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SELECT STANDARD VARIETIES OE 



LARGE FLOWERmG CANNAS. 



The wonderful advance made in recent years in Cannas has induced 



us to grow improved varieties in preference to many sorts, which, up 



until very recently, were great favorites. This standard collection con- 

 tains the very best of the older varieties as well as many novelties which 



until very recently were sold at high prices. 



Beacon. Very free -flowering; color a rich cardinal-red; florets of 

 medium size; a splendid bedding variety; 3f to 4 feet. 



Brilliant. Rich yellow with two bright-red curling tongue like petals 

 in the centre; 4 feet. 



Buttercup. Bright buttercup-yellow, a healthy, dwarf, free bloomer; 

 one of the best pure yellows. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 

 per 100. 



Claude Montel. Very free blood-red with golden margin; 

 3£ feet. 



Consul W. Vellnagel. Large lemon-yellow, with reddish 

 brown spots; 4 feet. 



Dr. E. Ackerknecht. Carmine-lake suffused with deep car- 

 mine; very free-flowering; foliage bronze; 4 feet. 



Duke of Marlboro. Very deep crimson, an attractive bril- 

 liant flower; 4 feet. 



Feuermeer. A brilliant fiery scarlet of medium size; excep- 

 tionally free-flowering; very effective for massing; 4 feet. 



Gladiator. One of the finest bedders, color deep yellow freely 

 dotted with red; 4j feet 



Graf M. Tolstoi. Brilliant scarlet with bronze foliage; 4 feet. 



Harry Laing. Large well rounded flowers of rich glowing 

 scarlet, suffused with orange; 5 feet. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per 

 doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



Hohenzollern. A vigorous growing variety, producing immense heads of clear 

 canary-yellow flowers; 5 feet. 



J. D. Eisele. Vermilion scarlet overlaid with orange, fine bedder; 3£ feet. 



Jennie Walls Fahnline. Carmine-pink shading to primrose throat; 4£ feet. 



Johanna Kanzleiter. Light amber-yellow, changing to creamy-white as it 

 matures; very free and attractive; 3J to 4 feet. 



Loveliness. Bright ruby carmine in large trusses; 3 feet. 



Marcel Ricard. Compact trusses of salmon-rose, bronze 

 foliage; 3J feet. 



Mile. Gabrielle Miguel. Large attractive delicate pink 

 flowers; 3 J feet. 



Mme. Crozy. The popular golden-edged scarlet; 4 feet. 



Nadir. Large carmine-rose with bronze foliage; 4£ feet. 



Niemen. Large trusses of pale creamy-yellow; 3j feet. 



Prince Wied. An excellent, brilliant, rich deep crimson 

 bedder, with flowers of medium size, but produced in very 

 large trusses; free and early; one of the best; 4 feet. 



Queen Charlotte. Rich pomegranate-red bordered with a 

 broad band of bright yellow; 3 feet. 



Rosea Gigantea. Large flowers, borne in such abundance 

 that the mass of color on each plant is truly amazing; indi- 

 vidual petals are 2J inches across; a deep, rich rose, almost a 

 coral-carmine; 4 to 5 feet. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; 

 $15.00 per 100. 



Rossini. Rose color with edge of petals and throat golden- 

 yellow; 3£ 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; 3 feet. 



Secretaire Chabanne. Distinct and pleasing luminous 

 salmon; 3 J feet. 



Souvenir de Antoine Crozy. Intense rich crimson-scarlet, 

 with broad golden-yellow border; 3^ feet. 



Stuttgartia. Glowing orange-scarlet, edged and mottled 

 yellow; 4J feet. 



Terisa. Fiery-red with golden throat and border; 3 feet. 



Undine. Bright orange-scarlet broadly edged with golden 

 yellow; very free; 3J feet. 



Venus. One of the softest and most delicately colored varie- 

 ties. The flowers are of fair size, of a soft rosy-pink, with a 

 pretty mottled border of creamy-yellow; 4 feet. 



Wilhelm Greissinger. Pure yellow dotted with carmine; 

 4* feet 



Price. Any of the above, except where noted, 15 cts. each; 

 $1.50 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. One each of the 33 Select 

 Standard Sorts for $3.00. 



Italian or Orchid-flowered Canna King 

 Humbert 



ITALIAN OR ORCHID-FLOW- 

 ERED CANNAS. 



Of the many orchid-flowered Cannas introduced those offered 



below are the most distinct and desirable. The habit of growth 



of all is remarkably vigorous, attaining a height of 6 feet, while 



their flowers frequently measure over 6 inches across. 



Allemania. Pleasing dark salmon with golden markings. 



Austria. Pure canary-yellow; fine large open flowers, with 

 few reddish dots in the centre of the two inside petals. 



Italia. Bright orange-scarlet, with broad golden-yellow bor- 

 der; the flowers are held well above the massive foliage. 



King Humbert. In this grand Canna we have a combina- 

 tion of the highest type of flowers with the finest bronze 

 foliage. Its flowers measure 6 inches in diameter, produced 

 in gigantic trusses, a brilliant orange-scarlet with bright red 

 markings; foliage broad and massive, of a rich coppery- 

 bronze; 5 feet (See cut.) 



Mrs. Karl Kelsey. An immense orange-scarlet; wonderously 

 striped and flaked with golden-yellow, with wavy-edged 

 petals; entirely distinct 



Pennsylvania. Intense vermilion-scarlet, overlaid with an 

 orange sheen; foliage rich green. 



Wyoming. Bronzy-purple foliage, with immense spikes of 

 massive orange flowers. 



Price. Any of the above, 15 cts. each; $1.25 per doz.; $8.00 

 per 100. 



One each of the 7 sorts for $1.00. 



The Dreer Set of New Cannas of 

 19x5 and 1916 



These are of special merit. Described on page 126. 



While all of the'Canna* offered are fine the corti on paces 126 and 127 are extra choice 



