 years ago as a cross between C. lilijiora and 
one of the Crozy hybrids, and like lilijiora it 
has no time of rest but is more or less active 
theyear through, with^the result that it blooms 
I \X. all seasons and is <3ne of the best for winter 
flowers, deep salmon-red in colour more or 
] less bordered with yellow. For the open in 
j summer and the conservatory in winter, this 
I is still one of the bestjkinds. B. 
I IXORA. 
FoRjjiany years these beautiful East- 
Indian shrubs have suffered neglect, 
though why this should be is not easy 
to understand, for few stove plants are 
more imposing than well-grown Ixoras, 
i standing it may be 6 to 8 feet high and 
I with upwards of two hundred of their 
heavy flower-trusses. Such plants were 
commonly seen at the shows of twenty- 
I five years ago, and though the love of 
such specimens" has in great measure 
passed away, there are indications that 
the Ixora is coming back to favour 
through its value in decoration, though 
the smaller plants now in demand seem 
i £(^r beside the triumphs of a generation 
since. Their beauty is however of a 
more useful kind, for while the trusses 
I will last for two or three weeks, in- 
creasing in size and in depth of colour, 
the neat outline of the plants and their 
small pots lit them for table and room 
decoration, where they show to advan- 
