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of a glowing fiery red, dark red out- 

 side. The borders and the inside 

 are gold ilaincd. An extraordinarily 

 beautiful variety. 



Parlhenope 



Height about 3 feet, broad pointed 

 sea-green leaves. Ramified stalk, 

 enormous spikes ol flowers of a vivid 

 dark orange-yellow difficult to define, 

 and not observed in Cannas as yet. 



Perseus 



Height about 3 feet. Broad glau- 

 cous green, foliage numerous stalks. 

 Trusses of immense flowers of a pure 

 canary-yellow with scarlet pencillings 

 in the inside. A magnificent variety, 

 very rich flowering and lasting. 

 Pluto 



Height about 3 feet. Numerous 

 stalks with a splendid purple - red 

 foliage. Large and beautiful scarlet- 

 purple flowers flamed with red inside. 



Suevia 



Height about 3 feet. Leaves Musa- 

 like, slender stalks. Very large 

 flowers of a pure canary-yellow, satiny, 

 and bronzed inside. Bracteas bronzed. 

 Splendid. 



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. 



5. 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 root of each. . . 15 — 

 12 kinds of our selection 4 - 

 Orchid-flowering Cannas mixed . 



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2 Gladioli-flowered Cannas. 

 (Dammann.) 



Introductions of 1899 to 1900. 



■Baja 



About 25 to 30 inches high, bright green 

 foliage flowers deep crimson bordered with 

 a faint yellow edge; extremely rich dowering. 



Cavour 



Of dwarf habit, not exceeding about 

 2 feet in height, lively green foliage, large 

 spikes of vermilion purple (lowers with 

 undulated border. 



Meta 



About 2 feet and '/„ high, large greyish 

 green foliage, flowers chrome yellow, striped 

 and spotted with brown. 



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Nero 



About 3 feet high , the beautiful foliage 

 is of a dark brown red, steins of a whitish 

 hue flowers of a rich cherry red. 

 Paestum 



About 3 feet high , large green leaves, 

 (lowers 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 



About 3 feet and '/., ; leaves green ; enormous 

 minium red flowers, often with a light golden 

 edge. 



The whole collection of the above 



Carinas 5/9 



Introductions of 1898. 



Capri 



Height about 1 foot. Glaucous leaves, very 

 large salmon-scarlet flowers slightly spotted 

 with yellow. 



Ischia « 



Height about feet. Leaves vivid green, 

 (lowers sulphur- yellow upon which appear 

 when they begin to fade, large vermilion spots. 



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 l / a . Leaves green; flowers 

 very large, sulphur - yellow, changing after- 

 wards into a bright salmon colour; inside dark 

 red; new colour. 



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