Ifi Lily-Cannas tfi 



Jhe Gdnakd ^ones Co. 



C. & J. NEW LILY-CANNAS 1916 



KING OF BEDDING PLANTS 



After 21 years of faithful, enthusiastic hybrid- 

 izing, this is the record of our Vice-President, 

 Antoine Wintzer, America's Canna Wizard: 

 He has douI:)led, and more, the size of a 

 flower; 



He has trebled the variety of colors; 



He has increased the endurance of the 



bloom; 

 He has given bronze foliage to flowers 



that before had only green; 



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C. & J. SWASTIKA 

 INDICATES THE 

 VARIETIES 

 ORIGINATED BY 

 THE CONARD & 

 JONES CO. 



We have won for these improved flowers leading 

 awards at the great expositions in America; 



We 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; 



We have had the superiority of C. & J. Cannas rec- 

 ognized and have had them used by the Icadin:^ 

 parks of our country; 



This 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." 



SAN FRANCISCO 

 EXPOSITION 



AWARDED 



GOLD MEDAL 



1915 



SAN DIEGO 

 EXPOSITION 



Extract from "Every Evening" 



Wilmington, 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. ... A 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 it on the map in colors!" 



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 dis- 

 tinctive 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 com- 

 mendations; 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. 



"Yet he says he is no wizard." 



;rc^^.^c C. & J. GOLD MEDAL SET 



* San DieP'O ^ feet. Described as Chinese orange or Persian yellow 



° in color. The crimped petals are remarkable for substance, 



which enables them to withstand the hot summer sun without wilting, and 

 another charm is in the buds which are dark bronze, harmonizing with 

 the golden bronze foliage. Grand in ev-ery way. Strong plants, $1 ea., ppd. 



^ Golden Gate * '««*• Jhe flowers open almost pure gold, but soon 



vjatc. become richly rayed with orange-crimson and apricot; 



throat deep carmine-red. Foliage green. Strong plants. 50 cts. ea., ppd. 



S Titv nf Pnrtlanii 31/2 feet. The color is a beautiful, glowing pink, 

 V/ny ui ruriidUU. (jgeper in color than its parent, Mrs. Alfred F. 

 Conard, and the flowers are produced in greatest profusion on strong, 

 erect, branching stalks. It is an early and continuous bloomer, blooming 

 freely in hot or cool weather. Canna experts last season pronounced it the 

 "finest all-round pink Canna to date." Strong plants, Si each, postpaid. 



OTTri? ^ ^8 *^"* each of the above Superior Cannas, in strong, growing 



plants, the three for $2, postpaid. 



C. «& J. WHITE HOUSE CANNAS 



* Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. 



4 feet. A charming shade of rich, soft 

 crimson-pink, particularly clearand pleas- 

 ing to the e>e. Flowers are large, with broad, overlapping, rounded 

 petals of great substance and durability. Foliage is light green, prettily 

 veined; the habit is robust but the leaves do not hide the foliage. 

 Strong plants, $1 each, postpaid. 

 S I afavpttp ^ feet. This Canna has been selected to plant in Lafayette 

 Liaia yene. Square, directly in front of the White House, for 1916. In 

 some respects it resembles the famous "Meteor," but the flowers are a 

 more intense scarlet. The heads of bloom are carried erect above the 

 healthy, green foliage, producing a brilliant effect in mass planting. 

 Strong plants, $2.50 each, postpaid. 



T/tirrrO ^ Qfia one each of these two White House Cannas, in strong plants, 

 ^VllliK'^ 00€M. for $3, postpaid. 



THREE MAGNIFICENT C. & J. LILY-CANNAS 



SEE IN COLOR ON 

 OPPOSITE PAGE 



ifiMRS. 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. Roots, 25c. ea. ; potted plants 

 (ready April 15), 30c. ea., postpaid. 



ffi 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. Roots, 25 cts. 

 each; choice potted plants (ready 

 April 15), 30 cts. each, postpaid. 



ifi 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. Roots, 25 cts. each; choice 

 potted plants (ready April 15), 30 cts. 

 each, postpaid. 



"VKiiiiv^ OOU plants (ready Apr 



3 Cannas shown in color on opposite page, in dormant roots, 60 cts.; or the 3 in potted 

 April 15), for 75 cts. postpaid. 



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