GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



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DWARF FRENCH CANNAS. 



VARIETIES OF SPECIAL MERIT. 



Beaute Poitevine. An excellent free-flowering crimson that 

 is especially valuable in a hot, dry season, succeeding better 

 under those conditions than any other variety. 15 cts. each ; 

 #1.50 per dozen. 



Depute Ravarin. A pretty sort, with good-sized, deep garnet 

 flowers, a shade lighter than A. Bouvier, which it much 

 resembles, except that the truss stands erect and is much 

 larger ; height 5 to 6 feet. 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per dozen. 



Furst Bismarck. Rich scarlet crimson, but so distinct from 

 all other crimsons that it can be planted along with them in 

 perfect harmony of color. The flowers are of large size, with 

 broad petals of good substance, and produced in immense 

 trusses ; of vigorous, compact, uniform growth, about 3.2 feet 

 high. 15 cts. each; §1.50 per dozen. 



Goliath. A fine rich dwarf crimson with broad massive petals 

 and heavy dark green foliage. 25 cts. 

 each; §2.50 per dozen. 



J. D. Eisele. A fine vermilion scar- 

 let overlaid with orange, a strong free 

 grower with its trusses raised well 

 above the foliage 4 feet. 

 25 cts. each ; §2.50 per 

 dozen. 



Joseph Combet. This is 

 a rich velvety cardinal, 

 very brilliant ; flowers of 

 good size, habit dwarf and 

 compact, about 3^ feet 

 high. 25 cts. each ; §2.50 

 per dozen. 



Mad. Leon Leclerc. En- 

 tirely distinct ground color, 

 being a bright orange 

 scarlet with a heavy tip and 

 narrow margin of yellow, 

 5 feet. 25 cts. each ; §2.50 

 per dozen. 



flenelek. One of the most 

 floriferous varieties, o f 

 dwarf compact habit, about 

 3j feet high, very uniform, 

 with heavy rich green 

 foliage. Its flowers are of 

 good size, with broad 

 petals ; are a of rich nas- 

 turtium red. 25 cts. each ; 

 §2.50 per dozen. 



Mine d'Or. This is prac- 

 tically a yellow Mad. 

 Crozy, \vhich it resembles 

 in size and shape of flower. 

 It is of bright canary- 

 yellow, the lower petals 

 very lightly marked with 

 red ; height 3 feet. 25 cts. 

 each ; $2.50 per dozen. 



R. Pearson. Golden - 

 yellow ground, dotted with 

 innumerable light red 

 spots, the spots being much 

 more numerous than in 

 any other variety. 25 cts. 

 each; §2.50 per dozen. 



Roi de Rouges. "King 

 of the Reds," and cer- 

 tainly one of the finest of 



the many reds yet intro- Sam Trelease 



duced ; the flowers are of 



good size, with heavy petals, and are produced on stout, 

 thickly-set stems ; foliage green ; habit compact ; 3 feet. 25 cts. 

 each ; §2. 50 per dozen. 



Secretaire Chabanne. Large flowers of very rich salmon, a 

 shade entirely distinct from any other sort ; 4 feet high, and one 

 of the freest-flowering varieties. 25 cts. each ; §2.50 per dozen. 



Varieties of Special Merit.— Continued. 



Stadtrath Heidenreich. A new variety of great merit, 

 large spreading flowers 5} inches across, individual petals 

 frequently being 2 inches wide. Color almost a pure scarlet 

 with just enough orange to intensify its richness, foliage dark 

 green with bronze markings, 41 feet high. 50 cts. each. 



TarrytOwn. A strong vigorous grower, with brilliant cherry 

 red flowers, an exceedingly free bloomer, foliage dark green, 

 3} feet high. 25 cts. each; §2.50 per dozen. 



SPECIAL OFFER. 



One plant each of the above 15 varieties of 

 Special Merit for $3.00. 



GENERAL COLLECTION. 



Alsace. Pale sulphur yellow, changing to creamy white, 

 4i feet. 

 August Van den Heede. Rich salmon red, 4 feet. 



Ami Jules Chretien. Bright apri- 

 cot red, suffused with rose, 3£ feet. 

 Ami P. G. Pezeaux. A 

 peculiar shade of pome- 

 granate red, 3£ feet. 

 Avant Garde. Yellow 



spotted crimson, 4 feet. 

 Baronne d e P i 1 1 y . 

 Orange shaded salmon, 

 4 feet. 

 Baron de Belleroche. 



Amaranth red, 3£ feet. 

 Czar Alexander III. 

 Brilliant carmine, large 

 flower, 3 J feet. 

 Columbia. Fine large crim- 

 son, 3 feet. 

 Comte de Bouchaud. 

 Golden yellow, spotted 

 red, 4j feet. 

 Charles Paul. Large, 



pure salmon. 

 Francois Billard. Crim- 

 son with dark shadings, 

 4 feet. 

 Flamingo. Fine crimson, 



3 feet. 

 Giant Crimson. Rich 



pure crimson, 4 feet. 

 J. C. Vaughan. Deep 

 orange scarlet, bronzy pur- 

 ple foliage, 4J feet. 

 Leon Pepin Lehalleur. 

 Carmine red, large round 

 flowers, 4 J- feet. 

 Favrichon. Satiny carmine 

 with orange sheen, 4 feet. 

 Papa. A fine red with large flowers 



and truss, 3 J feet. 

 Paul Harquant. Fine salmon with 



rose sheen, 3| feet. 

 Premier. Crimson scarlet with broad 



golden-yellow edge, 3J feet. 

 Robert Owen. Large canary yel- 

 low, striped and spotted red, 3 feet. 

 Souvenir du President Carnot. 

 Vermilion scarlet, bronze foliage, 5 feet. 

 Souvenir de Jean Chaure. Bright red, overlaid with a 



purple sheen, 3£ feet. 

 Vice-President" Luizet. Carmine, large flower, 3£ feet. 

 Price. Any of the above, 10 cts. each; §1.00 per dozen; 

 $8.00 per 100 ; or the set of 24 varieties for §2.00. 



Mme. 



SPECIAL We will furnish one each of the entire collection of Cannas offered on pages 109, 

 OFFER. no and izi, 67 varieties in all, for $7.00. 



