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XVI. Canna Roots. 



In order to offer something special to our friends with whom we are in regular business connection, we have had 

 a colored plate made (29 X 18 inch.) of 20 of our most beautiful Orchid-flowering Cannas representing the flowers 



in their natural size or rather below it. These varieties are marked * in our list. This beautiful plate will be sent free of 

 charge to all our customers, and to others on receipt of 6d. 



We only send out strong and sound roots grown in the open ground, and not delicate and poor specimens obtained by unnatural 

 forcing in tlie hot-house, a good number of which is invariably destined to perish. They are packed very carej'ully and travel quite 

 safely ez'en to very distant countries; we wish it, hoivever, to be understood that they travel on buyer's risk. Also this year we have 

 obtained a number of new kinds which we offer as below. Canna Roots cana be forwarded from October to May, s far as the temperature 

 permits it. 



1. Orchid-flowering Cannas 

 Dam. 



New introductions for the season 



1899 to 1900. 



Emilia : ■ ... ■ 1 . . . . 



About 4 feet high. Leaves purple; 

 of strong growth . flowers of a splendid 

 and peculiar scarlet marbled with 



chamois. 



Romagna 



About 4 feet high. Dark brown 

 leaves, flowers of a minium scarlet 

 with some large yellowish stripes; 

 a most free flowering kind. 



Sicilia 



About 2 1 / 2 — 3 feet high. Leaves 

 " bright green ; of robust growth ; flowers 

 very large of a dark chrome yellow 

 the lower petal of which is spotted 

 salmon red. 

 Umbria .. . . .' . 



About 4 feet high. Leaves brown 

 with a metallic hue, flowers of a 

 brilliant Vermillion with distinct 

 chamois stripes. 



Introductions of former years. 



1. Season 1898 to 1899. 



Australia 



About 4 feet high, leaves dark green 

 with a brown border; flowers very 

 large, salmon -red striped with deep 

 sulphur-yellow; extremely fine. 



2. Season 1897 to 1898. 



Atalanta 



Height about 3 feet. Large greyish- 

 green foliage with a dark border; 

 flowers deep orange carmine and very 

 large; of very rich growth. 



Britannia 



About 4 feet. Foliage lively green, 

 Musa like, very large flowers with a 

 yellow ground flamed with carmine. 

 Larger than ,, Italia". 



Campania 



About 6 feet. — Glaucous large 

 leaves; growth extremely rich ; flowers 

 large, inner petals chrome-yellow with 

 carmine spots, outer petals sulphur- 

 yellow. 



Ch. Naudin 



About 4 feet. — Dark green, brown 

 bordered foliage. Very large flowers 



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(about 7 inches in diameter), salmon- 

 red, the inner petals are darker. 



Hellas . . . 



About 3 feet. — Lively green , of 

 strong growth and bearing abundant 

 flowers of a canary - yellow color 

 spotted brown-red. 

 Phoebe 



About G feet high. — Glaucous 

 leaves, luxuriant growth, flowers similar 

 to a Cattleya, very large, sulphur- 

 yellow, turning later on into a whitish 

 yellow; petals spotted carmine, the 

 inner ones more markedly than the 

 outer ones. 

 Professor Treub 



About 4 feet. Broad lanceolate 

 leaves, brown-red, with a dark green 

 hue. Flowers large, minium scarlet 

 striped with salmon-red. Among the 

 red-leaved Cannas this is one of the 

 most striking and beautiful. 



Roma 



About 3 to 4 feet and a half. 

 Growth extremely luxuriant, leaves 

 glaucous. Very numerous and large 

 panicles; flowers large with yellow 

 ground flamed salmon-red. 

 Rhea 



About 4 feet. Leaves brown with 

 a metallic hue , flowers of medium 

 size and a brilliant crimson. 

 Trinacria 



About 4 feet. Bright green, of 

 luxuriant growth. Flowers very nu- 

 merous and large, sulphur -yellow, 

 fading later on into a paler yellow. 

 A very pure color. 



3. Season 1896 to 1897. 



Africa 



Height about 3 feet, leaves lanceo- 

 late, purple, bronzy, striped green with 

 dark green shades. Very large flowers 

 similar to a Cattleya of a rich purple- 

 scarlet, golden yellow and orange 

 inside. A splendid variety. 



Alemannia 



This kind produces the largest 

 flowers which have been obtained as 

 yet in the way of Cannas. The plant 

 grows about 4V 2 to 6 feet high. 

 Numerous Musa -like glaucous leaves 

 and wonderful spikes of flowers. The 

 latter are enormous and surpass 

 in size even those of the Canna 



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