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Our Standard Dozen of Well=tried Cannas. 



The twelve varieties enumerated below are a selection of sorts 

 will succeed under the most adverse conditions, in dry as well 

 whether planted singly or in masses will make a display certain to 

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

 AlpllOllse 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 

 varieiies. 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. 



EjifaiKlale. A most excellent 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 Vaug-liail. Undoubtedly one of the finest yel- 

 low spotted varieties yet sent out. In color it is of a bright 

 rich golden-yellow, spotted with 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 foli- 

 age is massive and of a rich g.'-een color ; the plants rarely 

 exceed 3^ to 4 feet in height. 



Mine rt'Or. This variety is practically a yellow Mme. Crozy ; it is 

 of the same strong, robust habit, just as free-flowering, with flowers and 

 trusses of similar size, of a bright canary yellow, with but a faint 

 mark of red in the lower petal; it grows about S} feet high, with 

 massive rich green foliage. 



President McKillley. Color brilliant crimson with bright scarlet 

 shading. Truss large, compact, of good shape and held well above 

 the foliage, and are produced freely and evenly. 

 Plant is dwarf, 3 feet; foliage deep green with marked 

 chocolate margin. Plant stools freely, is a compact 

 even grower. It is one of the earliest bloomers, 

 coming into flower when 14 to 18 inches high, and 

 blooming continuously thereafter. The effect when 

 massed is extremely brilliant, the contrast between the 

 flowers and foliage being rich, chaste and effective. 

 A marked improvement upon all crimson Cannas in- 

 troduced to date ; undoubtedly the king of crimson 

 bedders. (See cut.) 



Souvenir d'Antoine Crozy. The richest gilt, 

 edged variety yet introduced ; the flowers are large, 

 with well-rounded petals, which are of intense scar- 

 let 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 Init 

 dwarf habit, forming symmetrical compact plants 

 about 3 feet high. 



Stadtratll Heidenreicll. A comparatively recent 

 introduction and a variety of great merit, with large 

 spreading flowers 5J inches across, individual petals 

 frequently being 2 inches wide. Color almost a pure 

 scarlet, with just enough orange to intensify its rich- 

 ness ; foliage dark green with bronze markings. 4 J 

 feet high. 



Secretaire Chabanne. Salmon-colored Cannas 

 are, as a rule, not sought after to any great extent ; but 

 in this variety the color is so rich and pleasing as to be 

 entirely distinct, and while it is valuable for planting 

 as a separate specimen or in masses by itself, its 

 greatest value consists in massing it in conjunction 

 other high-colored sorts, with which it not only harmonize^ 

 but appears to intensify their color. Height about 4 

 feet. 



Price, any of the above, 15 cts. each; §1.50 per doz.; 

 $10 00 per 100. Set of 12 varieties for $1.50. 



that have proven themselves perfect in every way, and which 

 as in wet seasons. All are of uniform, vigorous growth, and 

 give full satisfaction. As we grow many thousands of each, we 



Madame Crozy. The flowers of this well-known and 

 popular variety aie of a bright crimson scralet, 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 stems which are closely set wiih bloom., each stem 

 being really a bouquet in itself 



Mile. Berat. 'I'he nearest approach to a pink in a first-cla-s 

 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, hovi'ever, the larger the mass the 

 finer the effect, and when planted in conjunction with yellows 

 and high-colored reds it is simply superb. Height 4 feet. 



Queen Charlotte, 'l he finest of all the gilt-edged varie- 

 ties. The plant attains a height of about 3 feet, and is 

 furnished wilh heavy bluish-green foliage; the enormous 

 flower spikes, towering grandly above the foliage, bear a 

 beautiful l)ouquet of large flowers of perfect form, with petals 

 of a rich scarlet crimson, broadly banded with bright canary 

 yellow. 3 feet high. 



For ?^ew and Kare Plants see pages 11 to 16. 



