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LARGE=FLOWERINQ CANNAS. 



Novelties and Varieties 

 of Special Merit. 



Cinnabar. Cinnabar red, distinctly edged with golden yel- 

 low ; a fine round flower of great substance, held well above 

 the foliage in large well-formed trusses, of good habit ; an 

 early and free bloomer; 4i ft. 25 cts. each; §2.50 per doz. 



Luray. A handsome and pleasing deep rosy pink, and no 

 doubt one of the best of its class; flowers of good size, in 

 large trusses, well above the foliage. 25 cts. each ; §2.50 

 per doz. 



rirs. Kate Gray. The most robust-growing Canna in our f 

 collection ; the plant attains a height of 6 to 7 feet, with broad 

 and massive foliage of a bright glossy green ; very much like 

 the Abyssinian Banana in size and substance, and forming a 

 beautiful foil to the gigantic trusses of flowers, which are of a 

 rich shade of orange-scarlet overlaiii with gold, and measure 

 from 6 to 7 inches across, individual petals often being over 

 2 inches wide. The habit of the plant, size of truss and in- 

 dividual flower, together with its superb coloring, make this 

 one of the most desirable of all. 35 cts. each ; §3.50 per doz. 



Mrs. Geo. A. Strohlein, A grand variety with extra large 

 bright amaranth-red flowers, which are raised well above 

 the foliage in strong, heavy, many-flowered trusses ; grows 

 about 6 feet high with large bronzy-purple foliage ; entirely 

 distinct. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Pennsylvania. One of the best of the Italian types; the 



flowers, which measure fully 6} inches in diameter, are pro- 

 duced remarkably free in many-branched pannicles, and are 



of an intense vermilion-scarlet, overlaid with an orange^ 



scarlet sheen ; foliage rich gieen ; 6 to 7 feet. 50 cts. each ; 



$5.00 per doz. 

 President Meyer, A distinct and desirable new variety, 



with broad bronzy foliage and very large flowers of a rich 



cherry carmine, produced in trusses of immense size ; 4 feet. 



25 cts. each ; §2.50 per doz. 

 Sam Trelease. The nearest approach to a pure scarlet yet 



introduced. Very rich and glowing; the edges and centre are 



marked with yellow, about the same as in Mme. Crozy. It 



grows about 3 feet high, with large, freely-branching spikes, 



which are thrown above the foliage and of just suffi- 

 cient height to show them to best advantage. In freedom of 



flowering no variety compares with it. (See cut.) 25 cts. 



each ; §2.50 per doz. 



One each of the above 



oA]\i Trelease. 



5ouv. de rime. Leonie Viennot. Dark green foliage, 

 flowers carmine, edged golden, of good size, produced in 

 large trusses ; 4 feet. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



Wilhelm Bofinger. Large, massive, bright green foliage, 

 flowers rich scarlet overlaid with glowing orange-scarlet, a 

 color that can be seen as far as the eye will carry ; one of the 

 brightest and most attractive colors we have seen. The plant 

 is of strong habit, growing about 5 feet high ; very free-flower- 

 ing ; a decided acquisition. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



9 varieties for $2.25. 



Grand Dark=leaved Canna— '' Black Beauty." 



In the large displays of Cannas the past summer at the Pan-.\nierican Exposition, probably no variety attracted so much atten- 

 tion and proved so eff'ective as Black Beauty; and while its flowers are insignificant and small, the massive foliage of the plant is 

 of such an intense rich color as to at once place it at the head of the list of ornamental bedding plants, where foliage or sub-tropical 

 effect is wanted. The plant grows 5 to 6 feet high, with foliage of the richest glistening bronzy-purple color, shaded with black, 

 the leaves having peculiar crimped, wavy margins. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



