LOVETT'S NEW CANNAS 



(Shown in natural colors upon next patje.) 



The Caaa;v3 described on this page, except the Mrs. Eisele, were, after careful testing, selected as the 

 most beautiful and useful — in a word, as the best — from more than tive thousand hybrids produced by Dr. 

 Waller Van Fleet, tlie most successful hybridizer of flowers in America. All of tliem are remarkable, not 

 only ioveiuif/ and continuous blooming, great fveedoia of Ji'jicering, large size and good form of both flovter and 

 flower truss, beauty and brilliancy of color, but equally so for the beauty and. enduring proi)erties if foliage. 



Crimson Redder is destined to S(^on occupy the same position and attain the same popularity among 

 bedding Canuas as has the Grant Geranium among Geraniums in the past, and solely b}' reason of its 

 intrinsic merit. There is no other Caima (in fact, uo other flower) that approaches it in value for bedding 

 purposes. A few hundred plants of it, planted with other varieties of the Canna the past summer, pro- 

 duced a disphiy so truly gorgeous and marvelous as to call fortli fxclamations of amazement and [)rofound 

 admiration from almost every one of the thousands who passed by the nursery. The J. T. Lovett is \vell- 

 nigh as valuable for jnassingas is the Crimson Bedder for bedding. Golden Bedder is the purest in color of 

 all the yellow varietitsof the Canna, excei)t Austria, and is unrivaled as a bedding variety of its color, by 

 leason of its dwarf habit, freedom of flowering, and early blooming. Leopard is a most unique variety, 

 and the Mrs. Eisele is the daintiest in color of all varieties that have thus far appeared, and is exceeded only 

 b\ the J. T. Lovett in the grandeur of its foliage. 



CRIMSON BEDDER. 



Of coiupact habit, three feet in height, with abundant 

 deep greeu foliage ; narrowly banded with bronze — 

 always clean aud fresh, and withstanding high winds 

 and all kind.s of weather perfectly. Florets large and 

 open, held in a large, cojupact truss; bright, glowing 

 crimson, and borne in such masses as to product; a veri- 

 table inaze of color. It sheds or cleans itself of faded 

 tlowers us Well as the popular Alphouse Bouvier aud 

 ('has. Henderson, aud is \\xG'mmiiest blooming and the 

 fret-Sit I. looming variety yet prt)duced. In brief, it is 

 very like that- model of perfection in flower, the Fla- 

 mingo (one of its parents), in color, size, and form of both 

 liower and truss; with the habit of Chas. Henderson 

 {«hic-h it surpasses in foliage;, and is an exceedingly 

 early andfi'ee hloonier. 



GOLDEN BEDDER. 



What is said of Crimson Bedder applies to this va- 

 riety, except it is still dwarfer in liabit (2'^^ ft. i; 

 the foliage is light-green in color, is smaller, as are 

 also its florets, which are a bright golilea-yelloic 

 throughout, except a trace of red at base of the small 

 lower petal. It is the freest and earliest bloomer of 

 its color yet produced, and is a perfect companion for 

 Crimson Bedder. 



J. T. LOVETT. 



The nearest approach to perfection in foliage of any 

 (anna I have yet seen, rivaling in beauty a Banana. 

 L'nlike this very decorative plant, its leaves may almost 

 be compared to leather in strength and ability to with- 

 .stand high winds. In very truth. I have never known 

 a leaf of it to be torn, blistered, or otherwise damaged 

 by wind, rain, or snn. So enduring is it that the ground 

 <»r first leaves })r(Mlnced upon the plants remain clean, 

 bright, and perfect- until the grtnmd freezes in autumn 

 —something I have not seen in any other variety. 

 Color of foliage is rich, deep olive-green throughout; 

 height, five feet. Florets very large and long, set in a 



loose, open, drooping cluster, after the manner of the 

 once popular Ehtinauii— the seed-bearing jjareut — but 

 in color are a rich crimson-lake, and are freely pro- 

 duced early, late, and all the time. For graceful habit, 

 exquisite foliage, and for eflect in massing, it is without 

 an equal. 



LEOPARD. 



An extremely stocky grower, attaining a height of 

 four feet, with massive foliage of a glaucous, shimmer- 

 ing green, and producing a veritable mass of large, 

 compact trusses of very large, open flowers, which are 

 bright canary-yellow, broadly blotched and spotted 

 with rich reddish-chocolate, suggesting at a glance the 

 name given it. It is among the earliest and freest 

 bloomers, and the foliage is large and Musa-like in form 

 and color. An exceedingly unique aud very distinct 

 variety, equally valuable for massing or planting singly 

 or for vases, tubs, etc. 



MRS. EISELE. 



Produced by W. G. Eisele of Long Branch, N. J., who 

 has devoted many years of time and study to the 

 hylnidizing of the Canna and growing seedlings from 

 hybrids and crosses of the best varieties in ctiltivation of 

 it. Of the thousands of varieties i)roduced and flow- 

 ered by him, many of which are of great beauty, 

 this is the most valuable. It is of vigorous growth, 

 attaining a height of six to eight feet, with abundant, 

 very large, light-green leaves, as tough as a Ficus, aud is 

 a ni(»t pioiitic Ijhjonier (»f hrifd. chtrrful, sabnon-pink 

 f/jirers. en riiely unlike in color any other variety. The 

 florets are extra large, held upright, aud widely ex- 

 panded, and the trusses are large and full: in fact, so 

 full that I have counted as many as twelve to fifteen 

 side shoots in a single truss. Its ability to withstand 

 high winds, its frt e-bl(,)oniing ])ropensity. and the size and 

 beauty of its flowers, added to its attractive and novel 

 color, render it of untold value. I have purchased the 

 entire stock. 



Believing the time for faucy prices for new Cannas has passed, I have put the prices of these grand 

 varieties low enough to permit of their being liberally used for bedding and massing at once— not some years 

 tie nee — viz.: 



Each, 30c; dozen, S3.00; 100, S20.00. 



For $1.0i) I will send one each of any four ; or for $1.25 one each of the entire set of Jim, by mail if prefei-red. 



BUFF COCHIN BANTAMS. Eggs for Hatching, 



Without exception the most beautiful and interesting of all 

 breeds of fancy poultry. They were brought, in 1860. from the 

 Boyal Suunner Palace at Pekin. since which time they have been 

 greatly improved, and may now be termed a pocket edition of the 

 well-known Buff Cochin. My birds are of the famous Graham 

 strain, are set low on heavily feathered yellow legs, have Init four 

 toes, aud are feathered to the tip of the 'middle toe. The T)lumage 

 is pure, solid buff throughout, with no red and without black or 

 white feathers in wings or tail— so often found in other strains. 

 Bodies solid and chunky. Perfect beauties. They are active, yet 

 exfcrei«el5s. gentle, and. plaiyful. 



Price, Setting of 13 Eggs, 32.50. 



