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Wilhelm Beck 



Height about 6 feet. Broad green 

 leaves , immense trusses of sulphur 

 yellow flowers with scarlet red pen- 

 cillings. Inner perigon scarlet red. 

 A very remarkable variety. 



4. Season 1895 to i8j6. 



Austria . . 1000 pieces 104/ — 

 Flowers very large, canary yellow ; 

 centre spotted red. 



Italia . . . 1000 pieces 120/— 



Enormous panicles of scarlet flowers 

 with a yellow border. Magnificent. 

 The whole assortment, introduc- 

 tions of 1895 to 1898 

 1 i ot of each . . . 15/5 

 12 kinds of our selection 5/ — 

 Orchid-flowering Cannas mixed . 



2 Gladioli flowered Cannas. 

 (Dammann.) 



Novelties for the season 1899 to 1900. 



Baja 



About 25 to 30 inches high, bright green 

 foliage flowers deep crimson bordered with 

 a faint yellow edge; extremely rich flowering. 



Cavour 



Of dwarf habit , not exceeding about 

 2 feet in height, lively green foliage, large 

 spikes of vermilion purple flowers with 

 undulated border. 



Meta 



About 2 feet and '/.^ high, large greyish 

 green foliage, flowers chrome yellow, striped 

 and spotted with brown. 



Nero 



About 3 feet high , the beautiful foliage 

 is of a dark brown red, stems of a whitish 

 hue flowers of a rich cherry red. 



Paestum 



About 3 feet high , large green leaves, 

 flowers light chrome yellow with regular 

 vermilion spots. Very large spikes. 

 Solfatara 



About 3 feet high; light green foliage 

 large flowers of a beautiful orange color 

 with carmine reflex. 



Toledo :&>t4 



About 3 feet and */ 2 ; leaves green ; enormous 

 minium red flowers, often with a light golden 

 edge. 



The whole collection of the above 

 Cannas 20/ — 



Introductions of 1898. 



Capri 



Height about 1 foot. Glaucous leaves, very 

 large salmon-scarlet flowers slightly spotted 

 with yellow. 



Ischia 



Height about l 1 ^ feet. Leaves vivid green, 

 flowers sulphur - yellow upon which appear 

 when they begin to fade, large vermilion spots. 



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Lutetia 



Height about 2 feet, glaucous leaves with 

 a greyish tinge. Flowers deep yellow, ground 

 slightly spotted with red. Very rich flowered 

 and in consequence of its habit much adapted 

 for groups. 



Minerva . 



Height 3 feet. Dark green foliage; large 

 trusses of very large cinnabar red flowers, 

 a new and grand rich flowering variety. 



Professor Rossi 



About 2 feet high, dark green foliage 

 turning to brown. Very large trusses of 

 salmon - red flowers. Of great value for 

 cutting purposes. 



Sultana . . 



Height about 3 feet. Glaucous foliage 

 with a greyish tinge. Flowers canary-yellow 

 with numberless vermilion spots. A very 

 remarkable colour. 



Introductions of 1896. 



Adonis 



About 2 feet high, leaves green with a 

 brown border; flowers blood-red. 



Aetna 



About 3 feet; leaves very dark red, flowers 

 Crimson and purple. 



Ajax 



About 2 feet ; leaves green ; flowers wax- 

 yellow with rosy spots. 



Alkmene 



About 3 feet. Leaves green; flowers orange 

 with a golden yellow border. 



Arethusa 



About 1 foot '/•>• Leaves green; flowers 

 very large, sulphur - yellow, changing after- 

 wards into a bright salmon colour; inside dark 

 red; new colour. 



Attika 



About 2 feet. Leaves brown-red; flowers 

 very large, bright salmon and darker towards 

 the centre. 



Count of Turin 



About 2 feet. Leaves glaucous, flowers 

 very large, fire-red, dark red striped with a 

 yellow border, centre blood-red. 



Queen of Italy . 



About 2 feet. Leaves large, green. Panicle 

 enormous; flowers very large, dark scarlet 

 with a broad golden border; finer than 

 Queen Charlotte. 



Crown-Prince of Italy 



About 3 feet. Leaves glaucous ; flowers 

 very large, dark scarlet ; most beautiful. 

 Princess Helena of Montenegro . 



About 3 feet. Leaves green, flowers very 

 large, salmon-red, striped and bordered with 

 golden yellow; petals round; magnificent. 



Princess Laetitia 



About 3 feet. Leaves Musa-like. Panicle 

 enormous, flowers large, bright fire-red, dark 

 red flamed and yellow bordered. Splendid. 



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