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G2 CARDEN GREENHOUSE DIANTS 17 
DREER’S 
Collection of Standard 
LARGE-FLOWERING 
CANNAS. 
There are too many good Cannas nowadays to offer anything 
but first-class varieties. The sorts offered below are all strictly 
high-grade. 
All have green foliage, unless otherwise specified. 
Adrien Lefebvre. 
3} feet, 
Alphonse Bouvier. 
For cultural notes see head of preceding page. 
Rosy-carmine flowers with red markings; 
Finest tall, brilliant crimson; 6 to 7 feet. 
Alsace. Pale sulphur, changing to creamy white; planted in 
conjunction with the high-colored sorts it makes a fine con- 
trast; 4} feet. 
Beaute Poitevine. Brilliant crimson with scarlet shadings, 
compact; very free; 3 feet. 
Buttercup. Deep buttercup-yellow; almost pure; very ef- 
fective; 3 feet. 
Charles Henderson. 
33 feet. 
Cinnabar. 
Consul W. Vellnagel. 
brown; 4 feet. 
Dr. Robert Funcke. Large flowers in heavy, dense spikes, 
in color the same shade as Scarlet Sage; very bright; 43 feet. 
Duke of Marlborough. One of the finest of the very deep 
crimsons; fine individual blooms in large trusses, and excep- 
tionally free-flowering and attractive; 4 feet. 
Egandale. A favorite bronze-leaved sort, with soft currant- 
red flowers; 4 feet. 
Florence Vaughan, Bright, rich golden-yellow, spotted with 
red; of large size and perfect form; 4 feet. 
Furst Bismarck. Rich scarlet crimson, of large size; 34 
feet. 
General Merkel. Scarlet suffused with orange, base and edge 
of Hower marbled with golden yellow; 4 feet. 
Grand Chancellor Bulow. Rich deep crimson-scarlet over- 
laid with maroon, very large spikes of good-sized flowers of 
good substance thrown well above the foliage; 3 feet. 
Harry Laing. Exceedingly large, well-rounded flowers of 
rich, glowing scarlet, suffused with orange; 54 feet. 
Hofgartner Hoppe. Light bronze foliage, flowers orange- 
scarlet at base, merging into carmine at tips of petals; 4} feet. 
J.D. Eisele. Bright vermilion-scarlet, overlaid with orange; 
a fine bedder; 3% feet. 
Jean Tissot. One of the brightest; color an intense, brilliant 
vermilion, with bright orange shadings, a color that can be 
seen as far as the eye will carry; massive foliage; 5 feet. 
Luray. A pleasing deep rosy-pink; 43 feet. 
Miss Berthine Brunner. Large, open panicles of pure yel- 
low flowers, minutely spotted with orange-scarlet; 43 feet, 
Mrs. Geo. A. Strohlein. Very large amaranth-red flowers, 
massive bronze foliage; 5 feet. 
Mille. Berat. The nearest approach to a pink in a first-class 
bedder; 4 feet. 
Mme. Crozy. 
feet. 
Mme. Jean Beurier. Salmon rose dashed and mottled with 
vermilion; small yellow edge; 4 feet. 
A popular crimson of uniform habit; 
Cinnabar-red edged golden yellow; 43 feet. 
Lemon-yellow, spotted with reddish- 
The popular goiden-edged bright scarlet; 4 
Price: Any of the above, 15 cts. each; $1.25 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 
Many important Cultural Notes have been added to this book this season. 
CANNA ScuUVENIR D’ANTOINE CRozy. 
Mont. Blanc. 
Papa Nardy. 
sheen; 44 feet. 
Pres. Meyer. A glorious Canna with large flowers in immense 
trusses; color rich cherry carmine, producing a gorgeous effect; 
bronzy foliage; 4 feet. 
Very large, creamy-white flowers; 33 feet. 
Very large, rich currant-red, with a purplish 
Professor Hugo de Vries. A soft and delicate shade of 
rosy carmine; 3 feet. 
Professor Rodenwaldt. Large and effective deep crimson- 
scarlet, of compact habit; 3 feet- 
Richard Wallace. As a good free-flowering yellow Canna of 
vigorous growth, we believe that this variety comes nearer to 
the ideal than any variety yet offered. In color it is a pleasing 
canary-yellow with exceptionally large flowers, which are 
carried well above the foliage; 43 feet. 
Rubin. The ruby carmine flowers of this are not large, but are 
produced in profusion and are intensely rich and glowing, 
which, combined with the dark, bronzy-green foliage, make it 
one of the best bedding varieties in our collection, 
Secretaire Chabanne. Distinct and pleasing salmon; very 
free; a fine bedder; 3 feet, 
Souvenir d’Antoine Crozy. Intense crimson-scarlet, with 
a broad golden-yellow border, an exceptionally free-Alowering 
variety, and the brightest of the gilt-edged sorts; 35 feet. 
Venus. One of the softest and most delicately colored varieties 
that has yet been introduced. The flowers are of fair size, of a 
soft rosy pink, with a pretty mottled border of creamy yellow. 
The plant always presents a clean, fresh appearance. 33 feet- 
Set of 35 varieties, $3.00. 
See page 1. 
