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Canna Geoffrey St. Hilaire (J. Veitch & Sons).—Foliage dark red 
flowers very large and brilliant scarlet, very effective. 
Ornamental Beet Me Grig or's Favourite (B. S. Williams)._Certifi¬ 
cated as a decorative plant, leases narrow, tapering, and deep red. 
Canna Paul Bert (Cannell & Sons). - A handsome variety, with 
large, bold, orange red flowers. 
neglected plants to which cultivators might advantageously devote 
some consideration. At least two are old inhabitants of British gardens, 
though they are now seldom seen except in a few establishments where 
laritiesare prized. One of these is S. virginica, which seems to have been 
known in the middle of the eighteenth cenlury, but it was not brought 
Fict. 33.—STUARTIA PSEUDO-CAMELLIA. 
STUARTIAS. 
BO little diversity is introduced into shrubberies as a rule, that 
there is always ample excuse for calling attention to species adapted for 
planting either in them or as isolated specimens on lawns. The 
Stuartias are not numerous, and they come within the rather long list of 
into prominent notice until it was figured in l; Andrews’ Repository ” 
in 1804 under the name of Stewartia marilandica. S. pentagyua is 
another North American species which was cultivated at Kew before 
1785, and has been described under the now discarded name of Malacho- 
dendron ovatum. Both these have large white or creamy white 
flowers, witn rich green ovate leaves, and constitute really handsome 
