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DREER'S SELECT LIST. 



Our Standard Dozen of Well=tried Cannas. 



The twelve varieties enumerated below are a selection of sorts that have proven themselves perfect in every way, and which 

 will succeed under the most adverse conditions, in dry as well as in wet seasons. All are of uniform, vigorous growth, and 

 whether planted singly or in masses will make a display certain to give full satisfaction. As we grow many thousands of each, 

 we are in a position to offer them at exceptionally low prices. 



Alphonse Bouvier. Although introduced in 1891, it still 

 stands at the head of tall crimson varieties. A strong grower 

 with bright green foliage. Very floriferous, and under fair 

 conditions grow 6 to 7 feet high. 



Admiral Avellan. The best of the red-leaved French varie- 

 ties. On account of its clean, uniform growth, attaining a 

 height of about 5 feet, each plant will be the counterpart of 

 its neighbor, thereby producing a most desirable effect when 

 used in masses. The flowers while not as 

 large as some of the recent introductions, 

 are of good size, of a peculiar shade of 

 scarlet, overlaid with salmon, giving a rich 

 luminous effect. 



Aurore. In our field of over 10 acres of 



Cannas during the past three years, this has 

 always attracted visitors by its intense bril- 

 liant orange flowers, which are of large size, 

 produced on strong trusses standing the 

 proper height above the 

 bright green foliage. 4£ 

 feet high. 



Charles Henderson. A 



grand variety of a fine 

 crimson color that has be- 

 come very popular. "While 

 it is not quite as rich in 

 color as Alphonse Bouvier, 

 its habit of growth is much 

 more compact, rarely ex- 

 ceeding 3 i feet in height, 

 which makes it a desirable 

 companion to such varieties 

 as Florence Vaughan and 

 Madame Crozy. 



Egandale. A most excel- 

 lent variety, with bronzy 

 foliage and soft currant- 

 red flowers, which are 

 thrown well above the 

 foliage ; the best of its 

 type, attains a height of 

 about 4 feet. 



Florence Vaughan. Un- 

 doubtedly one of the finest 

 yellow spotted varieties yet 

 sent out ; in color it is of a 

 bright rich golden-yellow, 

 spotted with bright red ; 

 the flowers, which are of the 

 largest size, of great substance 

 and of perfect form, are borne in 

 large heads and in the greatest 

 profusion ; the foliage is massive 

 and of a rich green color ; the 

 plants rarely exceed 31 to 4 feet 

 in height. 



President McKinley. 



F. Neuvesel. This is a splendid sort of a soft pleasing shade 

 of carmine ; of good size and excellent habit, the foliage is 

 dark green with bronzy markings ; it is of strong robust habit, 

 growing 4£ feet high. Very effective. 



Madame Crozy. The flowers of this well-known and popu- 

 lar variety are of a bright crimson scarlet, bordered with 

 golden-yellow. The plant is of vigorous growth yet dwarf in 

 habit, rarely exceeding 4 feet in height. Foliage bright green, 

 -^ and very massive. The flowers 



are produced on large branching 

 ^M bL stems which are closely set with 



bloom, each stem being really a 

 bouquet in itself. 



nile Berat. The nearest approach 

 to a pink in a first-class bedder. 

 Many of the sorts heretofore 

 offered as pink, while very pretty 

 in the individual flower, have a 

 "washed-out" appearance, both 

 on the single plant or when planted 

 in masses. In this variety, 

 however, the larger the 

 mass the finer the effect, 

 and when planted in con- 

 junction with yellows and 

 high-colored reds it is sim- 

 . ply superb ; height, 4 feet. 



Queen Charlotte. The 



finest of all the gilt-edged 

 varieties. The plant at- 

 tains a height of about 

 three feet and is furnished 

 with heavy bluish -green 

 foliage ; the enormous 

 flower-spikes, towering 

 grandly above the foliage, 

 bear a beautiful bouquet of 

 large flowers of perfect 

 form, with petals of a rich 

 scarlet crimson, broadly 

 banded with bright canary 

 yellow. 3 feet high. 



Souvenir d'Antoine 

 Crozy. The richest gilt- 

 edged variety yet intro- 

 duced ; the flowers are 

 large, with welbrounded 

 petals, which are of intense 

 scarlet crimson, rich and 

 dazzling, and are bordered 

 with a broad rich golden- 

 yellow band ; in habit the 

 plant is all that could be 

 desired, being of strong, 

 vigorous but dwarf habit, 

 forming symmetrical compact 

 plants about 3 feet high. 



Furst von Hohenlohe. An ideal yellow bedding Canna. Its flowers are of fair size, the upper petals of purest yellow, the 

 lower one slightly marked with crimson. Its strong points are its great floriferousness, neat compact habit, large spikes of flowers, 

 and the fact that at the distance of only a few feet it appears as a pure yellow. We place it at the head of the list of yellows. 

 3 feet high. 



Price, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. Set of 12 varieties for $1.50. 



TWO GRAND DARK=LEAVED INDIAN CANNAS. 



Black Beauty. The handsomest Indian Canna yet intro- 

 duced, with large massive foliage of the richest bronzy purple 

 color shaded with black, the edges of the leaves having a 

 peculiar wavy margin. Where foliage effect alone is desired, 

 nothing richer or more handsome can be found. 50 cts. each ; 

 $5.00 per dozen. 



Bassett's Red. A grand bronze-leaved variety of the old 

 Indian ("anna with intense bright bronzy red foliage, valuable 

 either for massing by itself or for planting in connection with 

 the dwarf French varieties. It grows about 5 feet high, is 

 very uniform in habit and a stately plant in every way. 15 Cts. 

 each ; $1.50 per dozen ; $8.00 per 100. 



