The Gonakd &Jones Co. 



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C & J. NEW LILY-CANNAS 1915 



KING OF BEDDING PLANTS 



To have doubled, and more, the size of a 



flower ; 

 To have trebled the variety of colors; 

 To have increased the endurance of the 



bloom; 

 To have given bronze foliage to flowers 



that before had only green; 

 After twenty years of faithful, enthusiastic 

 hybridizing is the record of our Vice-President, 

 Antoine Wintzer, America's Canna Wizard. 



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C. & J. SWASTIKA 

 INDICATES THE 

 VARIETIES 

 ORIGINATED BY 

 THE CONARD & 

 JONES CO. 



To have won for these improved flowers leading 

 awards at the great expositions in America; 



To have won for America the majority of the awards 

 against all competing nations of Europe in a two- 

 year international competitive test by the Royal 

 Horticultural Society of England; 



To have the superiority of C. & J. Cannas recognized 

 and to have them used by the leading parks of our 

 country; 



Is evidence conclusive that C. &. J. Improved Lily- 

 Cannas are superior to all other existing sorts, and 

 that they have, by merit alone, won the title of 

 "The Finest Cannas in the World." 



HAD YOU BEEN PASSING HERE 



IN YOUR FLYING - MACHINE 



last summer, there would have burst upon your gaze a spot of earth ablaze with color (the acres of Cannas of The Conard & Jones 

 Co.); but had you come nearer you would have seen that this color is made up of row upon row in solid separate colors, waving like 

 broad ribbons across the field. (See illustration on page 44.) In appearance one section is a real floral kaleidoscope. Dismount 

 and enter this carefully guarded collection, and if you were' attracted by the first sight, you will marvel at this wealth of color in riot- 

 ous array. Visitors invariably are enthused, then enraptured, at the beauty and size, the shades and combinations and abundance 

 of bloom of our wonderful seedlings. 



Remember that for nearly twenty years our Vice-President, Antoine Wintzer, has been selecting and cross-breeding the finest 

 specimens from this unusual race, and from these thousands of his flower-children we have picked out for you just five superior 

 new sorts, listed below and deserving a place in every up-to-date collection. 



POCAHONTAS (4y 2 feet) 



(Bronze Olympic) No. 4279 



The large, orient red flowers are borne on firm, upright stems, 

 just enough above the foliage to show the entire head. The 

 foliage itself is a dark bronze-green with emerald shadings, the 

 ribs a darker bronze. Single roots of this Canna produce from 

 five to twelve grand bloom-stalks in a season, and each stalk 

 makes two or three bloom-heads, with from twenty to thirty 

 perfect flowers on each. A truly magnificent sort, an early and 

 continuous bloomer. Strong plants, $2.50 each, postpaid. 



FLAG OF TRUCE (4 feet) No. 4311 



A large-flowered, green-leaved, cream-white Canna with faint 

 pink dots on each petal and a sulphur-colored tongue. When a 

 short distance from the flowers they appear pure white. The 

 heads average eight to twelve blooms on each, and each bloom- 

 stalk generally has three heads of flowers, which bloom in suc- 

 cession, thus keeping the plant in bloom all the time. Strong 

 plants, $2.50 each, postpaid. 



DRAGON (3 to 4 feet) No. 2527 



If it were not for "Beacon," which we introduced in 1912, this 

 Canna would be in a class by itself. It blooms incessantly and 

 keeps sending up new bloom-stalks about every week, until cut 

 down by frost. Dark ox-blood-red, and especially suitable for 

 mass planting. Strong plants, $2.50 each, postpaid. 



PRINCETON (3 to 4 feet) No. 4063 



An intense bright yellow flower with a decided dash of red in 

 the throat, extending well up on the petals and showing on the 

 tongue also. Its principal value lies in its ability to resist 

 bleaching better than any other yellow Canna. It flowers early. 

 Strong plants, $2.50 each, postpaid. 



GAIETY (5 feet) No. 4252 



Color is reddish orange, mottled with carmine and edged with 

 yellow. The tongue is yellow and densely spotted with carmine. 

 When planted in solid beds or rows produces a dazzling effect. 

 Strong plants, $2.50 each, postpaid. 



THREE MAGNIFICENT C. & J. LILY-CANNAS 



SMRS. ALFRED F. CONARD. 4 ft. 



The most popular pink Canna ever 

 introduced and unsurpassed for plant- 

 ing either singly or in large beds. The 

 exquisite salmon-pink flowers are of 

 largest size and so freely produced 

 as to keep up a superb showing for 

 months. 35c. ea. ; choice potted plants 

 (ready April 15), 45c. ea., postpaid. 



SEE IN COLOR ON OPPOSITE PAGE 



Sfi KATE F. DEEMER. 4 ft. The grand 

 flowers open a rich oriole-yellow, 

 which gradually gives place to turkey- 

 red in the center and throat of the 

 flower, the rest of the blossom turning 

 almost white. Buds are rich yellow 

 on reddish brown stems. 30 cts. each; 

 choice potted plants (ready April 15), 

 40 cts. each, postpaid. 



W METEOR (Wintzer's). 5 ft. The 



almost solid mass of deep, dazzling 

 crimson bloom produced is spec- 

 tacular. Judges at the S. A. F. Na- 

 tional Convention, 1913, pronounced 

 this the best red Canna on the 

 grounds. 35 cts. each; choice potted 

 plants (ready April 15), 45 cts. each, 

 postpaid. 



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yflliTTD^- Zlft ^ ne eacn °' t ' le ^ Cannas shown in color on 

 *""! IJjIt'*" ™" opposite page, in dormant roots, 75 cts.; or the 3 in 

 potted plants, SI, postpaid. 



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the 6 in potted plants, 



The above 3 Cannas and the 3 offered on the back 

 cover — 6 superb sorts, in dormant roots, $1.90; 

 $2.25, postpaid. 



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