HENRY A. DREER, PHILADELPHIA, PA., WHOLESALE PRICE LIST 



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CANNAS 



Select Standard Sorts 



All have green foliage unless otherwise specified. 



The prices quoted are for strong: divisions in a dormant state. 

 Potted plants will be supplied after May 1st at an advance of $1.00 

 per 100. 



Note our collection has been carefully revised. Such varieties 

 as Florence Vaughan, Mile. Berat, Richard Wallace, Alphonse 

 Bouvier, J. D. Eisele. Charles Henderson and many others which 

 at one time were the best of their respective colors, have been dis- 

 carded, newer, better varieties, at no advance in price, taking their 

 places. If you are not familiar with these newer sorts and will 

 simply specify what color or type of variety you want we shall be 

 pleased to make a selection for you which we know will suit you. 



For Descriptions in Greater Detail, see our Garden Book for 1915- 



Per 

 doz. 



Beacon. Rich cardinal-red, a splendid 

 bedder; 4 ft 11 00 



Black Beauty. A favorite bronze; grown for 

 the beauty of the foliage only; 5 to 6 ft. . . 40 



Brilliant. A bright yellow with two curling 

 tongue like petals of bright red; 4 ft, 40 



Buttercup. This is some of the true original 

 stock as first sent out, still a fine dwarf but- 

 tercup yellow; 3 ft 75 



Consul W. Vellnag:el. Lemon-yellow, 

 spotted with reddish-brown; 4 ft. ■ ■ 40 



Dr. E. Ackerknecht. Carmine-lake suffused 

 with deep carmine; a distinct new shade; 

 very free flowering, foliage bronze; 4 ft. . 40 



Feuermeer . A brilliant fiery scarlet, remark- 

 ably free ■ • • 40 



Qaram. Large, bright carmine-red flowers, 

 freely produced on vigorous growing 

 plants; quite distinct; SVi to 4 ft. 75 



Qeneral Merkel. Scarlet suffused with 

 orange, base and edge of flower marbled 

 with golden-yellow; 4 ft 75 



Gladiator. One of the finest bedders, a deep 

 yellow, freely dotted with red; 4H ft. • • 75 



Oustav Gumpper. A rich golded yellow, the 

 best of its type; S'/i to 4 ft 40 



Harry Laing. Large, well rounded flowers 

 of a rich glowing scarlet, suffused with 

 orange; 5 ft 75 



Hohenzollern. A vigorous growing variety, 

 producing immense heads of clear canary- 

 yellow flowers on 5-ft. high stems ... 75 



Hungarla. The ideal pink bedding Canna, 

 flowers large in good sized trusses, pro- 

 duced early, freely and continuously, in 

 color not unlike that of the Paul Neyron 

 Rose. Compared to all other pink varieties 

 it possesses a softness and refinement not 

 found in any other sort; 3 to 3 ft 60 



Johanna Kanzlelter. Light amber-yellow, 

 changing to creamy-white as it matures; 

 very free and attractive; 3!/2 to 4 ft 40 



Kate F. Deemer. The flowers open a rich 

 yellow and gradually change until the 

 lower part or throat of the floret is red, 

 while the rest of the flower turns almost 

 white 1 50 



Koros. An unusual and attractive shade of 

 orange-scarlet, streaked and dotted with 

 cochineal carmine, bronze foliage; 4 ft. . ■ 40 



Leopard. Sulphur-yellow, changing to 

 creamy-white, profusely dotted with car- 

 mine; 4 ft. ... ... 40 



Louis Reverchon. This is one of the best 

 dark-leaved red flowering varieties; the 

 flowers are very large, of a cochineal-red 

 color, very freely produced on vigorous 

 plants with light bronze foliage; iV2 to 5 ft. 40 



Mme. Crozy. The popular golden-edged 

 bright scarlet; 4 ft .... 40 



Maros. One of the best white-flowering 

 Cannas that has yet come to our notice. Its 

 flowers of creamy-white are produced very 

 freely on stems thrown well above the 

 foliage; 3 '/2 to 4 ft. 1 00 



Mephlsto. The darkest crimson yet intro- 

 duced, large sized flowers; 3!^ ft. ■ ■ . 40 



Meteor. A magnificent bedding variety, of 

 strong, robust habit, with enormous trusses 

 of large, bright blood-red flowers; 5 ft. 2 00 



Mrs. Alfred F. Conard. A most remarkable 

 variety, with exquisite salmon- pink flowers 

 of largest size in erect and abundantly fur- 

 nished heads, so freely produced as to keep 

 a superb showing of bloom for months 

 above the rich green foliage; 4 ft 1 50 



Mont Blanc Improved. Very large creamy- 

 white flowers; 3^^ft 40 



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LARGE FLOWERING CANNA 



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Olympic. Rich oriental-red, shading lighter 

 to the centre, and dappled carmine, the in- 

 dividual flowers are largest size and are 

 produced in immense large heads; 5 ft. . . 



Prince WIed. An excellent brilliant rich 

 deep crimson bedder, with flowers of me 

 dium size, but produced in very large 

 trusses; 4 ft 



Queen Charlotte. Rich pomegranate-red, 

 bordered with a broad band of bright yel- 

 low; 3 ft 



Rosea Gigantea. Extra large flowers, borne 

 in su:h abundance that the mass of color 

 on each plant is truly amazing; a deep, rich 

 rose, almost a coral-carmine; 4 to 5 ft. . . 



Rubin. Ruby-carmine flowers, not large, but 

 produced in such profusion and so rich and 

 glowing, which, with the dark, bronzy- 

 green foliage, make it one of the best bed- 

 ding varieties; 334 ft. 



Secretaire Chabanne. Distinct and pleasing 

 salmon; very free; a fine bedder; 3 ft. . . . 



Splendor. A magnificent acquisition, florets 

 of immense size in great spreading trusses, 

 very floriferous, color a pleasing shade of 

 salmon-scarlet; 3'/2 ft 



Souvenir de Antoine Crozy. Intense rich 

 crimson-scarlet with broad golden edge; 



3'/2 ft 



Undine. Bright orange-scarlet, broadly 

 edged with golden-yellow; 3'/2 ft 



Uhlberg. Entirely distinct, of a soft rosy- 

 carmine; the throat of the flower is of a 

 creamy-yellow, and the edges of the petals, 

 which are slightly crimped, are also pale 

 yellow; 3 ft 



Venus. Flowers of fair size, of a soft rosy 

 pink, with a pretty mottled border of 

 creamy yellow; 334 ft 



Wabash. Beautiful large carmine-rose flow- 

 ers freely produced. This variety is similar 

 to the well-known Rosea Gigantea, but has 

 bronze foliage; 4 ft. ... 



Wawa. A very dwarf grower and free flow- 

 ering; a pleasing shade of rosy-flesh pink; 

 3 ft 



Wilhelm Griessinger. Pure yellow dotted 

 carmine; 4'/2 ft. ... .... 



William Bates. A splendid pure yellow that 

 has attracted much attention; the size of its 

 flowers, of its trusses, its habit of growth 

 are all that can be desired; 5 ft 



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