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Garden & Forest

Garden and Forest: A Journal of Horticulture, Landscape Art, and Forestry (1888-1897) was the first American journal devoted to horticulture, botany, landscape design and preservation, national and urban park development, scientific forestry, and the conservation of forest resources.

The journal was established by Charles Sprague Sargent (1841-1927), the founding director of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

Cultivar

Général de Méribel

Canna ‘Général de Méribel’

(Crozy Group)

Height Medium
Foliage Green
Form Spreading
Flower Orange
Tillering Slow

Canna ‘Général de Méribel’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oval shaped, spreading habit; triangular main stems, coloured green; flowers are open, apricot and salmon, staminodes are medium size, fully self-cleaning, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is slow.

Canna ‘Général de Méribel’
References
Garden & Forest, 22 August 1894
Salmon with green foliage.
Peter Henderson & Co, Catalogue 1897
A unique shade of apricot, tinted salmon.
French Grown Stock
0.8m Green foliage. Flowers apricot salmon.
Claines Canna Collection 2006
Summary: A medium sized plant, with green foliage and apricot flowers. More detailed information next season. 
Cultivar

Geoffrey St. Hilaire

Canna ‘Geoffrey St. Hilaire’

(Crozy Group)

Height Medium
Foliage Dark
Form Branching
Flower Red
Blooming Good bloomer
Tillering Average
Awards RHS First Class Certificate, 1888

Canna ‘Geoffrey St. Hilaire’ is a medium sized Crozy Group cultivar; bronze foliage, oval shaped, maroon margin, branching habit; round main stems, coloured purple + farina; half-round flower stems, coloured purple + farina; spikes of flowers are open, self-coloured salmon-red, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals red with farina, fully self-cleaning, good bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured purple; tillering is average.

Canna ‘Geroffrey St. Hilaire’
References
RHS 1888
First Class Certificate (J. Veitch 1888)
RHS Journal of 1889
Garden & Forest, 28 August 1889
Foliage stained with vinous purple, flowers vivid scarlet.
Wilhelm Pfitzer Catalogue, 1890
Tall. Leaves dark blood-red. Flowers magnificent capuchin red (dark ruby red) with magenta border. Splendid.
Garden & Forest, 1894
Garden and forest. / Volume 7, Issue 326. [May 23, 1894, miscellaneous front pages, i-ii] GEOFFREY ST. HILLAIRE.-Best dark-leaved Canna that can be offered cheap. Dark maroon-colored leaves with a dark metallic or bronze lustre. Flowers light salmon-scarlet.
Henry A. Dreer nursery, advert in Garden & Forest, 6 June 1894
No details just listed in advert.
RHS Journal of 1895
L'Illustration Horticole, 15 March 1895
Very large flowers, bright nasturtium red, enormous flower spikes. Flowers dark purple.
Peter Henderson & Co, Catalogue 1897
A grand variety. Large flowers of a deep orange shade; very large flower spike; foliage chocolate color.
The English Flower Garden, W. Robinson. 8th Edition, 1900
No decription, just a list of recommended specimens.
Cultivar

Gladstone

Canna ‘Gladstone’

(Crozy Group)

Origin DALEBÖ Thor
Height Small
Foliage Green
Form Branching
Flower Multi-coloured
Blooming Average bloomer
Tillering Average

Canna ‘Gladstone’ is a small Crozy Group cultivar; dark green foliage, ovoid shaped, transparent margin, branching habit; clusters of flowers are open, light orange with a yellow margin, staminodes are medium size, edges irregular, petals red, fully self-cleaning, average bloomer, blooms open in the early morning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and pink; tillering is average.