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Typical Spike of Newer Cannas. 



ITALIAN OR 

 ORCHID-FLOWERED 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 to 

 8 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 combination 



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. 

 Mrs. Karl Kelsey. An immense orange-scarlet, wondrously 



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



petals; entirely distinct. 25 cts. each; £2.50 per doz. 

 New York. A bronze-leaved variety with intense brilliant 



carmine flowers of great beauty. 

 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, except where noted, 15 cts. each; 



$1.25 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



One each of the 8 sorts for $1.00. 



CANNAS. 



No 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 weli-decayed manure of any kind 

 thoroughly incorporated, and at all times supplying water 

 freely. For best effect 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 128. 



All have green foliage unless otherwise specified. 



DREER'S " INTERNATIONAL " 

 COLLECTION OF CANNAS. 



Every season we test in our own grounds the many new 

 varieties of Cannas offered by the various noted hybridizers 

 of America and Europe, and from the trials of the past few 

 years we have selected the eight varieties here offered as the 

 best that have come to us from American, Austrian, French 

 and German specialists, Every leading shade of color is 

 represented in this collection, and each variety is a decided 

 acquisition. 



Gustav Gumpper. We recommend this as the ideal rich 

 yellow bedding Canna; the flowers of good size are held 

 well above the foliage, the fine- trusses always clean look- 

 ing; 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 eye will carry; 3£ to 4 feet. 

 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. 

 Hungaria. The ideal pink bedder, flowers large, in good 

 trusses, color not unlike that of the Paul IS'eyron Rose; one 

 of the best of the newer introductions; 3 lo 3j feet. 75 cts. 

 each; £7.50 per doz. 

 Louis Reverchon. Very pretty large flowers of a cochineal- 

 red color, freely produced on vigorous plants with light bronze 

 foliage; 4.J to 5 feet. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 

 Maros. 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; 3£ to 4 feet. 

 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz, 

 Heteor. A magnificent bedding variety, of strong, robust habit, 

 with green foliage and enormous trusses of large, bright blood- 

 red flowers freely produced well above the foliage; 5 feet. 

 :',."i 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. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 

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

 William Saunders. A gorgeous bronze-leaved variety; flow- 

 ers of a bright crimson-scarlet, often measuring 5 inches 

 across, of remarkable substance and durability, and without 

 question the best bronze-leaved Scarlet Canna in cultivation 

 for massing; 4 feet. 25 cts. each; $2. "0 per doz. 



One each of the International Collection for $3.50. 



Cannas are continued on opposite page. 



