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lENRYADRHR-PHILADELPHIAfA- lMOARDfN^"•OI!EEI1HOUSE PLAhlS : 



Canna West Virginia. 



Harry Laing. Exceedingly large, well rounded flowers of 



rich orlowing scarlet >ufFused with orange; 5 feet. 

 Mile. Berat. The nearest approach to a pink in a first-class 



bedder ; foliage green ; 4 feet. 



Price : 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $800 per 100. 



DREER'S TWELVE BEST 



CANNAS. 



There must now be in commerce close to 500 varieties of Can- 

 nas, the majority of which we have carefully tested on our owni 

 grounds. We keep our list down to about 50 of the very best, 

 and of these the twelve varieties enumerated below are a selec- 

 tion of sorts that have proven themselves perfect in every way, 

 and which succeed under the most adverse conditions. All are 

 of uniform, vigorous growth, and whether planted singly or in 

 masses will make a display certain to give full saiisfaction. As- 

 we grow many thousands of each, we offer them at exceptionally 

 low prices. 



Alphonse Bouvier. Finest tall brilliant crimson, foliage 



green ; 6 lo 7 feet. 

 Alsace. Pale sulphur, changing to creamy white ; planted in. 

 conjunction with the high-colored sorts it makes a fine con- 

 trast ; foliage green ; 4j feet. 

 President flcKinley. Biilliant crimson with scarlet shad- 

 ings; a grand dwarf variety, never exceeding 3 feet; foliage 

 green. 

 Buttercup, The nearest approach to a clear yellow ; 3 feet. 

 David Harum. Bright, deep satiny vermilion; fine bronze 



foliage ; 3j feet. 

 Duke of Marlborough. The finest of the very deep crim- 

 sons; fine individual blooms in large trusses, and exceptionally 

 free-flowering and attractive ; foliage green ; 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 ; foliage green ; 4 feet. 

 I rime. Crozy. The popular bright scarlet with golden edge ; 

 I foliage green ; 4 feet. 



I West Virginia. Intense crimson-scarlet, with broad golden- 

 yellow border ; fuliage green ; 3 feet. 

 Set of 12 Best Cannas, $1 00. 



THE THREE "EXPOSITION" CANNAS. 



Among the Cannas shown at the St. Louis Exposition two beds were planted by us exclusively with the three varieties ofFereiJ 

 below. The effect produced throughout ihe season, from start to finish, was not equalled by any other similar display. Again, 

 in our own trial grounds the pa^^t sum'mer, they stood out pre-eminently among all other sorts. We consider them the three best! 

 Cannas for massing now in cultivation. 



Pres. rieyer. A glorious Canna with large flowers in im- 

 Jean Tissot. One of the brightest of the very large-flowered mense trusses; color rich cherry carmine, producing a gor- 



Cannas; color an intense brilliant vermilion with bright or- geous effect; bronzy foliage; 4 feet. 



ange shadings, a color that can be seen as far as the eye will Rubln. The ruby carmine flowers ,>f this are not large, but 

 T. . r . -r ^. ^ r i- i. • i. are produced in such profusion and are so intensely ricli and' 



carry. It is of strong, uniorm growth, about 5 feet high, , ^- , ■ , ■.■ j -.u .u„ ^.,,1- i,,^,,,,, „^oor, rr,t;or,o 



•' =' o > " = > glowing, which, combined with the darl;, bronzy-green loliage, 



with massive green foliage. make it one of the best bedding varieties in our collection. 



Price : 20 cts. each ; %\L 00 per doz ; $15.00 per 100. One each of the 3 sorts for 50 cts. 



Standard Varieties of Cannas. 



There are too many good Cnnnas now to list anything that is not first-class. All of the following are varieties which measure 



up to the exacting standard which we set before admitting to our list 



Adrien Lefebvre. Carmine, with lighter markings ; 3i 

 feet. 



Charles Henderson. A popular crimson of uniform haliit ; 



3} feet. 

 Cinnabar, Cinnabar red, edged golden yellow ; 4^- feet. 

 Furst Bismarck. Rich scarlet crimson, of large size, 3J 



feet. 

 J. D. Eisele, Bright vermilion scarlet, overlaid with orange; 



a fine bedder ; 3^ feet. 

 Luray. A jileasing deep rosy-pink ; \\ feet. 



Price: Any of the aliove, 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz.; 



riiSS Berthlne Brunner. Large, open panicles of pure 



yellow flowers, minutely spotted with orange-scarlet. 

 Papa Nardy. Very large, rich currant-red, with a purplishi 



sheen ; 4V feet. 

 Secretaire Chabanne. Distinct and pleasing salmon ; 3 ft.. 

 Souvenir d'Antoine Crozy. Intense crimson-scarlet;. 



Iniiad yellow border; 3J feet. 

 The Express, .Scarlet crimson ; very dwarf habit, never 



exceeding 2' feet. 

 Wilhelm Qriessinger. Pure yellow, dotted with carmine; 



4i feet. 

 00 per 100. Set of 12 Standard Cannas, $1.00. 



As an effective bed nothing excels one of the high-colored Cannas bordered with Fountain Grass (Pennisetum) which is offered on 



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