16 PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK. — WHOLESALE CATALOGUE.— PLANTS. 



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0N this page we offer the choicest and most carefully selected collection of new and rare Cannas, it is possible to obtain at the 

 present time. Every year we receive on trial hundreds of new seedling Cannas we import the best of the foreign collections, and 

 all these are carefully tested and compared with the older sorts before being admitted to our catalogue ; if they fail to reach the 

 standard already established, they are discarded. The varieties we offer on this page may therefore well be called 



" The Cream of the World's Collections" 



as they represent the highest types of American and foreign productions. The advance made in Cannas is so unparalleled as to be 

 little short of marvelous ; in no other class of summer blooming plants has the advance been so rapid or so well sustained. 'I he glorious 

 sorts offered herewith are of such striking merit compared with those introduced a few years ago, considered from any standpoint, that 

 there is scarcely any comparison between them. America has been the cradle of many of these, and they are fully the equal of the best 

 importations. 



AMERICAN VARIETIES 



Brilliant- While the flowers are only of. medium size they are so very dis- 

 tinct in color as to be quite noticeable. The three upper segments are ab- 

 solutely pure and clear yellow ; in contrast with these, however, the lower 

 petal is of the brightest red, spotted yellow. $3.50 per doz. 



Chicago. Nearly four feet. Grand vermillion scarlet : flowers very large 

 and flat, petals broad and five in number, composing a magnificent flower 

 in a very large truss ; erect in growth ; foliage bright green. $1.50 per doz. 



Duke of Marlborough. This is decidedly the darkest and richest col- 

 ored Canna in existence. The flowers are a deep rich crimson maroon with 

 a velvety appearance and good substance, the almost black buds and very 

 close head giving it a still darker look. Its fine form, medium size and dis- 

 tinct color will make it immensely popular. $0.00 per doz. 



Duchess of Marlborough. This is of much stronger growth than the 

 Duke, the leaves being over three feet in length and a foot wide. It is a 

 most conspicuous and attractive Canna, producing immense branching 

 spikes, often expanding 250 flowers on a single flower stem. The color is a 

 pure rich pink, and being produced in such immense quantities the effect is 

 certainly grand and unique. This variety is an excellent winter bloomer 

 and never out of flower, the new growths succeeding each other in great 

 rapidity. It will revolutionize the color effects in Canna beds. SO. 00 per doz. 



Lorraine. This is a decided departure in color. The segments marked like 

 Queen Charlotte but they are pure pink with a broad edge of primrose or 

 sulphur yellow, fading after noon to almost pure white. This peculiar ef- 

 fect of pink and white is very pleasing. It is also a fine grower, about four 

 feet high, and with very large substantial green foliage. $ 3.50 per doz. 



Maiden's Blush. A new color in Cannas, absolutely pure shell pink. Al- 

 most the exact color of Daybreak carnation. Large, regular, well-expanded 

 flowers ; borne in large trusses all through the growing season. Recom- 

 mended as one of the very best and most distinct Cannas recently intro- 

 duced ; everybody wants it as soon as seen. Blooms early. $ 2 00 per doz. 



Mrs. Fairman Rogers A grand, gilt-edged variety, raised at Newport, 

 R. I., and already famous for its many excellent qualities. The color is a 

 rich vermillion scarlet, edged with bright canary yellow. The flowers are 

 produced in very large trusses and have great substance. It makes a grand 

 pot plant, and as a scarlet for bedding it is without an equal, forming strong 

 sturdy plants 3 to 3J^ feet high. Price $ 2.50 per doz. 



Philadelphia. Tested for three years in comparison with all the best 

 crimsons, it has fairly proved the brightest and most beautiful of all. It 

 is a splendid bright glowing red, very rich and velvety, remarkable for 

 shedding its old flowers as fast as they wither, leaving the beautiful fresh 

 blossoms shine out bright and clear all through the season, early and con- 

 stant bloomer, handsome foliage, medium height. $2.50 per doz. 



Pillar of Fire. A giant among Cannas, growing li to 7 feet high ; very 

 bright scarlet : flowers large and borne in strong erect spikes, constant 

 bloomer, invaluable for centre pieces. $2.00. per doz. 



Premier. A seedling from " Queen Charlotte," much more brilliantly col- 

 ored, and has the pronounced golden edge of that fine variety. " Premier " 

 is particularly valuable on account of its dwarf, compact growth, rarely ex- 

 ceeding three feet, its wonderful freedom of bloom and the even symmetri- 

 cal habit of the plants, it possesses in a marked degree all the best qualities 

 of the bedding Canna, and is equally valuable for growing in pots for green- 

 house. This is one of the best varieties yet raised in America and w.ill 

 maintain a prominent position for years among the finest Cannas of the 

 world. $ 1.50 per doz. 



President Cleveland This variety has attracted widespread atten- 

 tion the past season, and is conceded to be one of the very finest introduc- 

 tions of late years. Color is bright, distinct orange scarlet, one of the show- 

 iest varieties. It is a fine, compact, vigorous grower, producing immense 

 trusses and flowers of very large size. $0.00 per doz. 



Richmond Pearson, A spotted yellow variety in which the spots are 

 of a light red on a golden yellow ground ; flowers aboitt the same size as 

 Florei.ce Vaughan, and produced very freely on large branching trusses. 

 Habit of plant compact and uniform. 3J^j feet. $0.00 per doz. 



Robert Christie. Brilliant orange scarlet. This variety is a particularly 

 strong grower, throwing up tremendous heads of bloom. ' It is an excep- 

 tionally free bloomer. Planted alongside of Chicago, it showed fully twice 

 as much flower as that popular variety at any time. It is entirely distinct 

 from any other variety of its color. $2.50 per. doz. 



Rosalba. Fine cream-white, dotted with rose ; very beautiful and entirely 

 different from every other kind. $0.00 per doz. 



Tarrytown. An ideal bedding Canna, flowers a brilliant cherry red, a 

 dwarf, compact grower, and an exceeding free, early and continuous 

 bloomer. It is very sturdy and vigorous, with fine, healthy foliage. The 

 flowers are borne in dense masses, as evenly as if sheared, and one of its 

 most valuable characteristics is the fact that wind and rain seem to have no 

 effect whatever on them, not marring or disfiguring them in the least. Cer- 

 tain to become very popular, as it possesses so many excellent features. 

 >0.00 per doz. 



Triumph. Flamingo type, but more vigorous, larger flower and truss; 

 rich bright red ; broad, thick petals, very durable ; a constant bloomer ; very 

 handsome and desirable. $2.50 per doz. 



FOREIGN VARIETIES. 



Admiral Avellan. The best of the comparatively new dark-leaved vari- 

 eties. It is a rich orange scarlet, overlaid with salmon, giving a peculiarly 

 rich luminous appearance. $ 1.50 per doz. 



Alemannia- Truly a •' Giant ' flowering Canna. The foliage alone 

 would be sufficient to render the plant beautiful. The flowers are enorm- 

 ous and surpass in size even those of the canna " Italia." Outer petals 

 scarlet, with a very broad yellow boarder. The inside of the blooms is 

 scarlet and red. 75c each. $ 7.50 per doz. 



America. The first " Giant " flowering dark-leaved Canna. Thebeautiful 

 foliage is of a bronze color with dark red hues and shining as if varnished. 

 The spikes are very large and the flowers enormous, of a very beautiful 

 glowing purplish red, flamed and striped. 75c. each. $ 7.50 per doz. 



Ami Jules Chretien, ("The Iris Canna"). Called the Iris-flowered 

 Canna, owing to the resemblance to a Japanese Iris. 



The colors are delightful and rich in combination, the main effect being of 

 a glossy red salmon, shading toward the edges to a deeper color ; the base of 

 each segment relieved by a light yellow blotch, and the reverse by a much 

 larger one. The whole flower reflects a golden lustre, and finally changes 

 to pink or salmon rose. It is an early and prolific bloomer ; deep green fol- 

 iage. The most unique in shape and color of any Canna. $ 0.00 per doz. 



Aurore. Entirely distinct, orange salmon, flowers of large size and very 

 heavy trusses, foliage rich green. 4 feet. % 1.50 per doz. 



Czar Alexander III. Very large flowers, brilliant carmine, produced in 

 heavy spikes, green foliage. 3V£ feet. $1.50 per doz. 



Depute Ravarin. A magnificent variety, spreading flowers of very rich 

 crimson It resembles Alphonse Bouvier, except that the trusses of flowers 

 are erect and are considerably larger, 5 too feet. $3.00 per doz. 



F. Neuvessel. A splendid sort, a soft pleasing shade of carmine ; good 

 size, excellent habit, foliage dark green with bronzy markings ; of strong 

 robust habit, growing \y> feet. Very effective. $1.50 per doz. 



Franz Buchner. Entirely distinct from all others; color a deep orange 

 suffused with scarlet, with a delicate wavy fringe of yellow around the 

 edge of the petals : valuable variety, of dwarf, compact habit. $ 1.50 per doz. 



Fuerst Hohenlohe. In this variety we have the ideal yellow bedding 

 Canna up-to-date, and a variety that will not prove disappointing. Flowers 

 of good size, upper petals purest yellow, the lower slightly marked with 

 crimson. Its excellent points are its great abundance of bloom its neat 

 compact uniform growth and its large spikes of flowers. 3 ft. $3.00 per 

 doz. 



Graf Oswold De Kerchove. Intense rich orange scarlet, very bright; 

 bronzy green foliage. $2. 50 per doz. 



Hortense Barbereau. An exceptionally good bright cherry red, with 

 large heavy trusses of good-sized flowers. $ 3.50 per doz. 



Mad. Leon Leclerc. This is a bright orange scarlet, with a heavy tip 

 and narrow margin of yellow on each petal ; entirely distinct from any- 

 thing yet introduced and a most pleasing addition. $7.50 per doz. 



Mdlle Berat. A most distinct and novel variety, being the nearest ap- 

 proach to a clear, rich pink yet introduced, a very soft shade of rosy car- 

 mine unique; foliage green. $2.50 per doz. 



Mme. A. Bouvier. Flower large and spreading, amedium shadeofred, 

 dotted with deep crimson. Yellow edge and throat. A magnificent variety 

 of singular exotic beauty. $ 1.50 per .doz. 



Mme. Favrichon. A most prolific flowering variety, flowers satiny car- 

 mine, with a peculiar orange sheen. $ 0.00 per doz. 



Mme. Sallier. An entirely distinct variegated yellow variety. Flowers 

 large, ground color a clear yellow, with bright scarlet stripes running 

 through the petals, very distinct. $7.50 per doz. 



Papa. Considered by many the finest red yet introduced. Grows about 

 three feet high, with immense spikes of flowers of giant size and of fine 

 form ; heavy light green foliage, $ 1.50 per doz. 



Paul Meylan. A beautiful shade of orange red, with golden edge, there 

 being just sufficient of this yellow border to intensify the orange; a most 

 desirable free-flowering variety ; foliage soft green. $ 3.00 per doz. . 



P. J Berckmans. A grand, robust-growing Canna, large, deep green 

 foliage, flowers a rich shade of carmine crimson, soft and yet brilliant, broad 

 petals and very large trusses $ 2 00 per doz. 



Robert Owen. A medium size flower, quite distinct in color, upper petals 

 being of a light canary yellow, lower petals being irregularly striped and 

 spotted with red S 2.00 per doz. 



Roi De Rouges. M. Crozy calls this the king of the reds, and it is cer- 

 tainly one of the finest of the many reds yet introduced ; the flowers are of 

 good size, with heavy petals, and are produced on stout, thickly-set stems ; 

 foliage green ; habit compact, not exceeding 3 feet. $ 4.00 per doz. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence. Large round flowers, carmine rose with yellow 

 border; foliage green.- 4 feet. $2.00 per doz. 



Souv De Mad. Crozy. Large garnet red flowers, with large border 

 and centre of a brilliant yellow, rich green foliage. 4 feet. $2.50 per doz. 



Vice-President Luizet. Will make an excellent variety for massing, 

 of a rich cherry-red with carmine reflex ; produced in large compact 

 spikes ; foliage green. 3^ feet. $2.50 per doz. 



