Popular BEDDING PLANTS 
Dreer’s Large-Flowering CANNAS 
Dormant Canna Roots 
will be sent by Parcel Post if 
you add 10% (15% west of 
the Mississippi) to their value 
Jor postage and special packing. 
Minimum charge 10 cents. 
Green Plants are sent by Ex- 
press. 
King Humbert. Great massive trusses 
of brilliant orange-scarlet flowers that 
form a striking contrast to the dark 
coppery bronze foliage. A vigorous 
grower 5 feet high. 
scarlet. 
wonderfully 
height of 5 feet. 
The President. The greatest of all red 
Cannas — a brilliant, fiery, and intense 
Extremely free flowering and 
vigorous 
Cannas bloom from early summer until frost in all sections of the country. They succeed in 
any sunny position and in any kind of soil, though they respond quickly to liberal treatment. For 
best results prepare the: beds about.2 feet deep and include a quantity of well decayed 
manure. They require ample moisture throughout the growing season. All varieties have green 
foliage unless otherwise specified in the descriptions given below. 
Three Most Popular Cannas 
We are placing these three varieties ahead of the general list because they have proved to be the 
most popular with our customers as shown by the fact that they represent three-fourths of our 
entire Canna sales. The reason for their popularity is obvious as they are vigorous in the extreme, 
free flowering, and give universal satisfaction. 
Yellow King Humbert. As vigorous 
as King Humbert with bright yellow 
blooms dotted with bright red. It has 
rich green foliage and grows 4} feet 
high. 
growing to a 
Any of the above Three Most Popular varieties: 20c each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 
Twenty Selected Standard Cannas 
These 20 varieties are leaders in their respective color classes. Every one has proved to be out- 
standing and gives entire satisfaction. All of them combine their large flowers into showy large flower 
trusses that bring a bright note into the garden. 
Antoine Wintzer. Beautiful large trusses of an intense 
crimson-scarlet that glistens and scintillates in sunlight. 4% feet. | 
Copper Giant. Immense madder red flowers with a suffusion of 
rose that gives a coppery red effect. 4 feet. 
Eureka. This is by far the very best white Canna ever intro- 
duced. Has showy large trusses. 4} feet. 
General Merkel. 
petals with golden border. Making a magnificent display. 3} feet. 
Golden Eagle. Very desirable because it blooms early and most 
profusely. Bright golden yellow. 4 feet. 
Hungaria. A great variety with beautiful clear rose flowers. 
Though old, still one of the most desirable. 3} feet. 
A charming variety with large trusses of a glossy 
3} feet. 
Jersey Rose. 
clear old rose color. 
Giant trusses of a brilliant rosy scarlet color. 
4 feet, 
Louis Cayeux. 
Very free flowering and particularly effective. 
Mary Thilow. Delicate pale rosy salmon set against most 
attractive bronzy foliage. Always greatly admired. 4 feet. 
Mrs. Alfred Conard. 
trusses of a bright salmon-pink color. 4 feet. 
A massive flower truss composed of scarlet | 
A very popular variety with glorious | 
Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Giant Watermelon red flowers arranged 
on large trusses on a heavy and vigorous plant. 5 feet. 
Pocahontas. Large deep rosy carmine blooms produced freely 
above the beautiful bronzy leaves. 4 feet. 
Rosamund Coles. Deep reddish orange enhanced by a border 
of brilliant golden yellow. Vigorous and showy. 5 feet. 
Rosea Gigantea. An old favorite with magnificent trusses of a 
stunning rich rose color. 4 feet. 
Sungold. This glistens and scintillates in bright sunlight being 
a rich chinese orange with golden yellow border. 44 feet. 
The Ambassador. A wonderfully free flowering variety with 
brilliant red blooms set off by bronzy foliage. 5 feet. 
Timbuctoo. 
sun. 
A very bright yellow which does not fade in the 
Blooms most profusely. 4 feet. 
Triomphe. Brilliant bright crimson which is most effective. A 
variety that is extremely free flowering. 4 feet. 
Uhlberg. A unique variety alone in its color—rosy crimson with 
creamy yellow markings. 3} feet. 
Wyoming. The rich bronze foliage is crowned by immense 
trusses of an intense rich orange color. A majestic Canna. 6 feet. 
Any of the above 20 Cannas: 25c each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
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Dreer’s Cannas in the New York Botanical 
Garden, Bronx Park, New York. 
The Sensational 
Newer Canna 
Mrs. Pierre S. duPont 
Mrs. Pierre S. duPont has proved 
the most sensational of all newer 
Cannas and it is indeed most out- 
standing. Makes a striking display 
planted in beds or borders where 
the gorgeous brilliant flowers will 
present a charming effect. They are 
a vivid Watermelon pink which is 
pure and clean but at the same time 
it has a mellowness that will appeal 
to the gardener who objects to colors 
that are harsh and difficult to blend. 
4 feet. 35c each; $3.50 per doz.; 
$25.00 per 100. 
Cannas are supplied in dormant roots until April 1, green plants thereafter 
