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PETER HENDERSON fltCClMEW YORK—^ 



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Flowers measure six inches across. The coloring is superb, a rich orange- 

 red with golden-yellow border, the latter dotted with orange-red spots. The 

 inner petals are almost entirely red with yellow throat, dotted with orange- 

 red. Height, 6 teet. {See cut.) Price, dormant roots, up to April 1st, 1,5c. 

 each, .$1.50 per doz., growing plants, ready April 1st, 20c. each, .12.00 per doz. 



New Giant Canna, "LONG BRANCH." 



An American raised seedling and the finest variety for size, form and color 

 yet produced. A magnificent vermilion scarlet with go'lden yellow border, 

 throat flamed yellow. The finest Giant Canna. Awarded highest honors at 

 the Jamestown Exposition. Luxuriant green foliage, height 5 to 6 feet. 



Price, dormant roots to April 1st, 40c. each, $4.00 per doz.; growing plants 

 ready April 1st, .50c. each, $5.00 per doz. 



Beautiful Bronze Canna, 



A beautiful bronze-leaved Canna. 

 vigorous plant and blooms abundantly, 

 scarlet. Dormant roots up to Apr. 1st, 25c. each 

 plants ready Apr. 1st, 30c. each, .S3. 00 per doz. 



WM. SAUNDERS. 



It grows 4 to 5 feet high, is a healthy. 



Flowers very large, color a bright 



$2.50 per doz. : growing 



NINE SPLENDID CANNAS. 



BETSY ROSS. We consider this one of the most beautiful of the pink 



Cannas. Green foliage; height about 3 feet. 

 BRANDYWINE. A beautiful, bronze-leaved Canna; intense vinous-red; 

 dappled deep crimson, occasionally edged golden-yellow. Height, 4 feet. 

 CHAUTAUQUA. Flowers pure, rich scarlet, intensely vivid; has luxurious 



foliage prettily bronzed. Height, 5 feet. 

 F. BENARY. Flowers six inches across, soft vermilion with an undulating 



border of rich yellow. Height 5 to 6 ft., green foliage. 

 KING HUMBERT. A brilliant orange-scarlet with bright red shadings. 

 I^arge trusses of blooms, the individual flowers being six inches in diameter. 

 Foliage a rich, reddish bronze, with lighter shadings. Height, 5 feet. 

 A new giant, vivid scarlet-crimson Canna. The flowers are more than 7 

 inches across. It grow's 6 feet high. 

 NEW YORK. A giant in size of flower and growth. It grows 6 to 7 ft., a purplish plum 



colored foliage, flower intense brilliant carmine, almost red. 

 NIAGARA. Great handsome trusses; color, deep crimson with a border of golden-yellow. 



VESUVIUS. The great feature of this is its 

 branchingheadsoi flowers. The color is a vivid 

 crimson-scarlet. Height, 4 to 5 feet. 

 PRICE, dormant roots, to April 1st, 20c. each, 

 $2.00 per doz. Growing plants, ready Apr. 1st, 

 25c. each, $2.50 per doz. 



LOUISIANA. 



Height, 3 feet. 



M AGNIFICENT NEW C ANNAS. 



We offer the following magnificent new Cannas, improvements on existing 



sorts and sure to please all admirers of fine new sorts. These show the great 



improvement being made in this popular plant. 



HALLEY'S COMET. This new Canna is a striking addition to our galaxy of 

 stars. The plant is a healthy, vigorous grower, foliage green; height, three 

 to four feet; atid flowers thai catch the eye. They are large and of a blazing 

 scarlet, the throat a pure yellow, and a narrow rim of yellow all round each 

 petal's wavy edge. You will like it, not alone for its striking attractiveness, 

 but because it blooms most freelv and makes a magnificent show all season. 

 Price, $1.00 each, $10.00 per doz. 



MRS. KARL KELSEY. Here is a Queen indeed; tall, stately plants, all decked 

 in green and crowned most royally. Named for a lady who picked it out 

 from among hundreds of imnamed kinds. It grows 6 to 7 feet high, lux- 

 uriant foliage green with a narrow edge of purple, bearing erect, full heads of 

 enormous flowers. The color is an orange scarlet wondrously flaked and 

 striped with golden yellow, and the petals are wavy edged. We know of no 

 other Canna so marvelously marked — you, too, will admire it. Price, $1.00 

 each, $9.00 per doz. 



UNCLE SAM. This Canna received an award of merit from the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society of England, and a bed of it was planted on the grounds of 

 the White House, Washington, D. C. It is very stately in appearance and 

 bears enormous bunches of brilliant orange scarlet flowers. Height, 6 to 7 feet. 

 Price, 35c. each, $3.50 per doz. 



GLADIO-FLORA. Remarkable for the unusual shape of the flowers, which 

 look like a large gladiolus. Petals are not long and tongue-shaped, but short 

 and rounded and so wide they overlap each other, thus giving a very attract- 

 ive, rounded appearance to the flowers. Color crimson, changing to car- 

 mine rose with an uneven edge of gold to each petal. Height, three and one- 

 half feet. Price, 75c. each, .$7.50 per doz. 



BRILLIANT. Flowers of medium size, borne in solid regular trusses; pure 

 golden yellow with two curling tongue-like petals of fiery red that dart from 

 the center. Very striking and distinct, different from all others. Height, 

 4 feet. Price, 35c. each, $3.50 per doz. 



Snowy- White Canna, IMPROVED MONT BLANC. 



A strong-growing, vigorous variety, and will produce from 15 to 20 flower 

 stalks in a season. Its great masses of snowy-white flowers contrast finely 

 ■with the crimson varieties. (See cut.) Price, dormant roots, up to Apr. 1st, 

 25c. each, $2.50 doz., growing plants, ready Apr. 1st, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. 



