WM. O. BEGKERT; 



ALLEGHENY, Pfi. 



Bulbs and Tubers for Summer Blooming. 



FRENCH CANNAS. 



Large=Fowering Choice New Varieties. 



The improved strains of Dwarf French Cannas are among the finest introductions that 

 have been offered for years. The plants are very dwarf and branching, witli fine tropical 

 foliage and large, brilliantly colored flowers of the expanded Gladiolus-fonn. Every shoot 

 blooms, and as fast as one truss fades a fresh one takes its place, so that the plants are a 

 mass of gay flowers until frost. These Cannas have become very popular for bedding, and 

 are admirably adapted for pot culture. We offer dormant tubers only. 



pS^ If sent by mail, add 5 cts. each to prices here given. 



Alphonse Bouvier. Tall spikes of rich vermilion-scarlet flowers; 3K feet high, with 



dark green leaves. One of the very handsomest and freest-blooming varieties. 

 Explorateui" Crampbel. Flowers clear vermilion-scarlet, thickly dotted with deep crimson, 



as large as Alphonse Bouvier's ; flower-spikes quite large ; plant strong and branching. 

 Admiral Gervais. Much like Madame Crozy, but dwarfer and smaller-flowered ; the 



plants never grow more than 3 feet tall. 

 Maurice Musy. Very large crimson-scarlet flowers, suffused with orange ; they are borne 



in large, loose heads. 



Paxil Marquant, Very dwarf and vigorous, growing about 2 feet 'high, with broad, green 



foliage and bright salmon-colored flowers, which change with age to rosy carmine. 

 Secretary Stewart. Deep rich garnet-colored flowers ; leaves light green ; plant 2 '-2 feet tall. 

 Strong Xubers of tlie preceding sorts, 25 cis. eacb, $2.50 per dozen. 



MADAME CROZY. A great favorite everywhere. The flowers are large and rich scarlet 

 each petal being bordered with a distinct golden line around the edge. The plant is quite 

 dwarf, branching and free-blooming. 



Francois Crozy. Flowers large, with broad, rounded petals of bright orange-salmon lightly- 

 edged with canary color ; plant 4 feet high. 



KaiserWilhelin.il. Brilliant red flowers, overlaid with capucine-scarlet ; petals rounded ; 

 flowers borne upright in stout heads. Plant s feet high, compact and branching. 



Michael Coulouvrat. Rich bronze-purple foliage, and large flowers of light vermilion, 

 with wide rounded petals ; a strong-growing plant. 



Miss Sarah Hill. Flowers of good size ; rich carmine ; foliage light c:reen ; plant, ft, 



Star of '91. Plant dwarf and compact, 3 feet high ; flow- 

 ers bright orange-scarlet, faintly banded with vellow. 

 A favorite for pots ; very free-blooming and showy. 



Ventura. Foliage broad and deep green : flowers of 

 medium size, light red, overlaid with carmine : plant 

 3K feet high. 



Strong Xubers of all the preceding sorts. 

 15 cts. each, $1.50 per dozen. 



Bed of Dwarf French Cannas 



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Antoiiin Orozy. A very striking variety, with 

 rich, deep green foliage and bright cherry carmine 

 flowers ; plant 4K feet high. 

 Admiral Courbet. Very large flowers of light 

 lemon-yellow, richly marked and spotted with 

 crimson ; leaves light green ; plant 3 feet high. 

 Childsii. (The Tiger Canna.) The four petals 

 are all of the same large size; 

 Isright orange - yellow, thickly 

 spotted with crimson. 

 Eheinanni. Tall-growing and 

 very distinct. The carmine-red 

 flowers are produced on long 

 stems, and the large, soft green 

 leaves are oval in shape. 

 Enfant du Rhone. Rosy sal- 

 mon-colored flowers, striped and 

 shaded with scarlet. 

 Flaccida. Very dwarf plants, 

 with peculiar Orchid-like flowers 

 of clear lemon-yellow. 

 Ingenieiir Alphand. Handsome 

 bronzy purple foliage, and 

 strong, thick spikes of large car- 

 mine-red flowers ; plant 4 feet 

 high. 



Duchesse de Montenard. 



Flowers very large, bright yel- 

 low, spotted with red. 

 General Boulanger. Canary 

 yellow flowers, streaked with 

 crimson-scarlet. 

 Jules Chretien. Petals long and 

 broad, forming large flowers of 

 glowing cherry crimson. 

 Louis Chretien. Canary yellow 

 flowers, blotched with crimson. 

 lt<)l>Hsta. Grown for its magnificent bronzy red foliage. 

 Souvenir de Jeanne Carreton. Flowers of vivid 



orange-scarlet ; fine and large. 

 Statutaire Fulconis. Bright dazzling scarlet flowers, 

 with amaranth shadings. 

 All the above varieties, 10 cts. each, $2.50 per dozen. 



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