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DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture 



FOUNDED 

 1850 



EVEKBLOOMING CANNAS — Continued. 



Canna, Kate Deemer. 



How to Plant Cannas 

 In a Circular Bed 



Start with one plant of a tall growing habit for the center. 

 Draw a circle eighteen inches from this one and use a 

 dwarfer variety for this circle which will require six plants, 

 then draw another circle eighteen inches from the first cir- 

 cle or thirty-six inches from the center and use a still 

 dwarfer variety for this circle which will require 12 plants, 

 and plant each succeeding circle in the same manner. 

 Each succeeding circle will require six more plants, set 

 18 inches apart, which is the proper distance, than the pre- 

 vious circle, thus, 1 plant for the center, 6 plants for the 

 first circle, 12 plants for the second circle, 18 plants for 

 the third circle, and so on. A bed 4 ft. in diameter will 

 require 7 plants; a 7-ft. bed, 19 plants; 10-ft. bed, 37 plants, 

 16-ft. bed, 91 plants. For the best effect plant beds in all 

 one variety, as the sloping effect can be secured by making 

 the soil in the bed higher in the center and sloping to the 

 the edges. For border around the beds use Alternantheras, 

 Sweet Alyssum, or Coleus. Alternantheras should be set 

 6 inches apart, Coleus 12 inches for the best effect. Sweet 

 Alyssum found on page 108 can be sown at time of plant- 

 ing the Cannas. 



We offer special collections of these plants for different 

 size beds on page 9. 



Choicest Orchid-Flowering Cannas 



Remarkable for Large Flowers of Magnificent Colors, WiJ 

 Heavy, Healthy Foliage. 



Allemania — Yellow, splashed with red. 5 to 6 feet. 



Austria — Golden yellow, dotted red. 6 ft. 



Burbank — Yellow, spotted crimson. 6 ft. 



Italia — Red, with yellow border. 7 ft. 



Louisiana — Orchid-flowering. Vivid scarlet. 5 ft. 



Black Prince — Velvety maroon. 5 ft. 



Kate Gray— Orange. 7 ft. 



Pennsylvania — "Red. 7 ft. 



Ornamental-Leaved Cannas 



Brandywine — Bronze-leaved; crimson. AYz 

 David Harum — Bronze foliage. Red. 3J'2 



Eastern Beauty — Dark foliage. Red. 4^/^ ft. 

 Shenandoah — Red foliage, pink flowers. 4 ft. 

 Egandale — Dark foliage, scarlet. 3>^ ft. 

 Evolution — Bronze foliage, yellow. 5 ft. 

 John White — Variegated. Foliage red. 

 Wyoming — Purple foliage, orange flowers. 



Standard Varieties 



Alsace— The White Canna. Early. 3>4 ft. 



Beaute de Poitevine — Rich crimson. 4 ft. 



Buttercup — Bright, buttercup-yellow; extra large. 3 ft. 



Betsy Ross — Beautiful rose-pink. 3 ft. 



Charles Henderson — Solid crimson. 3^ ft. 



Comte de Bouchard — Yellow. 4^ ft. 



Duke of Marlborough — Crimson. 3^ ft. 



Florence Vaughan — Yellow, dotted red. 4 ft. 



Florida— Scarlet with golden band. 2^ ft. 



George Washington — Crimson. SYi ft. 



Governor Roosevelt — Red, striped yellow. 



President McKinley — Rich crimson. 2^ ft. 



Striped Beauty — Red and yellow. 3 ft. 



West Grove— Beautiful pink. 4^ ft. 



Souv. d'Antoine Crozy^ — Intense scarlet. 3 ft. 



J. D. Eisele — Vermilion-scarlet. 3]/^ ft. 



Mad. Crozy — Orange, edged gold. 2^ ft. 



Louise — Rose-pink, streaked red. 5 ft. 



Miss Sarah Hill — Carmine-crimson. 4 ft. 



Martha Washington— Pink. 3 ft. 20c each, 3 for 50c. 



Maiden's Blush — The best pink. 3 ft. 



Mile. Berat — Large, pink flowers. 4 ft. 



Rosemawr — Pink with throat of gold. 3 ft. 



Philadelphia — Crimson-scarlet. 3 ft. 



Pillar of Fire— Crimson-scarlet. 7 ft. 



Queen Charlotte — Orange-scarlet. 3 ft. 



Queen of Holland — Purple foliage. 3^ ft. 



Venus — Gay, rosy pink with mottled border. 4 ft. 



Niagara — Deep crimson and yellow. 3 ft. 



Mixed Cannas — Comprising good kinds, our selection, su- 

 perb for bedding or massing. Strong plants, 10c each, 6 

 for 50c, $1.00 per dozen, postpaid. 



We offer strong, well rooted plants from pots. Every 

 plant is guaranteed to grow. After each variety we have 

 indicated the height of plants when fully grown. Price, ex- 

 cept where otherwise noted, strong pot plants with ample 

 foliage, 15c each, 4 for 50c, 9 for $1.00, $1.35 per dozen, 

 postpaid. 



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