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Italia. Orcbideflowered Canna. 
The coloring is gorgeous in the extreme, rich golden yellow with 
great patches of brilliant reddish crimson and irregular spots of 
the same shade on the upper petals. It is strikingly unique, sur- 
passes even an Orchid in color effects, and has a rich, oriental 
appearance. The flowers are siz to eight inches across. The growth 
is stately, in ordinary seasons reaching six feet, broad and mas- 
sive, beauty and strength combined, a wealth of graceful foliage and 
gorgeous flowers. (See cut.) Price, growing plants, ready May Ist, 
40c. each, $4.00 per doz. Dormant roots, 25c. each, $2.50 per doz. 
Foreign Varieties. 
ADMIRAL AVELLAN. The best of the comparatively new 
dark-leaved varieties. Orange scarlet, overlaid with salmon, 
avich, luminous appearance. 
ALEMANNIA. Truly a ‘Giant’ flowering Canna. The foliage 
alone would be sufficient to render the plant beautiful. The 
flowers are enormous and surpass in size even those of the Canna 
“Ttalia.”” Outer petals scarlet, with a very broad yellow border, 
inside scarlet and dark red. 50c. each, $5.00 per doz. 
AMERICA. The first ‘‘Giant” flowering dark-leaved Canna. 
The beautiful foliage is of a bronze color with dark red hues and 
shining as if varnished. The flowers are enormous, beautiful 
glowing purplish red, flamed and striped. 50c. each, $5.00 per doz. 
. AMI JULES CHRETIEN. Glossy rose salmon, shading toward 
the edges to a deeper color; the base of each segment relieved 
by a light yellow blotch, and the reverse by a much larger one. 
AURORE. Entirely distinct, orange salmon flowers of large size 
and very heavy trusses, foliage rich green. 4 feet. 
CZAR ALEXANDERIII. Very large flowers, brilliant carmine, 
produced in heavy spikes, green foliage. 31¢ feet. 
DEPUTE RAVARIN. A magnificent variety, spreading flowers 
of very rich crimson. It resembles Alphonse Bouvier, except 
that the trusses of flowers are erect and larger, 5 to 6 feet. 
F. NEUVESSEL. A splendid sort, a soft pleasing shade of car- 
mine; good size, excellent habit, foliage dark green with bronzy 
markings; of strong robust habit. growing 414 feet. Very effective. 
FRANZ BUCHNER. Entirely distinct from all others; color a 
deep orange suffused with scarlet, with a delicate wavy fringe of 
yellow around the edge of the petals; dwarf, compact habit. 
FURST HOHENLOHE. Upper petals purest yellow, the lower 
slightly marked with crimson. Its excelling points are its great 
abundance of bloom, its neat, compact, uniform growth and its 
large spikes of flowers. 3 feet. 
GRAF OSWALD DE KERCHOVE. 
let, very bright; bronzy green foliage. 
HORTENSE BARBEREAU. Anexceptionally good bright cherry 
red, with large, heavy trusses of good-sized flowers. 
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Intense rich orange scar- 
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Austria. eee GOlden Lilp=flowered Canna. 
The claim of Iulia to the title of Orchid-flowered is not better than 
this to Lily-fowered. It is, in truth, a giant, with flowers sia to eight 
inches across, a giant in its superb growth, young plants set out in 
June forming dense spreading clumps, with 20 to 25 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 attribute. (See cut.) Price, growing plants, 
ready May Ist, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. Dormant roots, 20c. each, 
$2.00 per doz. 
Selected Sorts of Recent Tntroduction. 
MAD. LEON LECLERC. This is a bright orange scarlet with a 
heavy tip and narrow margin of yellow on each petal; entirely dis- 
tinct from anything yet introduced and a most pleasing addition. 
MDLLE. BERAT. A most distinct and novel variety, being the 
nearest approach to a clear, rich pink yet introduced, a very soft 
shade of rosy carmine, unique; foliage green. ; 
MME. A. BOUVIER. Flower large and spreading, a medium 
shade of red, dotted with deep crimson. Yellow edge and throat. 
MME. FAVRICHON. A most prolific-flowering variety, flowers 
satiny carmine, with a peculiar orange sheen. 
MME. SALLIER. An entirely distinct, variegated yellow variety. 
Flowers large, ground color a clear yellow, with bright scarlet 
stripes running through the petals, very distinct. ¢ 
PAPA. Considered by many the finest red yet introduced. Grows 
about three feet high, with immense spikes of flowers of giant 
size and of fine form; heavy, light green foliage. 
PAUL MEYLAN. A beautiful shade of orange red, with golden 
edge, there being just sufficient of this yellow border to intensify 
the orange ; amost desirable free- flowering variety. 
P. J. BERCKMANS. A grand, robust-growing Canna, large, 
deep green foliage, flowers a rich shade of carmine crimson, soft 
and yet brilliant, broad petals and very large trusses. 
ROBERT OWEN. A medium size flower, quite distinct in color, 
upper petals being of alight canary yellow, lower petals being 
irregularly striped and spotted with red. 
ROI DE ROUGES. M. Crozy ealls this the king of the reds, and 
it is certainly one of the finest of the many reds yet introduced ; 
the flowers are of good size, with heavy petals, and are produced 
on stout, thickly-set stems; foliage green. 3 feet. 
SIR TREVOR LAWRENCE. Large, round flowers, carmine 
rose with yellow border; foliage green. 4 feet. 
SOUV. DE MAD. CROZY. Garnet red flowers, border and centre 
brilliant yellow, green foliage. 4 feet. 
VICE-PRESIDENT LUIZET. Excellent for massing, rich 
cherry-red, large, compact spikes; foliage green. 314 feet. 
Price except where noted, dormant roots, 25c. each, $2.50 per 
doz.; growing plants, ready May Ist, 40c. each, $4.00 per doz. 
