1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
87 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 
THE NEWER GANNAS. 
When Ehemanni was introduced the 
improvement possible in cannas was 
made evident. Every season since, we 
have tried the newer varieties as an¬ 
nounced to the public, and every season 
we are more impressed that the best of 
the improved cannas are the most satis¬ 
factory bedding plants we have. As 
mere foliage plants there are few to sur¬ 
pass them. In brilliancv and duration 
of bloom there is none to surpass them 
—few to equal them. 
After Ehemanni, the next most marked 
improvement was Mad. Crozy. Then 
came Star of ’91, differing from Crozy in 
being more dwarf and a less defined yel¬ 
low border. 
In the spring of 1892 Mr. J. C. Vaughan 
of Chicago sent us a valuable collection 
for trial. The results were given to our 
readers at the close of the season. 
Last spring, Mr. Henry A. Dreer of 
Philadelphia, Pa., sent us a fine collec¬ 
tion and it is of these we would now 
speak. 
Every one of them will appear in one 
or the other of the 1894 catalogues. But 
catalogue makers are not careful enough 
to tell the reader just what he wants to 
know. The praise of a.l is excessive and 
the reader is unable to make the best 
selection. He should know the color of 
the leaves—whether light green, dark 
green, purple or bronze. He knows little 
as to the height of the plant, so that he 
is as likely to place the taller growing 
kinds outside as near the middle portions 
of the bed. 
The collection sent by Mr. Dreer was 
the following : Nardy Pere, Denil de SG. 
Grevy, Stadtgartner Sennholz, Alphonse 
Bouvier, Prof. Gerard, Secretary Stewart, 
Cap. P. de Suzzoni, Admiral Gervais, 
Paul Marquant, Paul Bruant, Martin 
Calmzac, Comtesse de I’estoile, Charles 
Henderson and Egandale. 
Nardy Pere is one of the best of the 
dwarfs. Leaves rather narrow and pur¬ 
ple tinted. It begins to bloom when 18 
inches tall. The spike is large, compact 
and the flowers of an intense color be¬ 
tween scarlet and crimson, the petals 
broad and long. This grows to a height 
of nearly four feet. 
Denil de St. Grevy bears purple and 
dark green leaves. Flowers orange-red, 
petals not very large. This grows four 
feet tall. 
Stadtgartner Sennholz is a perfect 
plant with flowers as intensely crimson 
as those of any other variety. They are 
large and bear wide petals, always a 
good feature in cannas. The leaves 
are dark green with purplish veins and 
perimeter. This variety is described by 
one of our contemporaries as bearing a 
“ poor flower of indifferent color.” 
Alphonse Bouvier grew about five feet 
high. It should be remembered that last 
season was exceedingly dry and the 
plants suffered accordingly, as they were 
not watered during the entire season. In 
rich soil and well watered, this variety 
will grow to a height of seven feet we 
are told. The flowers are crimson and 
the spikes bear laterals which give, so to 
say, a succession of bloom, ^he foliage 
is a deep green. 
Prof, Gerard grows about 43>^ feet tall. 
The leaves are of medium width with 
purplish veins and edges. The stems 
are purple. The flowers are borne in a 
close spike, the petals extra long, about 
four inches, and the color is a brilliant 
scarlet. 
Secretary Stewart has green foliage, 
and the color is a deeper scarlet than that 
of Prof. Gerard. There are feeble yellow 
striations upon the lower petals. Flowers 
are of medium size, leaves narrowly ovate 
and medium green in color. Plant, four 
feet. 
□ Cap. P. de Suzzoni bears long, rather 
close spikes of rich, yellow flowers, dusted 
and speckled with feeble orange. Flowers 
and petals medium size. Leaves of medium 
width, of a rather light green color. 
Five feet. 
Admiral Gervais blooms when but a 
foot high. Flowers in close spikes. The 
flowers and petals are of medium size, 
the upper petals scarlet, with a yellow 
perimeter or edge, the lower petal 
splashed with yellow. This is among 
the dwarfest kinds—two feet. 
Paul Marquant grows three feet. The 
spike is not as long as some of the others, 
but the flowers bear extra large petals 
which spread open widely—as much so as 
those of a Gladiolus. The color is a 
bright orange, somewhat inclining to 
scarlet. Later they are of the same color 
as Paul Bruant. The plants are much 
alike in all ways. Leaves medium width, 
dark green. It has been said that Paul 
Marquant and Gustave Sennholz are the 
same. We do not find them so. 
Martin Calmzac grows three to four 
feet. Light green leaves of medium width. 
The flowersare of alemon color, speckled 
all over with a light, brownish red. They 
open fully, the petals are broad, not very 
large. It is, though, a beautiful fresh¬ 
looking flower. Spike medium. 
Comtesse de I’estoile—three feet, light 
green foliage. The flowers are of medium 
size, rich yellow with distinct spots or 
dots of crimson. Are yellow canna 
flowers ever borne on plants with dark 
leaves? 
Charles Henderson is a fine plant, fine 
for its vigor and compact growth. Leaves 
green, flowers large, crimson, petals 
broad, recurved and enduring. It grows 
three feet high. It began to bloom late 
with us, but we do not know if that is 
a defect elsewhere with this variety. 
Egandale bears flowers of fair size of a 
bright-red color. Spike compact. Foli¬ 
age bronze colored. It is perhaps one of 
the best of this cherry color that bears 
such dark leaves. It grows 33^ feet high. 
To compare with the above a dozen each of 
Ehemanni and Childsii (from J- M. Thor- 
burn & Co.) were planted. Ehemanni 
must still rank as one of the best of its 
color. The flowers are full and borne 
well abc ve its ample green leaves. The 
color is crimson. We find Secretary 
Stewart a shade darker. 
Childsii bears yellow flowers spotted 
with crimson, not very large but bril¬ 
liant. The leaves are green and the 
plants symmetrical, growing about four 
feet. 
Seedlings. 
We raised a few seedlings last year 
from the best of the cannas tried a year 
before. All were inferior to their parents. 
If seeds are started in the winter, the 
plants will bloom almost as soon as those 
raised from roots. The trouble is to get 
the bullet-like seeds to sprout. 
We placed our seeds in nearly boiling- 
hot water and allowed them to soak for 
two days. Then we placed them in hot 
water again, in which they remained for 
another day. Then the seeds were planted 
in pots. As not one had sprouted in three 
weeks, we scratched them out of the soil, 
placed them in boiling-hot water, in 
which after it cooled they remained 48 
hours. Again planted, most of them 
sprouted at once. Some recommend filing 
off parts of the hard coating, which may 
be a safer way. 
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