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trusses of large flowers, outer petals 

 scarlet with a golden yellow border, 

 quite fiery red inside and yellow in 

 the centre. It is one of the best of 

 this class. 



Heinrich Seidel 



Height about 3 feet. Green Musa- 

 like leaves with a light glaucous hue. 

 Very large panicles. Very large and 

 numerous flowers of a vivid fiery red 

 with a yellow border spotted with 

 purple. A great beauty. 



Iberia 



Height about 3 feet. Glaucous 

 leaves, very large panicles. The 

 large flowers are Cattleya - like. 

 Outer petals golden yellow with a 

 red border. Inner petals crimson, 

 very beautiful. 



* Kronos 



Height about 3 feet. Broad sea- 

 green leaves, slender stalk, very large 

 panicles. Very large flowers of a 

 rich sulphur - yellow all spotted in 

 red. An extremely fine form. 



* La France 



About 4 feet high. Numerous stalks. 

 Broad lanceolate leaves, very large, 

 of a splendid purple and shining as 

 if varnished. Very large and regular 

 flowers similar to „Austria", of a 

 brillaut yellowish scarlet. Unique 

 for its beauty. 



* Oceanus 



Height about 3 feet, lanceolate 

 leaves bright green. Very large 

 panicles. Flowers yellow red spotted. 

 Inferior petals almost quite red. 

 Remarkably beautiful. 



* Pandora 



Height about 3 feet and more. 

 Lanceolate purple leaves with a 

 metallic hue and dark green stripes. 

 Very large spike; enormous flowers 

 of a glowing fiery red, dark red out- 

 side. The borders and the inside 

 are gold flamed. An extraordinarily 

 beautiful variety. 



* Parthenope 



Height about 3 feet, broad pointed 

 sea-green leaves. Ramified stalk, 

 enormous spikes of 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. 



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* 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 1896. 



Austria . . 1000 pieces 70/— 

 Flowers very large, canary yellow ; 

 centre spotted red, 



Italia . . . 1000 pieces 90/— 



Enormous panicles of scarlet flowers 

 with a yellow border. Magnificent. 

 The whole assortment, introduc- 

 tions of 1895 to 1900 

 1 root of each. . . 15/ — 

 12 kinds of our selection 4/ — 

 Orchid-flowering Cannas mixed . 



American sorts. 

 Burbank, lemon-yellow changing into 



white 



Mrs. Kate Gray, orange-scarlet, flowers 

 very large 



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 flowering. 



Cavour . . •". : •„•.,: v . -4 



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 



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

 minium red flowers, often with a light golden 

 edge. 



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