Das Geschlecht der Canna - Chapter III, Orchid-flowered or Dammann's Canna hybrids.

The Canna Genus. Its History, Cultivation, and Propagation by Árpád Mühle - Art and Commercial Horticulturalist in Timișoara, Hungary, 1909

Canna 'Roi Humbert 1er' in a park in Rennes. 

III. Orchid-flowered or Dammann's Canna hybrids.

This work contains much of interest to both the gardener and the enthusiast. Besides the chapters that deal in detail with the propagation, cultivation, and growing of this beautiful genus of plants, its history and the main breeders are also discussed. A nearly complete list of varieties—specifically, the wild species, the gladiolus-flowered or Crozy canna, and the orchid-flowered or Damman hybrids—will surely be very well received by those interested. [A contemporary German review of Mühle's book, this chapter deals mainly with the cultivars introduced by Karl Sprenger of Dammann et cie, Naples, Italy.]

Canna 'Africa'

Africa. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Growth lush, foliage bronze with purple. Flowers very large, cattley-shaped, glowing purplish-brown-scarlet with an orange-gold center.

Alemania (Dam.) Height 200 cm. Foliage blue-green; flowers enormously large, scarlet in the center, otherwise golden yellow,

America. (Dam.) Height 200 cm. Foliage brownish-purple-red. Flowers very large, fiery red, flamed purplish-brown, in the center orange. 

Aphrodite. (Dam.) Height 200 cm. Foliage broad, green. Flowers in large umbels, golden yellow with salmon-red spots and markings.

Asia. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage dark green, flowers very large, regularly shaped, canary yellow, scarlet-spotted inside

Atalante. (Dam.) Height 120 cm. Foliage grey-green, brown-edged. Flowers very large, dark orange-carmine red.

Australia. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage dark green, flowers very large, salmon red, saturated sulfur-yellow stripes.

Canna 'Austria'

Austria. (Dam.) Height 120 cm. Foliage blue-green, growth lush. Flowers very large, canary yellow, brownish-red speckled in the center.

Bavaria. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage blue-green. Flower very large, cattley-shaped, bright golden yellow, richly covered with large, scarlet spots.

Borussia. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage fresh green, flowers enormously large, bright canary yellow, richly fiery-red spotted

Brittania (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage broad, vibrant green. Flowers very large, five-petaled, base yellow, flamed carmine-red

Burgundia. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage sea green, flowers enormously large, Cattleya-shaped, glossy golden yellow, mottled with scarlet.

Campania. (Dam.) Height 200 cm. Foliage sea green, flowers large, sulfur yellow inside, dotted with carmine, edges yellow.

Ch. Naudin. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage dark green. Flowers enormously large, salmon red, darker in the center.

Edouard André. (Dam.) Height 100 cm. Foliage green with purple-bronze. Flowers huge, fiery red, flamed with brownish-red.

Emilia. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage glossy purple. Flowers bright vermillion marbled with chamois

Grand Sasso d'Italia. Height 150 cm. Foliage green with bronze tinges. Flowers large, velvety red with an orange center.

Hellas. (Dam.) Height 100 cm. Foliage bright green, flowers large, profusely blooming, canary yellow, speckled reddish-brown.

Heinrich Seidel. (Dam.) Height 100 cm. Light green. Umbels and flowers very large, bright fen-brick red, edged in yellow

H. Wendland. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage broad and green. Flowers very large, center scarlet with fiery red and golden-yellow hues, edged in yellow.

Iberia. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage blue-green, umbels and flowers very large, cattley-shaped. Outer petals golden-yellow with a broad scarlet band in the middle, center carmine-red.

Canna 'Italia'

Italia. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage green. Flowers large, center scarlet, edged in golden-yellow.

Kronos. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage broad, sea-green, flowers very large, bright sulfur-yellow, entirely covered with scarlet dots.

La France. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage magnificent dark purple-red, as if lacquered. Flowers large, yellowish scarlet-salmon red. Center speckled

Oceanus. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage blue-green. Panicles very large. Flowers yellow with red spots. Lower petal entirely red.

Canna 'Pandora'

Pandora. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage dark purplish-red, flowers enormous, bright fire-red with purple salmon red, yellowish.

Partenope. (Dani.) Height 150 cm. Foliage broad, sea green. Umbels and flowers large, bright salmon-colored with brownish hues.

Penelope. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage metallic brownish-green. Flowers very large, peculiar salmon-red with ochre.

Perseus. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage sea-green. Flowers very large, pure canary yellow, speckled sulfur in the center.

Phoebe. (Dam.) Height 200 cm. Foliage sea-green. Flowers cattley-shaped, very large, sulfur-yellow, later turning yellowish-white.

Pluto. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage magnificent dark purplish-red. Flowers large, elegant, purplish-scarlet, flamed fiery red in the center.

Prof. Treub. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage brownish-red, shaded green. Flowers large, muted reddish-red with salmon-colored stripes

Rhea. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage metallic brown. Flowers medium-sized, bright cherry-carmine.

Canna 'Roma'

Roma. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage sea green. Flowers large, center yellow, salmon-red flamed.

Romagna. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage dark brown. Flowers muted reddish-scarlet with occasional yellow stripes

Sicilia. (Dam.) Height 100 cm. Foliage vivid green, flowers very large, saturated chrome yellow, lower petal faintly salmon-colored.

Suevia. (Dam.) Height 200 cm. Foliage broad, bluish-green, flowers very large, bright canary yellow, bronze in the center.

Canna 'Trinacria'

Trinacria. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage vivid green, flowers numerous, very large, sulfur yellow, soon fading.

Umbria. (Dam.) Height 150 cm. Foliage metallic brown. Flowers large, bright cherry-carmine red with prominent chamois stripes.

Wilhelm Beck. (Dam.) Height 200 cm. Foliage green, umbel enormously large, flowers very large, bright sulfur yellow, with scarlet spots, pure scarlet inside

The following are those orchid-flowered Canna varieties which, through a cross with the Crozy hybrids, exhibit a firmer flower structure. In growth, form, and color, they are completely identical to the orchid-flowered varieties. 

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