. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. jAXt'ARy 25. 1917. The Florists' Rcvkw 19. TESTING OANNAS IN TENNESSEE. [This is tlie last of four articles pertaining to canna tests conducted near Nasliville, Tenn. The preceding three articles were published in The Review of November 9, December 7 and 28.] The former articles in this series con- tained reports of the tests of white, variegated, pink and red cannas, with a few words of recommendation for one foliage canna, named Greenback. This article has reference chiefly to the yel- low varieties, but closes with some remarks about the qualiti
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. jAXt'ARy 25. 1917. The Florists' Rcvkw 19. TESTING OANNAS IN TENNESSEE. [This is tlie last of four articles pertaining to canna tests conducted near Nasliville, Tenn. The preceding three articles were published in The Review of November 9, December 7 and 28.] The former articles in this series con- tained reports of the tests of white, variegated, pink and red cannas, with a few words of recommendation for one foliage canna, named Greenback. This article has reference chiefly to the yel- low varieties, but closes with some remarks about the qualities that may be, or should be, expected in "the canna of the future.'' We are a little nearer a good yellow canna than we were a few years ago. We have several good ones in the spot- ted kinds, so that we need not depend longer on the old standby, Florence Vaughan. We also have several good solid-colored yellows that do not fade so badly as the older varieties. The Spotted Yellows. Queen Helen, at its best, is a wonder- fully good canna, as large as Italia, and does not fade badly. It would be a fine variety if it were only fixed in type, but it is not. Some of the foliage is bronze with green stripes. Some shoots arc almost entirely bronze, but most of them are entirely green. Some of the blooms are scarlet and some are striped, but the majority are yellow, spotted red. The flowers do not stand the wind much better than Italia, but the color is a deeper yellow. Elizabeth Hoss, in our opinion, is the best of the spotted yellow cannas yet produced. It is about as large as any canna except the best orchid-flowering sorts. In fact, growing only two rods from Queen Helen, the flowers were nearly as large and of much better sub- stance, so that they lasted much longer. Koenigin der Gelben, though a high- priced canna, was a decided disappoint- ment to us. The flowers are no better in color than Richard Wallace, are not nearly so good in quality and fade badly, and the plants are
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