C. & J. NEW LILY-CANNAS 1917 _ 

KING OF BEDDING PLANTS 
CONARD & JONES CANNAS 
HAVE WON THE HIGHEST AWARD 

CHICAGO 
NOTABLE, BUFFALO 
EXPOSITION [{ ‘cluding 4 ST. LOUIS 
SINCE 1892 SAN DIEGO 
SAN FRANCISCO 
20,000 of these C. & J. Cannas now beautify the public 
grounds of the world’s most beautiful National Capital 
An Interview at Washington, D. C. 
“The fact of the matter is that in the next 15 years Cannas are 
going to have the right of way. There is nothing to equal them.” 
It was Mr. Henlock speaking, expressing, not a burst of enthusiasm, 
but deliberate conviction born of long experience. Mr. Henlock is a 
gardener of the first order. Technically, he is in the War Depart- 
ment, U. S. A.; practically, he is responsible for the best possible 
show of bloom and color display throughout the grounds that sur- 
round the Capitol, White House, and the other public buildings of 
our National Capital. 
“Ts there any wonder,” he said, “that tourists from Denver, 
Chicago, St. Louis and New York ask: ‘What is it?’ ‘Where can I 
get itr’ We tell them!” 
“Tt seems to me,”’ he continued, ‘‘that the Park Superintendents 
of this country should take the lead in planting these notable flowers 
and not let the private planters get ahead of them.” 
“And,” he added, ‘‘I want to say this, practically all the Cannas 
that we have here in Washington (over 20,000) came from The 
Conard & Jones Company at West Grove!” 
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Extract from ~The North American” 
Philadelphia, October 18, 1915 
“For twenty-one years a Chester County man, Antoine Wintzer, has been 
toiling day in and day out to get what florists consider an acme of their art, a 
White Canna. In these twenty-one years he has produced more than 60,000 
varieties of Cannas . . . . and out of these only 5,000 have been considered 
distinctive enough to cultivate as new varieties. .. . 
“‘A majority of the improved American Cannas in the last twenty years have 
originated with Mr. Wintzer. His is the Mrs. Alfred F. Conard, the brilliant 
salmon-pink Canna; Wintzer’s Meteor has won many commendations; another 
pink is Mrs. Woodrow Wilson; in fact, Mr. Wintzer has originated more pink 
Cannas than all the other American growers put together. .. . 
“He has waved his hand over a mass of pink, and transformed it into a field 
of red. He has touched a leaf of deep green and it has turned bronze. He has 
passed a magic wand over a field of insignificant blossoms and trebled their size. 
*“Vet he says he is no wizard.” 


C. & J. NEW CANNAS FOR 1917 
7" 4 feet. Another step in the march toward a 
Snow Queen. perfect white bedding plant. Here is a Canna 
of crystal brightness. When grown in a row, the mass-effect of 
snowy whiteness tempted us to call it Snow-Queen. There 
was another reason. Just as you have noticed the opalescent, 
rosy hues among the crystals in the snow, so here a close 
examination reveals faint flashes of fairy pink spots, though 
the effect is white. The flowers are large, 6 inches across, with 
rounded petals 2% inches broad and of firm texture. They 
are borne well above the luxuriant green foliage on erect, 
branching heads in large clusters. Strong plants, $5 ea., del’v'd. 
i il]. 4 feet. In striking contrast to Snow-Queen is 
Druid Hill. this dark-stemmed, deep red-flowered beauty. 
It has most distinct characteristics. The plant has ebony-red 
stems and is well furnished with Black-Beauty foliage of more 
than usual grace. Such a setting makes doubly effective the 
well- poised heads of rich crimson bloom. Average-sized 
flowers, but a color combination as yet unmatched. Plants, 
$2.50 each, delivered. 
Wi Morning Glow. 4 feet. Another color contrast of more 
than usual picturesqueness; foliage an 
olive-green striped and veined with bronze. A greatly improved 
descendant of Evolution, with well-mounted flowers of exquisite, 
soft shell-pink and orange-red center. Plants, $2.50 ea., del’v’d. 
“6 Aurora. 5 feet. Perhaps the fanciest of all our 1917 intro- 
ductions. An imposing variety with green foliage 
and plants 5 feet high, of good habit, large clusters, flowers of 
brilliant scarlet, petals broadly edged with pure yellow. Plants, 
$2.50 each, delivered. 
| SOFFER> 38 Above 4 New Cannas, $10 delivered. | 
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Extract from Every Evening”’ 
Wilmington, Delaware, May 29, 1915 
“Take a few hours off any afternoon, trolley or motor to West Grove, just 
beyond the Delaware-Pennsylvania line, and see with your own eyes what 
man’s genius may accomplish when in copartnership with Madame Nature. 
Sees firm at West Grove, The Conard & Jones Co., has exhibits at the 
Panama-Pacific Exposition at Frisco. There are 10,000 Cannas from West 



Grove out there for the eyes of millions to contemplate. West Grove may be 
small, but the Rose Center has decidedly put tt on the map in colors!” 



ilndicates varieties originated and introduced by The Conard & Jones Cou 
