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XVII. Canna Roots. 



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

 a colored plate made (29X 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 , sound and undivided roots grown in the open ground, and not delicate and poor specimens 

 obtained by unnatural forcing in the hot-house, a good number of which is invariably destined to perish. Our Cannas will therefore 

 be always preferable even at higher prices to any others. They are packed very carefully and travel quite safely even to very distant 

 countries; we wish it, however, to be understood that they travel on buyer's risk. Canna Roots can be forwarded from October to 

 May, as far as the temperature permits it. 



1. Dammann's wonderful 

 Orchid-flowering Cannas. 



1. Season 1839 to 1900. 



Emilia. About 4 feet high. Leaves 

 purple; of strong growth; flowers of 

 a splendid and peculiar scarlet mar- 

 bled 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 x / 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 



2. 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 



3. 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 li- 

 vely 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 pe- 

 tals sulphur-yellow 



* Ch. Naudin. About 4 feet. — Dark 

 green, brown bordered foliage. Very 

 large flowers (about 7 inches in 

 diameter), sahnonrcd, 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 



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* Phoebe. About 0 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 

 numerous and large, sulphur-yellow, 

 fading later on into a paler yellow. 

 A very pure color 



4. Season 1896 to 1897. 



* Africa. Height obout 3 feet, leaves 

 lanceolate, 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 ob- 

 tained as yet in the way of Cannas. 

 The plant grows about 4 to 6 

 feet high. Numerous Musa-like glau- 

 cous leaves and wonderful spikes of 

 flowers. The latter are enormous and 

 surpass in size even those of the 

 Canna ,, Italia 1 '. The outer petals arc 

 scarlet with a very broad gold-yellow 

 border. The inside of the blooms 

 is scarlet and dark red. Exceedingly 

 beautiful 



* America. Red leaves. Height about 

 4 to 5 feet. The beautiful foliage 

 is of a bronze color with dark red 

 hues and shining as if the leaves were 

 varnished. The spikes are very large 

 and the flowers enorm ous, of a very 

 beautiful glowing redpurple flamed 

 and striped 



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