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HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA, PA., WHOLESALE PRICE LIST 



TYPICAL SPIKK OK NEWER CANNAS 



CANNAS. 



Recent Introductions and Varieties of Special Merit. 



Vr/icrc not (illifririsr xpt'cified the foliaiie is lirecti. 



Ami Quillaud. The flowers are larueand quite distinct from others 

 of this type, a britrht yellow freely spotted with rosy-carmine; 

 3'/j to 4 feet. 25 cts. each: $2.50 per doz. 



Dr. E. Ackernecht. Carmine-lake suffused with deep carmine, a 

 distinct new shade, foliatre bronze: ■» feet. 35 cts. each; $3.50 

 per doz. 



Eldorado. A strong, robust variety with immense yellow flowers 

 which are veined with red, an unusual color distribution; 4 feet. 

 20 cts. each: $2 00 per doz. 



Caram. Lartre, bright carmine-red flowers, freely produced on 

 vigorous gTowinir plants, very distinct: 3'/z to 4 feet. 35 cts. each; 

 $3.50 per doz. 



QIadioflora. Remarkable on account of the unusual shape of its 

 flowers, which look like a large Gladiolus; color crimson, chang- 

 ing to carmine-rose, with an irregular edge of gold; 3'/4 feet. 

 15 cts. each: $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Gustav Gumpper. This is the ideal rich yellow bedding Canna, 

 the flowers of good size are held well above the foliage, the fine 

 trusses are always clean looking, and very uniform in habit of 

 growth; 3'/: to 4 feet. 35 cts. each: $3.50 per doz.: $25.00 per 100. 



Hunsaria. The ideal pink bedder, flowers verj- large, in good 

 trusses, color not unlike that of the Paul Neyron Rose; 3 to 'i'/i 

 feet. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Johanna Kanzlelter. Light amber-yellow changing to creamy- 

 white, very free and distinct; 3'/2 to 4 feet. 35 cts. each. 



Karl Klrsten. A tall grower, 5'/2 to 6 feet, throwing its trusses of 

 bright poppy-red flowers high above the foliage. The individual 

 flowers are not large, but the combination of freedom of bloom, 

 bright color and well raised flower stems make this an exception- 

 ally desirable sort for massing. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Koros. A free flowering vigorous variety with bronze foliage. 

 The color is unusual, an attractive shade of orange-scarlet 

 streaked and dotted with cochineal-carmine; 4 to 4'/i feet. 15 cts. 

 each; $1.50 per doz. 



Louis Reverchon. Very pretty large flowers of cochineal-red, 

 freely produced on vigorous plants with light bronze foliage: i'A 

 to 5 feet. 35 cts. each: $3.50 per doz. 



Mme. Noel Qaronne. A very pretty salmon-flesh changrinErto rosy- 

 salmon: 3'/2 feet. 25 cts. each; $2..50 per doz. 



Minnehaha. A distinct and novel color, a pale flesh overlaid with 

 soft rose and cream tints; 4 feet. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



C Itnnaa Recent Introductions and Varieties of Special 



wail lias. Merit.— Continued. 



Mistral. Remarkable for its peculiar color, the flowers when first 

 fxpanding are of a pale yellow, passing to light salmon-rose as 

 they mature. 25 cts. each: $2.50 per doz. 



Mrs. Alfred F. Connard. A most remarkable variety with exquisite 

 salmon-pink flowers of largest size, in erect and abundantly fur- 

 nished heads, so freely produced as to keep up a superb showing 

 of its fine bloom for months above the rich green foliage; 4 feet. 

 35 cts. each; $4.00 per doz. 



Rosa Qlgantea. Extra large flowers, borne in such abundance that 

 the mass of color is truly amazing: a deep, rich rose, almost a 

 coral-carmine: 4 to 5 feet. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 



Tout Lyon. Has attracted great attention in our trial grounds on 

 account of its unusual color. The upper surface of the flowers 

 is a russet-orange, while the under side is yellow, giving the 

 whole a fantastic appearance, very free-flowering; 4 feet. 25 cts. 

 each; $2.50 per doz. 



William Saunders. A gorgeous bronze-leaved variety: flowers of 

 a bright crimson-scarlet, often measuring 5 inches across, of re- 

 markable substance and durability. This is without (luestion 

 the best bronze-leaved scarlet Canna for massing now in culti- 

 vation. $1.25 per doz.: $8.00 per 100. 



William Bates. Very large, pure yellow flowers, very freely pro- 

 duced and held well above the foliage, in trusses of great size; 5 

 feet. 50 cts. each: $5.00 per doz. 



One each of the 19 new varieties for $4.00. 



Choice Standard Cannas. 



AH haiie green foliage iiFi/e.s.<; otheririse specified. 



Per doz. Per 100 

 Alphonse Bouvier. Brilliant crimson: 6 to 7 feet $0 50 $:) 00 



Alsace. Pale sulphur, changing to creamy-white: 



4 'A feet 50 3 00 



Black Beauty. A favorite bronze: grown for the 



beauty of its foliage only; 5 to 6 feet 1 00 7 00 



Brilliant. A bright yellow with two curling tongue- 

 like petals of bright-red; 4 feet 75 5 00 



Cinnabar. Cinnabar-red, edtred golden-yellow; 



\'/i feet 75 5 00 



Consul W. Vellnaeel. Lemon-yellow, spotted with 

 reddish-brown: 4 feet 75 5 00 



Dr. Budintcen. Brilliant scarlet of large size, bronze 

 foliage; 4 feet . 75 5 00 



Dr. Robert Funcke. As brjght as Scarlet Sage, 

 large heads; iVt feet . 85 6 00 



Duke of Marlboro. A valuable deep crimson; 4 feet 50 3 00 



Egandaie. A favorite bronze-leaved sort with soft 

 currant-red flowers; 4 feet . .... 50 3 00 



Feuermeer. A brilliant fiery-scarlet, remarkably 

 free 85 6 00 



Florence Vaughan. Bright rich golden-yellow, 

 spotted with red: 4 feet 50 3 00 



General Merkel. Scarlet suffused with orange, base 

 and edge of flower marbled with golden-yellow; 

 4 feet 75 5 00 



Grand Chancellor Bulow. Rich deep scarlet over- 

 laid with maroon, one of the best dark sorts; 3'/i 

 feet .... 75 5 00 



J. D. Elsele. Bright vermilion-scarlet overlaid with 

 orange, a fine bedder: 3'/j feet 50 300 



Mephlsto. The darkest crimson yet introduced, 

 large sized flowers; 3'/: feet . 60 4 00 



Miss Berthine Brunner. Large, pure yellow flow- 

 ers, minutely spotted with orange-scarlet; 4^4 feet 75 5 00 



Mrs. Geo. A. Strohlein. Large amaranth-red, mas- 

 sive bronzy foliage; 5 feet 85 6 00 



Mile. Berat. The nearest approach to a pink in a 

 first-class bedder; 4 feet 50 3 00 



Mme. Crozy. The popular golden-edged bright 

 scarlet; 4 feet • ■ 50 3 00 



President Meyer. A glorious Canna, with large 

 flowers in immense trusses; color rich cherry- 

 carmine: bronzy foliage: 4 feet ■ . "5 5 00 



Professor Rodenwaldt. Large and effective, deep 

 crimson scarlet, of compact habit: 3 feet 75 5 00 



Professor Rombere. A brilliant rich fiery-red, with 

 bronze foliage; 3)2 to 4 feet 75 5 00 



Richard Wallace. A large canary-yellow; 6 feet . . 80 4 DO 



Rubin. Ruby carmine flowers not large but pro- 

 duced in such profusion and so rich and glowing, 

 which, with the dark, bronzy-green foliage, make 

 it one of the best bedding varieties: 3h feet 60 4 00 



Secretaire Chabanne. Distinct and pleasing salmon; 

 very free; a fine bedder: 3 feet 60 4 00 



Venus. Flowers of fair size, of a soft rosy pink, 

 with a pretty mottled border of creamy yellow; 

 3'/i feet "5 5 00 



West Virttinla. Intense crimson-scarlet with broad 

 yellow edge: 3% feet 75 5 00 



Wllhelm Griessineer. Pure yellow dotted carmine: 

 i% feet 75 5 00 



