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FOUNDED 

 1850 



\Ye:st Grox^e, Pa 



EVERBLOOMING CANNAS. STANDARD 



VARIETIES— Continued. 



RED AND CRIIMSON SHADES 



I^ouisiana — Orchid-Cowering. Vivid scarlet. 5 feet. 

 Niagara— Deep criinson and yellow. 3 feet. 

 Pennsylvania — Red. 7 feet. 

 Piiiladelphia — Crimson-scarlet. 3 feet. 

 Pillar of Fire — Crimson-scarlet, 7 feet. 



White and Yellow Shades 



.Austria — Golden-yellow, dotted red. 6 feet. 



Burbank — Orchid-flowering. Yellow, spotted* crimson, 6 feet. 

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

 California — Pure rich orange. 4 feet. 

 Comte de Bouchard — Yellow. 4% feet. 

 Evolution — Bronze foliage, yellow. 5 feet. 

 Florence Vau<;him — Yellow, dotted red. 4 feet. 

 Mad. Crozy — Orange, edged gold. 2% feet. 

 Queen Charlotte — Orange-scarlet. 3 feet. 



Wyoming: — Orchid-flowering. 6 feet. Purple foliage, orange 

 flowers. 



Pink Shades 



Louise — Rose-pink, streaked red*. .5 feet. 



Martha Washington — Pink. 3 feet. 



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



IVnie. Berat — Large, pink flowers. 4 feet. 



Venus — Gay, rosy-pink with mottled border. 4 feet 



West Grove— Beautiful pink. 41/2 feet. 



Price of Standard Varieties in strong plants from 3-inch 

 pots, 20c each; «(!2.00 per dozen, postpaid. Every plant is 

 guaranteed to grow. After each variety we have indicated 

 the height of the plant when fully grown, 



How^ to Plant Gannas in a Circular Bed 



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

 Draw a circle 18 inches from this one and use a dwarfer 

 variety for this circle, which will require 6 plants; then draw 

 another circle 18 inches from the first circle, or 36 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 re- 

 quire 6 more plants, set 18 inches apart, which is the proper 

 distance, than the previous 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 feet 

 in diameter will require 7 plants; a 7-foot bed, 19 plants; 

 10-foot bed, 37 plants; 16-foot bed, 91 plants. For the best 

 effect plant beds In all one variety, as the sloping effect can' 

 he secured by making the soil in the bed higher in the center 

 and sloping to the edges. For bord'er around the beds use 

 Alternantheras, Sweet Alyssum or Coleus. Alternantheras 

 should be set 6 inches apart, Coleus 12 inches apart for best 

 effect. Sweet Alyssum, found on page 100, can be sown at 

 time of planting the Cannas. We offer special collections of 

 these plants for different size beds on circular enclosed. 



Maiden H»ir Fem 



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Boston Fern 



Dingee Decorative Ferns 



Use a soil coniposed of five parts; two parts of good garden 

 soil, two parts of finely screened peat or leaf mold from the 

 woods, and on'- part sharp, clean sand. This should then be 

 thoroughly st ^ilized' by putting in an over and baking in 

 order to destroy earth worms, etc. Place some broken pieces 

 of pots or crocks and s/jme charcoal in the bottom of each 

 pot for drainage. A teznperature of not less than 55 degrees 

 F. should be maintained at all times, with a rise in the day- 

 time of 10 degrees to 15 degrees. Judgment should be exer- 

 cised in watering. On warm days they should be syringed at 

 least twice. Never allow them to become too dry. Insects 

 which are most troublesome are thrips, red spider, scale and 

 mealy bug. Thrips. red spider and inealy bug are easily pre- 

 vented by a properly moistened atmosphere, also by spraying 

 of foliage once a week with tobacco water, made the consist- 

 ency of weak tea, and increased or diminished in strength 

 as occasion demands. 



TEDDY, JR. — New dwarf Fern. Fronds are broad and beau- 

 tifully tapered from the base to the tip, d'rooplng just 

 enough to make a graceful plant. Produces nearly four 

 times as many fronds as any other Fern Introduced. Com- 

 pact, vigorous and thrives under most any condition. 

 ROOSEVEI^T — Resembles the Boston Fern, but produces many 

 more fronds, thus making a handsomer and bushier plant; 

 in fact, it today is more popular with the florists than the 

 Boston; It will make a larger plant in a shorter time. The 

 fronds are b'V-autifully undulated, giving it a very pretty 

 rising effect that Is seen in no other Fern. 

 JACKSONII — Extremely strong grower. Resembling Sword 



Fern, quicklj' forming large, upright plant. 

 WHITMANII COMl'ACTA — This is a cond'ensed form of the 

 "Ostrich Plume Fern," with valuable characteristics added 

 which are not evident in the parent, the pinnae subdividing, 

 making miniature fronds, looking as if two or more were 

 condens*^d in one. Graceful beyond description. 

 THE BOSTON FERN — This Fern differs from the ordinary 

 Sword Fern in having much longer fronds, which fre- 

 quently attain a length of six feet, drooping gracefully 

 over the sid'e of the pot or .iardiniete, and on this account 

 it is frequently called th*^ Fountain Fern. This drooping 

 habit adapts this variety for growing as a single specimen 

 for a table or pedestal. Equally good for outdoors during 

 the summer as well as a decorative plant for Indoors during 

 winter 

 WHIT]\rANII (Ostrich Plume Fern) — More of a dwarf habit 

 than the Boston Fern. The fronds are of entirely different 

 nature. Each frond is subdivided on the ord'er of the Com- 

 pacta Fern, thus pivoducing a very beautiful effect. Very 

 decorative, 

 MAIDENHAIR FERN (Adiantum cuneatum) — The best 

 known table Fein, with dainty, lacy fronds, unlike any 

 other. 



Price of all Ferns in extra strong pot plants. 20c ea«h: 6 

 for $1.00; large plants from 4- and o-inch pots. 75c each, 

 postpaid. 



