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ORNAMENTAL-FOLIAGED AND SUB-TROPICAL PLANTS. 
No. 
1545 
1546 
1547 
1548 
1549 
1550 
1551 
1,5.52 
1.553 
1.554 
1555 
1556 
1557 
1.558 
1559 
lilCO 
1.561 
1.562 
1563 
1.564 
1.565 
1560 
1.567 
1568 
1569 
1570 
1571 
1572 
1.57.8 
1574 
1575 
1576 
1577 
1578 
1579 
1680 
1581 
NAME AND DBSOEIPTION. 
Canna picturata FA.STUOSA, yellow flowers tiiipcd with red 
,, Pius IX 
„ Plantm«ii, dark brick red itowers 
,, I'LATYPHYLI.A, red llowei's 
,, Premices de Nice, very large golden yellow flowers 
,, purpurea hybrida, a beautiCuI variety, with rich dark foliage 
,, llANTONiiTTii, fine orange flowers, dark green foliage with red 
ribs 
,, Bendatleri, beautiful metallic foliage, very free flowering, 
large bright orange .salmon flowers 
,, Kodezi 
,, rotundifolia rubra, bright red flowers, and .sombre jiurple 
foliage 
,, nuniiioAULls, bright red flowers, rich marbled foliage 
,, sANtiUlNEA CiiATEi, blood red flowers, splendid dark foliage . 
,, .sATURATA RUBRA, carmine flowers . 
,, SciiUBERTii, crimson flowers 
,, Sellowii, bright red and yellow flowers 
„ .Sendtnkriana, fieiy red flowers, foliage dark green ribbivl 
with red 
,, SPECIES DE Gu.vj'EM ALA, lemon coloured flowers . . . j 
„ SPECTABILI.S, clear bright red flowers, light foliage . 
,, STRAMINEA, red flowers 
,, suPERBissiMA, rich crimson flowers 
,, v.vRiABiLis, brick red flowers 
,, violaoea superba, rich brown violet foliage, very distinct . I 
,, viLLOs.Y, brilliant carmine flowers I 
,, WarBcewiczioides grrandiflora, crimson flowers, splendid 
foliage I 
„ ,, major, a superb variety 
,, ,, nobilis, red flowers, and magnificent foliage 
„ zebrina, a beautiful variety, with striped foliage . . . ^ 
,, ,, elegrantissima, beautiful striped bronzy foliage 
„ ,, nana, splendid striped foliage 
,, ,, superba, fine red flowers and striped foliage 
,, finest mixed ' 
This class of jdants has now become so popular, and is so useful and 
ornamental for summer decorative puiposes, that Mr. W. B. offers 
collections in packets as follows : 
Assortment of 6 finest varieties , . 3s. Od. 
tt 12 ,, ,, . . 6s. Od. 
,, 24 ,, ,, , . 8s. Od. 
The varieties at the different prices are selected according to 
novelty, rarity, and ment. In raising Gannas it is recommended 
that the seeds, before being sown, should be slightly filed en one 
side, so that the embryo may easily burst through the hard shell, 
as Canna seeds possess a very hard tegument. 
Sow from Fchnmry till April in light soil, and place, in a gentle 
hmi; when the young plants heme attained their second leaf pot off 
singly, and grow on in moderate heat until established, gradually 
harden, andplasit out in rich soil on a warmer border. During winter 
the tubers should he kept in a cool dry place till sprring. 
Cannabis gigantea (G-iant Hemp) 
Cbntaurea BABYLON ica, a liandsome plant, with large whitish foliage 
and yellow flowers 
„ candidissima {ragusina), true, the most useful silvery- 
foliaged plant in cultivation 
Centaurea Clementei, vide page 6. 
,, Fenzlii, a highly decorative plant, with elegant whitish 
green foliage, and regular branching habit ; the tips of 
each branch teminate in a tuft of singular form, ivhich 
eventuaUy expands into a large and beautiful yellow 
flower 
,, gymnooaepa, an exceedingly beautiful plant, with finely 
divided white foliage 
,, maorooephala, vide page 7. 
Oerastium Blebersteinli, veiy pretty silvery-leaved plant, with larger 
and more beautiful foliage than C. tomentosum 
,, tomentosum, silvery -foliaged plant, invaluable for edging | 
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