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The Florists^ Review 



Dbcember 25, 1919. 





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Flowers of Wiatzet^s ColossaU in Foreground^ are what the Name Implies. 



City of Portland — Altliougli not so 

 thoroughly disseminated, this wonder- 

 ful rosy pink is probably of greater 

 value than Mrs. Alfred Conard. 



Flag of Truce — In the effort to create 

 the ideal white canna, Mr. Wintzer 

 evolved this excellent bedding variety. 

 Although he has produced purer whites, 

 none of these have seemed to possess 

 the freedom of growth and flowering 

 required to insure their permanence in 

 popular favor. Flag of Truce is a happy 

 grower, an early, free bloomer, and its 

 large florets are white in effect. 



Gladiator — For many years a stand- 

 ard yellow. 



Golden Gate — A unique orange yel- 

 low, whose flowers shade to a delicate 

 rose in the sun. 



Jane Addams — An early, free yellow. 



Lafayette — A grand red, possessing 

 in a marked degree all the essentials of 

 a good bedder. 



Meteor — One of the best deep red 

 varieties. 



Mrs. Alfred Conard — A masterpiece, 

 being of vigorous growth, with a new, 

 unique shade of salmon pink and a 

 flower of unusual substance. . 



Mrs. Karl Kelsey — One of the few 

 really good varieties of the Italian type. 



Mrs. Woodrow Wilson — A magnifi- 

 cent flower of excellent, deep rose col- 

 oring. 



Olj'mpic — Strong and vigorous in 

 growth and free-flowering. The immense 

 blooms are a strong carmine. 



Panama — Unique deep orange, mot- 

 tled yellow. 



Pocahontas — Bronze foliage, sur- 

 mounted by great trusses of carmine 

 rose flowers. 



Rosea Gigantea— A free, large-flow- 

 ering rose pink. 



Snow Queen — Practically a pure 

 white, with immense florets. 



The President. — Mr. Wintzer 's latest 

 masterpiece; a real achievement. When 

 Firebird failed to prove satisfactory, 

 he succeeded in crossing with a strain 

 that injected more vigor and perfect 

 health and thus he produced a variety 

 with flowers as large and bright as 

 those of Firebird, with ideal growth and 

 foliage. 



Wintzer 's Colossal — The flowers are 

 all that the name implies. True, they 

 are flabby^ but their freedom permits 

 the plant to make a magnificent show- 

 ing. 



Wyoming — Bronze foliage, with 

 bright orange flowers on tall, vigorous 

 stalks. 



The foregoing are only a few of Mr, 

 Wintzer 's excellent productions, which 

 have become popular through rieal merit. 

 Some that are omitted have not im- 

 pressed me as being superior. Others 

 have been superseded in the natural 

 course of progress, frequently by varie- 

 ties of Mr. Wintzer 's own production. 



Foreign Varieties Still in Use, 



Among the varieties of foreign origin 

 that still merit our attention may be 

 mentioned the following: 



Dr. E. Ackerknecht — Has distinct 

 bronze foliage; is of vigorous growth 

 and free-flowering; color of flowers a 

 clear carmine rose, of much the same 

 shade as Proserpine tulip. 



Fanal — Bushy, free grower, with 

 green foliage and erect heads of deep 

 red flowers. 



Goethe^Bright orange flowers, high 

 above green foliage. 



Hungaria — a charming clear, bright 

 rose, free and compact. 



J, D. Eisele — Free-flowering, bright 

 red. 



King Humbert — Too well known to 

 require description. 



Lahneck — Much the color of Hun- 

 garia, but a taller grower and with a 

 broader margin of cream upon the 

 petals. 



Louis Eeverchon — Foliage a bronzy 

 green; flowers good size, orange red 

 and freely produced well above the 

 foliage. 



Uhlberg — A free bloomer, rosy red 

 with yellow border. 



Varouna — A wonderfully deep or- 

 ange, on bronze foliage. 



By observing the foregoing lists it 

 will quickly become apparent that Mr. 

 Wintzer 's creations alone easily sur- 

 pass all European introductions, with 

 the one outstanding exception of King 

 Humbert. 



But the subjoined list of American 

 creations from other sources, embrac- 

 ing some of the most valuable acquisi- 

 tions as bedding plants, completely con- 

 firms the contention that we in America 

 have developed the canna to a far 

 greater degree of usefulness than our 

 respected foreign competitors. 



Other American Cannas. 



A few of the really excellent sorts 

 are selected for emphasis: 



Carmine Beauty — A deep carmine, 

 producing great branching trusses over 

 vigorous, dark green foliage. 



Cheerfulness — A mass of bright 

 orange gold flowers. 



Dazzler — 'An orange scarlet of most 

 vigorous habit and wonderfully daz- 

 zling color. 



Eureka — A white variety that pos- 

 sesses the vigor and strength of the 

 best of any color. The best commercial 

 white to date. 



Fairy -Queen — A dainty dwarf pink 

 and gold variety, which is a mass of 

 bloom throughout the season. 



Favorite — The yellowest yellow. 

 Though it is marked with small carmine 

 dots, the effect is yellow and more pene- 

 trating than any other of this color. 



Golden Eagle — A refined, clear yel- 

 low of great promise. 



Harmony — A dwarf, free, round- 



Rosea Gigantea is the Flower's Description in Latin. 



