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8 J. T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 



GRAND NEW CANNA, KING EDWARD, 



A brilliant scarlet Canna. A cross between 

 Florence Vaughan and J. D. Cabos, second gen- 

 eration, produced in 1898 by Mr. J. A. Kemp 

 In a letter from the originator, dated Nov 9th, 

 lyOl, in speaking of this new Canna, he says 

 "In the four seasons I have grown it, I have 

 had opportunity to compare it with many of 

 the choicest varieties in commerce and I have 

 yet to see a single one- in point of brilliancy, 

 finish of fiower and floriferousnesfi that can be 

 compared to it Its color is a brilliant scarlet 

 with a tracing of mottled yellow in the throat; 

 spike stands 15 to 20 inches above the foliage 

 and is very branching. Foliage is greene, very 

 tough and leathery — not easily injured by 

 heavy winds — and never sunburns. Height 

 about 43/2 feet. 



' • In my twelve years experience in growing 

 and originating Cannas I can truthfully say I 

 ihave not yet seen one that presents so brilliant 

 a show of color as this Canna does, when 

 planted in mass. For bedding purposes it has 

 no superior and but few equals." 



The above describes the variety so well I 

 need only to add, I have grown it for two 

 years, and with me it has fully sustained the 

 claims made for it by Mr. Kemp. The fiower 

 spikes are large and full and the flowers are 

 very large, flat and open. The color is a true 

 clear, pure, brilliant scarlet — as vivid as a Gen- 

 eral Grant Geranium — unlike and more strik- 

 ing than any other Canna I have ever seen. It 

 resembles to a degree the old Mad. Crozy, but 

 is a more compact grower, very much more 

 brilliant in color, fully as free flowering with 

 larger spikes and larger flower, and comes into 

 bloom earlier, being among the very first to 

 flower and bloomed the past summer fully 

 two weeks in advance of any other variety in 

 my nurseries. It drops its flowers as soon as 

 they fade; thus cleaning itself perfectly. I 

 named it King Edward, by reason of its royal 

 merit and because it is such a superb com- 

 panion for Queen Charlotte. 



It should be borne in mind that Mr. J A. 

 Kemp has produced more valuable Cannas 

 than perhaps any other man living or dead. 

 Among those produced by him are the now 

 popular Pennsylvania, Little Gem, and many others of the finest and most distinct varieties in culti- 

 vation. King Edward is undoubtedly the crowning issue of his life's work as a hybridizer of flowers. 

 Started plants, from ^% in. pots ea., 35c. ; doz., $3 50. 



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CRIMSON AND SCARLET 

 CANNAE. 

 Alphonse Bouvier, 5 ft. Especially val- 

 uable for its richness of coloring and mass of 

 bloom. The color is a deep, rich crimson, velvety 

 and intense ; shaded dazzling red. It is a great 

 bloomer, its spikes of flowers being produced 

 most freely throughout the season. 



Chas. Henderson, 3 ft. A popular bed- 

 ding sort valuable for its compact, dwarf habit, 

 large size of flower, a ad truss and brightness of 

 color. Deep crimson flowers and abundant deep 

 green foliage, narrowly margined with bronze. 

 Excellent also for v^ases and tubs. Unfortunately 

 it does not come into flower until quite late in 

 July. 



Crimson Redder, 3 ft. One of the finest 

 of its colors and by many regarded as the best of 



all Cannas. An early and exceedingly free 

 bloomer with remarkably tough and resistant 

 foliage. The florets are large and open, in large 

 compact trusses of bright, glowing crimson, 

 borne in such masses as to produce a perfect 

 blaze of color, from early in the season until 

 freezing weather. Of compact habit, with bright 

 green foliage. Always clean and fresh. 



J. T. Lovett, 5 ft. Uusurpassed for grand 

 effects in massing by reason of its graceful habit 

 and superb, banana-like foliage of deep olive 

 green ; which is very enduring and remains clean 

 and perfect until frost The flowers are large 

 and long, in open, loose, drooping clusters, of a 

 rich, crimson-lake, produced very freely through- 

 out the whole season; and its foliage is so 

 enduring that its first leaves remain in perfect 

 vigor and color until killed by frost. 



