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Definition of Cannas
1. canna [n] - See also: canna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cannas
Literary usage of Cannas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"A generation or two ago, cannas were grown for their foliage or mass-effect.
They were tall and long-jointed, with small and late flowers (Fig. 780). ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"The parent of the old-time garden race of tall cannas was C. Ann<ri, ...
These dwarf cannas are often known as French cannas, from the country of their ..."
3. Proceedings, International Conference on Plant Breeding and Hybridization by C. Raveret-Wattel (1904)
"MY EXPERIENCE IN HYBRIDIZING cannas By Antoine Wintzer, West Grove, Pa. It is
about nine years since the writer first commenced to experiment with cannas, ..."
4. Memoirs by Horticultural Society of New York (1904)
"After breeding cannas for a few years, I noticed that it was desirable to produce
... In the early 'gos there were several good red cannas in commerce, ..."
5. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"... be found directly against the wall of a large building. A solid background
always enhances the attraction of a mass of bedding. First come the cannas, ..."
6. The History of Rome by Livy (1870)
"... and at cannas in Italy, their successes in Spain had raised it up from its
fallen condition. Afterwards, when in Spain one disaster after another had in ..."
7. Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working by Gertrude Jekyll (1904)
"... of plants in the border—Dahlias and cannas—Covering bare places—The pergola—How
made— Suitable climbers—Arbours of trained Planes—Garden houses. ..."
8. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1896)
"The flowering plants of a Tunchal garden include fuchsias, begonias, pelargoniums,
cannas, Copyright, 1K'J6. by Dtt-xi'l ..."
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