New Giant Orchid Flowering Cannas, Italia and Austria, 



UNQUESTIONABLY THE GRANDEST OF ALL INTRODUCTIONS IN ANY CLASS OF FLOWERING PLANTS YET OFFERED. 



New Canna Italia. 



Newest Orchid-Flowered Canna. Single Flowers Measure 8 Inches Across. In size 

 and brilliancy of flowers, in magniflcenue of growth of foliage, this new 

 departure in Cannas has not been equaled. The flowers of Italia are indeed 

 of extraordinary beauty. Our illustration is fi'om life slightly reduced in 

 size. The ground color of the flower is golden yellow, the three upper seg- 

 ments being lieavily blotched with two shades of scarlet. The lower seg- 

 ment, as will be noticed, is the widest, being thus entirely distinct from other 

 Cannas. This and the fifth segment are bright scarlet edged with golden 

 yellow. In growth this Canna is majestic. The plant is a remai-kable free 

 bloomer and stands hot weather better than other Cannas. The flowers if 

 cut and placed in water remain fresh for many days. 15c each 

 BEAUTE POITEVINE— Out of over 150 varieties of Cannas grown by us the past 

 season this variety stands pre-eminent in its class. It is of a bright rich 

 crimson color, with erect flower spikes, and is an ideal Canna for bedding. 

 It is constitutionally hardy, having stood the severe drought better than any 

 other variety, flowers standing the heat and intense rays of the sun without 

 tlie slightest injury. It comes into bloom very early in the season, blooms 

 continuously, and we have no hesitancy in recommending it as an exception- 

 ally good variety and as a brilliant bedder. 15c each. 

 MRS. FAIRMAN ROGERS— An j^merican Hybrid, and, without doubt, the grand- 

 est Canna ever originated and placed on the market. It is a seedling of Mme. 

 Crozy, but in every way superior to that famous variety. The individual 

 petals are much larger, more rounded, of better texture, and the color is a 

 brilliant scarlet, bordered with a pronounced broad band of gold. It is the 

 finest flowering variety ever introduced, carrying immense spikes of dense 

 bloom, which are showy beyond description, and as it stands exposure admir- 

 [ably in all weather, it thus becomes the finest Canna procurable for bedding purposes. Mrs 

 jFairman Rogers is truly the Queen of Cannas. 15c each. 



PAPA CANNA— Named in honor of the great Canna specialist, M. Crozy. Reflects great credit 

 upon its inti'oduoer, being seemingly perfect in evei-y way. Blooms of richest vermilion. 15c. each. 

 PHILADELPHIA— In color it is a rich, brilliant crimson, almost approaching scarlet, when it first opens, changing to a deeR, 

 dazzling crimson, as the flowers develop, flower is very broad almost round. A grand bedder. 15c each. 



Cannas 



New, Choice Varieties. 

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ELDORADO — This variety is all that was claimed for it last year. 

 It is by far the best yellow Canna that has yet been introduced. 

 None of the others come near it. The flower is not a pure yellow, 

 but so nearly so as to show no trace of any other color at a short 

 distance. Upon close inspection it is finely speckled with the 

 lightest red, but this only seems to intensify the yellow a few 

 feet away. The flowers do not fade as some yellows do ; when 

 past perfection they drop off making room for the others, leaving 

 the plant always bright and clean. It throws up an immense 

 spike of bloom, very compact and blooms very freely. Petals 

 broad and finely formed. Habit, desirable. 15c each. 



SOUV. DU PRES. CARNOT— Distinct variety, commanding atten- 

 tion wherever seen. Blooms are of extra size and a cross in color 

 between a rich orange and bright red, favoring the latter. The 

 foliage is rich bottle green, overspread with deep plum. 15c each. 



PAUL MARQUANT— The most pleasing and beautiful on account of 

 its large size and entirely distinct and novel color, which is diffi- 

 cult to describe, and which is frec|uently compared in softness 

 to an Orchid. It is a bright salmon scarlet passing to a rosy 

 carmine with a peculiar silver lustre. The foliage is of a dark 

 green, and its habit very dwarf. 10c each. 



WAD. CROZY — Flowers dazzling crimson scarlet, bordered with 

 golden yellow ; a marvelous and rich combination of colors. The 

 plant is of vigorous growth, yet very dwarf in habit. 10c each. 



FLORENCE VAUGHAN --Undoubtedly the finest sent out; color rich 

 golden yellow, spotted with bright red; flowers of great sub- 

 stance and perfect form, borne in large heads and in the gi eatest 

 profusion; foliage massive and a rich green color. lOc each. 



ALPHONSE BOUVIER— Color brilliant crimson almost scarlet when 

 it first opens, changing to a deep, dazzling crimson as flowers 

 develop. The shoots flower three or four times in succession, a 

 large plant having as many as forty clusters at a time. 10c each. 



QUEEN CHARLOTTE— A fine new variety from Germany, claimed 

 to be the finest introduction up to date. The enormous flower 

 spikes towering grandly above the foliage bear a beautiful bou- 

 quet of large flowers of perfect form, with petals of velvety 

 grenade blood red, banded with broader canary yellow. 15ceach. 



EXPLORATEUR CAIVIPBEL— A most superb variety ; grows about 

 four feet high , leaves rich green and nicely shaped. Flowers 

 large and broad; color a clear vermilion, scarlet tinted, with 

 crimson spots distributed very evenly over petals. 10c each. 



ALEXANDRE BILLARD— One of the finest red Cannas ever intro- 

 duced. The flowers are of extra size and of the clearest shade 

 of rich carmine, borne in large spikes, standing erect. 15c each. 



COLUMBIA— Foliage green; flowers large and compact on the 

 spike; texture very thick and firm, flowers will last longer and 

 withstand wind and rain better than any other variety ; an early 

 and constant bloomer; color a rich glovt^ing red. 10c each. 



The Orchid= Flowered Canna, Austria. 



The Largest Flowering Canna In the World Today. Single flowers 

 measure 8 inches across. This is an entirely new and distinct 

 strain of Cannas, the production of which was certainly never 

 expected. In size of flower, in vigor of growth, in grand effect, 

 Austria is not equaled by even Italia, its companion plant. Plant- 

 ed out early in the season, Austria begins to bloom when only two 

 feet high, and immediately sends foithalarge number of side 

 shoots in rapid succession, so that in July a single plant has pro- 

 duced 15 to 25 enormous flowering stems, towering 5 to 6 feet 

 high, dehsely packed with immense musa-like foliage, which re- 

 sists sun and wind with impunity. The flowers, of which there 

 are 20 to 30 on a single shoot, are the largest of any Canna 

 known, measuring, when extended, over eight inches across, 

 each of the five petals or segments being of immense size, the 

 lower one always the largest. The color is a pure canary yellow, 

 the purest yellow of any large-flowering Canna known, merely 

 two of the segments being slightly spotted with crimson. The 

 blooms are indeed of mammDth size. Price 15c. 



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