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LARGE-FLOWERING CANNAS. 



Xo other bedding plant will give the same uniform good results in our varied and trying climate. They do well in all sections 

 of the country and stand pre-eminently at the head of the list, succeeding in any sunny position in any kind of soil, but responding 

 quickly to liberal treatment. For best results the beds should be spaded two feet deep and a liberal amount of well-decayed 

 manure of any kind thoroughly incorporated, and at all times supplying water freely. For best etfect plant in large masses of one 

 color, setting out the plants 2 feet apart. To find the number of plants required for any bed from 3 to 20 feet in diameter see table 

 on page 114. 



.\11 have green foliage unless otherwise specified. 



DREER'S IXTERNATIONAI. SELECTIONS OF NE^V CANNAS 



AND RECENT INTRODUCTIONS OF SPECIAE MERIT, 



Every season we test in our own grounds the many new varieties of Cannas oflered by the various noted hybridizers of America 

 and Europe, and from our trials the past summer, which were undoubtedly on the most extensive scale ever attempted and which 

 were a delight and revelation to every visitor to our Riverview Nursery from early in July to the end of October, we have selected 

 the following, embracing the best sorts that have come to us from American, Austrian, Prench and German specialists during recent 

 years. Every shade of color is represented in this collection, and each variety is a decided acquisition. 



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



of medium size, held well above the foliage in large compact 

 trusses; a splendid bedding variety; 3i to 4 feet. 50 cts. each; 

 $5.00 per doz. 



Bebe Rose. Very pretty medium-sized florets in compact 

 trusses of good form; a distinct and pretty lively shade of car- 

 mine-tinted rose; 5 feet, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Dr. E. Ackerknecht. Carmine-lake sufi"used with deep car- 

 mine; a distinct new shade; very free-flowering; foliage bronze; 

 4 feet. 35 cts. each; 513.50 per doz. 



Fantasia. This is one of the brightest varieties we have seen. 

 The color is a bright, rich, cochineal-red with a dazzling 

 sheen that attracts the eye away from all others; very distinct 

 and unusual; 3i feet. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Qaram. Large, bright carmine-red flowers, freely produced 

 on vigorous growing plants; quite distinct; 3i to 4 feet. 35 

 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



General Merkel. One of the freest-flowering varieties in our 

 collection; of a brilliant scarlet suffused with orange, the base 

 and the edge of the petals are marbled with golden-yellow. 

 15 cts. each; $l..50 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



Qustav Qumpper. .\nother season's trial strengthens us in 

 again recommending this as the ideal rich yellow bedding 

 Canna; the flowers of good size are held well above the foliage, 

 the fine trusses always clean looking; in habit of growth very 

 uniform ; color a rich golden-yellow, a shade that has been 

 missing heretofore and which can be seen as far as the eve 

 will carry; 3.V to 4 feet. 25 cts. each; 5^2.50 per doz.; $20.00 

 per 100. 



Hohenzollern. A vigorous growing variety, producing immense 

 heads of clear canary-yellow flowers on five-feel-high stems, 

 greatly admired. 3-5 cts. each; §3.50 per doz. 



Hungarla. The ideal pink bedding Canna; flowers large, in 

 good sized trusses, produced early, freely and continuously, in 

 color not unlike that of the Paul Neyron Rose. Compared 

 to all other pink varieties, it possesses a softness and refine- 

 ment not found in any other sort; 3 to 3i feet. 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. ; $20.00 per 100. 



Johanna Kanzleiter, Light amber-yellow, changing to 

 creamy-white as it matures; very free and attractive; 3J to 4 

 feet. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Karl Luz. A strong growing variety, producing its large 

 lemon-yellow flowers in immense trusses; a promising European 

 introduction; 5 feet. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Kate F. Deemer. The flowers open a rich yellow and grad- 

 ually change until the lower part or throat of the floret is red, 

 while the rest of the flower turns almost white; quite attractive 

 and interesting; 5 feet. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Louis Reverchon. This was one of the best dark-leaved red- 

 flowering varieties in our trials during the past three years. A 

 block of about 2000 plants attracted great attention. The flow- 

 ers are very large, of a cochineal -red color, very freely pro- 

 duced on vigorous plants with light bronze foliage; 4J to 5 

 feet. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



iVlaros. The best white-flowering Canna that has yet come to 

 our notice. Its flowers of creamy-white are produced very 

 freely on stems thrown well above the foliage; 3i to 4 feet. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. ; $15.00 per 100. 



Meteor. A magnificent bedding variety, of strong, robust 

 habit, with green foliage and enormous trusses of large, 

 bright blood-red flowers freely jiroduced well above the foli- 

 age; 5 feet. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Mrs. Alfred F. Conard. A most remarkable variety, with 

 exquisite salmon-pink flowers of largest size in erect and 

 abundantly furnished heads, so freely produced as to keep a 

 superb showing of bloom for months above the rich green 

 foliage; 4 feet. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 

 100. 



Olympic. Rich oriental-red, shading lighter to the centre 

 and dappled carmine. The individual flowers are largest 

 size, and produced in immense large heads; 5 feet. $1.00 

 each. 



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 feel. 50 

 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Richard Wagner. Very free-flowering. The greater part 

 of the surface of the petal is bright orange-scarlet, bordered 

 with a broad band of golden yellow; throat of flower also 

 yellow. Altogether a showy and valuable sort; 4 feet. .50 

 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Splendor. A magnificent acquisition; florets of immense size 

 in great spreading trusses; very floriferous; color a pleasing 

 shade of salmon-scarlet; 3i feet. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Uhlberg. Entirely distinct and one of the freest-flowering 

 varieties we have ever grown. The flowers expand very full 

 and are of a soft rosy-carmine; the throat of the flower is of a 

 creamy-yellow and the edges of the petals, which are slightly 

 crimped, are also pale yellow. This variety attracted much 

 attention at our trials; 3 feet. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Undine. Unquestionably the best of its type, and we heartily 

 recommend it either for massing or as single specimens in the 

 border. Its growth is dwarf and graceful, with green foliage, 

 and its flowers, which are produced very freely, are of a bright 

 orange-scarlet broadly edged with golden yellow; a most satis- 

 factory variety in every way; 3Jl feet. 35 cts. each; $3.5U 

 per doz. 



Wabash. Beautiful large carmine-rose flowers, freely pro- 

 duced; this variety is similar to the well-known Rosea Gigan- 

 tea, but has bronze foliage; this, combined with the pink flow- 

 ers, produces an unusual and pleasing effect; 4 feet. 50 cts. 

 each; $5.00 per doz. 



Wawa. A very dwarf grower and free-flowering; the trusses 

 are of good size and borne well above the foliage; color a 

 pleasing shade of rosy-flesh-pink; 3 feet. 15 cts. each; $1.50 

 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



William Bates. A splendid free-flowerihg pure yellow Canna 

 that has attracted much attention. The size of its flowers, of 

 its trusses, its habit of growth are all that can be desired; a 

 variety that will become a great favorite; .5 feet. .35 cts. each; 

 $3.50 per doz. 



Wilhelm Mast. Color an unusual shade of orange-scarlet; 

 almost a pale terra-cotta and light bronze foliage; distinct 

 and interesting; 5 feet. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



We will supply one each of the 26 varieties of the International Collection for ji8.50. 



As a border for a bed of Canna< nothing equal* the Pennicetunu. See page 152. 



