BRILLIANT, UNPARALLELED NOVELTIES!!! 



Cannasare very rapidly coming into favor as the most magnificent 



and showv of all the bed- 

 LARQE FLOWERING ding planti. Nothing is so 



gorgeous and dazzling' as 

 DWARF FRENCH CANNAS a bed of these tropical 



like beauties when in 

 full bloom. The spikes of large flowers somewhat resemble the 

 Gladiolus, but far excel them in brilliancy of colors, showing 

 grandly against the tropical foliage. The leaves are large and 

 beautiful, the plant growing from three to four feet in height. 

 The flowers range in color from the deepest grimson, orange, scar- 

 let and salmon, to light yellow, many being beautifully spotted 

 and marked. Nothinsr in the floral line attracted so much atten- 



tion at the World's Fair 

 Horticultural Buildinsr. 



as the Cannas which were just east of 



Queen Charlotte— A magnificent new variety from Germany, 

 claimed to be the finest introduction up to date." The plant at- 

 tains a heiffht of about three feet and is furnished with a Musa- 

 like splendid 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 velvety grenade 

 blood red. broadly banded with the brightest canary yellow. 

 This grand Canna, which is now offered for the first time. 

 r gained the highest awards wherever exhibited in Europe last 

 / year, and will without doubt become very popular. Fine plants 

 L\ S1.50 each. 



rrfew Gilt-Edged Canna, Paul Sigrist — Undoubtedly th 

 greatest novelty in Cannas this season, and entirely distinct fro 

 all other varieties : it is of the general style and habit of Mai- 

 dame Crozy, with flowers nearly if not quite as larare as that 

 standard variety, while in color it may almost be called a com- 

 bination of Madame Crozj- and Alphonse Bouvier. The petals 

 are broad and massive, of a rich dazzling crimson, several shades 

 deeper than Alphonse Bouvier, with a broad, golden yellow 

 border. We consider this variety a grand acquisition' Our 

 stock is very limited, and orders will be filled as long as stock 

 lasts. SI. 00 each. 

 Florence Vaughan — Undoubtedly the finest yellow spotted 



variety 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: plants rarely exceed three feet in height. 

 2oc each ; sQ.oO per dozen ; 620.00 per hundred. 

 Alphonse Bouvier — This is, all points considered, probably the 

 gi-andest variety yet introduced. A luxuriant grower, in rich 

 ground attaining a height of six to seven feet. In color it is of a 

 rich, brilliant crimson, almost scarlet when it fii-st opens, chang- 

 ing to a deep, dazzling crimson as flowers develop. It has a habit 

 of dropping the flower cluster a ti-ifle as the second flowering 

 shoot begins to push above the first, and the shoots flower three 

 or four times in succession, a large plant having as many as 

 thirty or forty of the clusters at the time. Foliage is of a rich, 

 deep green color. 15c each: S1.50 per doz. : $10.00 per hundred. 

 Madame Crozy — Flowers of a dazzling crimson scarlet, bor- 

 dered with golden yellow ; a marvelous and rich combination of 

 colors. The plant is of vigorous growth, yet verj- dwarf in habit, 

 rarely exceeding four feet in height. The foliage is of a rich 

 cheerful green, and very massive. The flowers are pi-oduced in 

 large branching stems, which are closely set with bloom, 

 each stem being really a bouquet in itself. It is re- 

 markably free flowering and can be had in bloom the 

 year around. We first offered this grand Canna in the 



spring of 1S91. and we know of no other plant of which 



.. e distributed such a large quantity and gave more general and 

 universal satisfaction. 15c each ; $1.50 per doz. ; ?10 per hundred. 

 n?ri*aul Marquant — Another grand variety, and one of the most 

 pleasing and beautiful on account of its large size and entirely 

 distinct and novel color. The flowers, which are larger than in 

 any other variety, standout from the spike separately in such a 

 manner as to attract special attention. Its color, which is diffi- 

 cult to describe, and which is frequently compared in softness 

 to an Orchid, is of a bright salmon scarlet, passing to a rosy car- 

 mine with a peculiar silvery lustre, which lights up the salmon 

 very brightly. The foliage is of a dark green, and its habit very 

 dwarf, growing from three to three and a half feet in height. 

 15c each ; SI. 50 per dozen ; SIO.OO per hundred. 



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