Miss Ella V. Baines, The Woman Florist, Springfield, Ohio, 



DWARF EVER • BLOOMING GANNAS. 



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Nothing has grown so much in favor with the average flower lover as 

 the French Ever^Blooming Cannas, They succeed well anywhere, and 

 the list given below is at such prices as will give every one a chance to 

 have a few, if not a whole collection, of these popular flowers. 



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CULTUHE. — The soil can hardly be too rich and porous. Equal parts manure, loam and sand, with 

 a little peat, form the best mixture. Liberal supplies of manure water are of great benefit. 

 Always when growing keep well watered. 



PRICE, 10 CTS. EACH, ANY SIX FOR 50 GTS., THE SET OF TWELVE FOR $1.00. 



Austria, The New Giant Flowered Catt- 



«a- It is. in truth, a giant, with tiowerssix to 

 eight inches across, a giant iu its superb 

 growth, young plants set out in June form- 

 ing dense spreading clumps, with twenty to 

 twenty-five stems six feet high, and every 

 stem surmounted with a spike of its glorious, 

 golden, lily-like flowers, a giant in its grand 

 foliage, a magnificent giant in its every attri- 

 bute. 



Alsace, Ttte White Canua.-In this 

 variety we have the nearest approach to a 

 pure white Canna A wonderfully free 

 bloomer and a fine erect grower. The flow- 

 ers at first opening are a light sulphur yellow, 

 changing to creamy white. A grand variety 

 for contrasting with darker colored sorts. 



Alpbouse Bouvier.— This is the grandest 

 of all Cannas for outdoor bedding. It is a 

 very luxuriant grower in good ground. It 

 begins to bloom very early, and is one con- 

 tinuous mass of crimson the entire season. 

 The tips of the shoots are surrounded by im- 

 mense clusters of bright crimson flowers of 

 the very largest size, and nothing can excel 

 their brilliancy. 



Burbauk.— Color, rich canary yellow. 

 with a few carmine spots in throat. Giant 

 orchid-like flowers, the upper petals measur- 

 ing fully seven inches across. It is a vigor- 

 ous growing plant, attaining a height of five 

 to six feet, with leaves of a leathery texture, 

 shiny and very large. 



Charles Henderson.— A grand variety of 

 a fine crimson color that has become very 

 popular. While it is not quite as rich in 

 color as Alphonse Bouvier. its habit of 

 growth is much more compact, rarely ex- 

 ceeding three and one-half feet in height, 

 which makes it a desirable companion to 

 such varieties as Florence Vaughan and 

 Madame Crozy. 



Chicago.— Grand; vermilion-scarlet, flow- 

 ers very Targe and flat, petals broad and five 

 in number, composing a magnificent flower 

 in a very large truss, erect in growth, foliage 

 a bright green. The heavy texture of the bloom renders them 

 very durable as compared with most varieties. 



Egandale.— Without the least hesitation we pronounce this 

 the Dest of all dark-leaved Cannas for bedding that has yet 

 come under our notice. Flowers are of good size, and borne in 

 compact heads, and in such profusion that a bed of them is a 

 perfect mass of color unequaled by any other sort. The color 

 is a deep currant-red. of a peculiar and pleasing shade, and 

 different from any other. 



Florence Vaughan.— Undoubtedly one the finest yellow 

 spotted varieties yet sent out; in color it is of a bright, rich 

 golden-yellow, spotted with bright red; the flowers, which are of 

 the largest size, of great|substance and of perfect form, are borne 

 in large heads and in the greatest profusion; the foliage is mass 

 ive and of a rich green color; the plants are from three and 

 one-half to four feet in height. 



Mine. Crozy— Three and one-half feet. The flowers of this 

 well known and very popular variety are of a dazzling crimson- 

 scarlet, bordered with bright golden yellow, and produced in 

 the greatest profusion on large branching stems the entire 

 summer, in large trusses set well above the foliage. It can be 

 .had in bloom the year round, and is admirably adapted to pot 



culture The plant is of vigorous growth yet rather dwarf in 

 habit, the foliage is of a rich, cheerful green and very massive. 

 A remarkably free bloomer, and all things considered, still one 

 of the best for bedding purposes. 



Maiden's Blush. -It is pronounced by experts pure soft 

 pink, an indescribable tint of dav dawn loveliness entirely 

 different from all others. Evervonesays it is one of the sweetest 

 and most lovely shades ever seen. It is an immense bloomer, 

 and bears splendid trusses of exquisite lily like flowers contin- 

 uously all through the Summer and Fall till killed down by 

 frost. It is a neat, compact grower, with handsome foliage, and 

 one of the best kinds for bedding; can also be grown nicely in 

 pots or boxes. The only variety of its color yet introduced. 



Paul Marquard.— The individual flowers are large, and the 

 flower spike verv large, each flower standing out separately by 

 itself. The flower is as fine as the finest Orchid. The color is a 

 bright salmon, with a carmine tint. 



Queen Charlotte.— New and beautiful. "A perfect sym- 

 phony of crimson and gold." Magnificent large flowers of the 

 most perfect form, rich scarlet crimson, distinct golden band 

 around each petal. Verv large trusses of bloom, nine to ten 

 inches in height, from fifty to sixty buds and flowers on a 

 single truss, flowers nearly five inches across. 



