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The whole collection of the above 

 Cannas 5/9 



Introductions of 1898. 



Capri 



Height about 1 foot. Glaucous leaves, very 

 large salmon-scarlet flowers slightly spotted 

 with yellow. 



Ischia 



Height about l'/ 2 feet. Leaves vivid green, 

 flowers 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 V 2 . Leaves green; flowers 

 very large, sulphur - yellow, changing after- 

 wards into a bright salmon colour; inside dark 

 red; new colour. 



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. 



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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. 



Stromboli 



About 2 feet. Leaves glaucous; flowers 

 very large, red and bright scarlet, fire-red 

 in the centre. Very fine. 



3. Gladioli-flowered Cannas 

 of different raisers. 



Best introductions of the last years. 



a. Green-leaved. 



Alsace, pale sulphur-yellow 



Ami Jules Chretien, salmon-scarlet and yellow 

 Anna Ernst (1899), canary-yellow, crimson 



spotted 



Architecte Mouren, salmon, golden border . 

 AugUSte Chantin , copper-red, bright flamed 



Auguste Nonin 



Baronne de Poilly, salmon 



Candeur, cream-yellow changing into white . 

 Ch. Molin (1900), salmon-orange, crimson 



spotted , 



Citoyen de Cronstadt, chrome-yellow, crimson 



spotted 



Claude Fichet, brown-red with dark-red, large 



flowered 



Comtesse de Bouchaud , salmon , crimson 



spotted, yellow border 



Coronet, chrome-yellow 



Cyclope, fiery blood red, very large flowered 



Czar Alexander 111, bright scarlet 



Daniel Gerard, crimson, dark crimson flamed, 



golden-bordered 



Ernst Rauth (1900), vermillion orange with 



yellow border - 



Francois Vuillermet, brilliant granate-red, 



very large flowers 



Franz Buchner, orange with mauve-hue and 



yellow border 



Frau Breraermann, dwarf, compact, flowers 



large, scarlet with golden yellow border and 



spots ' . 



Fiirst Bismarck, splendid scarlet with a dark 

 red hue and undulated petals 



100 pieces 24/— 



GeiK'l'etlX, vermilion, very large flowers . 



Goliath, very large flowers, bright amaranth- 

 coloured 



G. O. QuintUS, bright yellowish red, crimson 

 edged 



Custave Gninnwald 



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