. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. February 3, 1916. The Florists' Review 21 the foliage, and the color is one of tins best carmine pinks. It has been called a bronze-leaved rosea gi},Mntoa, but it is better and larger than that variety and much more vigorous. Pocahontas is a taller and more vigor- ous Wabash, and better than that vari- ety if possible. The color is not quite identical, but one would not need both. As soon as it is cheap enough, it will be the best pink canna with bronze foliage. It is one of the most rapid multipliers wo have ever seen. Duke of York, .Jennie AValls
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. February 3, 1916. The Florists' Review 21 the foliage, and the color is one of tins best carmine pinks. It has been called a bronze-leaved rosea gi},Mntoa, but it is better and larger than that variety and much more vigorous. Pocahontas is a taller and more vigor- ous Wabash, and better than that vari- ety if possible. The color is not quite identical, but one would not need both. As soon as it is cheap enough, it will be the best pink canna with bronze foliage. It is one of the most rapid multipliers wo have ever seen. Duke of York, .Jennie AValls, Fahn- line, Lorraine Improved and Minnehaha are a real surprise to all who see tiiem. They are similar in appearance, and I doubt if the average grower needs more than one. All are free, have large flowers and good foliage, and are as beautiful as the most fancy roses. All are to be classed as exquisite peach- pink, mottled with white or cream. They are not so gorgeous as some of the reds or yellows in large beds, but where real beauty is desired they cannot be beat. Many Rivals in Red. There are two now reds that are rivals for the place of the best red canna with green foliage; namely, Fire- bird and Wintzer's Colossal. Each is a wonder in its own way, but each has serious weaknesses. The flowers are not far from the same size, about seven to eight inches across. Colossal has the wider petals, but that is its one weak- ness. The flowers are so heavy that they do not stand out when wide open, but hang over. Firebird has strong, stiff petals, that stand out so that the flowers show their full size. Were the individual flowers to settle the matter, it is easily the superior of the two. But Colossal is a free bloomer, has plenty of good foliage and appears to be a good doer in every way. Firebird, on the contrary, is rather shy in blooming, and it has poor foliage and not enough of it. It will never endure neglect. As the matter stands, we do not consider either to be the best
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