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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



The latest and greatest white is Blanche W'intzer. which 

 has been heralded as "the finest white, undoubtedly, the 

 world has ever seen." 



Wonderful strides have been made in the bronze- 

 leaved section and the most magnificent foliaged Canna 

 ever produced was "Black Beauty," which was introduced 

 by our own Department of Agriculture at Washington. 

 D. C, and was disseminated about 18 years ago. Its 

 flowers were insignificant, but the foliage was dark, shin- 

 ing purple and had the edges waved and crimped in ex- 

 quisite fashion. This Canna was used as a type and a 

 great many of the large-flowered bronze-leaved kinds 

 have been produced from it as one parent. 



These recent crosses are especially valuable, for, on 



choosing. Its greatest value, however, lies in the fact 

 that the improved varieties if given the rich soil and the 

 same treatment in your garden, all summer long and until 

 fi'ost, it will keep throwing up a succession of bloom 

 stalks (as many as 15 to one plant), wdiich produce two, 

 and often three, branches of magnificent flowers of such 

 immense size and durability that it is hard for one who 

 has been accustomed to the old style Cannas to under- 

 stand that this is only an educated relative they have been 

 introduced to, one which withstands the trying conditions 

 of our American climate and comes into bloom many 

 weeks earlier than the old varieties. 



When hybridizing most flowers, a gain in size or tex- 

 ture of the bloom often means a los3 in some other direc- 



MRS. ALFRED F. CON.^RD— QUEF.N" 

 OF C.\NNAS. 



-NOTE IMMENSE 

 OF PETALS. 



CL.\DIOFLORA— THE GLADIOLUS 

 FLOWERED CANN.\ 



plants which were formerly practically flowerless, we now 

 have the combination of bronze foliage with large flowers 

 of enchanting loveliness. 



Such contrasts as are obtained in the delicate blush- 

 white of Minnehaha, the exquisite chrome yellow of 

 Juanita, and the intense reds of \\"m. Saunders, Cono- 

 wingo and George A. Strohlein, shou' what has been 

 accomplished with the bronze-leaved Cannas, and these 

 are only a few in this excellent class. 



The Canna lover has now almost unlimited material 

 from which to draw, and new developments are appearing 

 which prove even more startling than those mentioned 

 above. For instance, a double Canna has been produced 

 by a well known firm of growers. 



The Improved Canna stands ready to enrich your gar- 

 den with a constant blaze <if gl(ir\- in color of vour own 



tion, resulting perhaps in poor foliage or the loss of vigor. 



With Cannas, this has not been so, for crossing the 

 varieties has been done with such skill and care that the 

 foliage has improved along with the flower, and the 

 vitality of the improved Canna equals that of its prede- 

 cessors in the wild state. The special aim of the breeder 

 has -been to produce kinds that need no petting and he 

 has been so successful in this line that the Improved 

 Canna of today grows and produces its exquisite flowers 

 under conditions where few other plants would thrive. 



Mention should here be made of American Canna 

 Hybridizers who have taken up the work in a whole- 

 hearted and enthusiastic manner, and who have been care- 

 ful to introduce distinct varieties only, so that fewer 

 synonyms appear in Cannas than in almost any other 

 flower, showing such a wide range of types and colors. 



\A/ater Lilies 



.'^uli-aquatic plants, hardy perennial plants. 

 Hyl)rid Tea Roses (none better, own root). 

 Japanese I-Acrgreen Azaleas, Rhododendrons, 

 etc. 



My l''l,i nii\elties were awarded last sea- 

 son Four Silver Medals, a Silver Cup and nu- 

 merous certificates. My collection of Water 

 l.ilics is not surpassed in America; See cata- 

 log, if you ha\e not a copy send me a postal. 



WM. TRICKER, Water Lily Specialist 



.Arlington. N. J. 



