VAUGHAN'S BOOK FOR FLO.^ISTS— CHICAGO AND NEW YORK. 



Awarded a Gold Medal 

 at the 

 Pan-American. 



Vaughan's Carinas. 



Awarded the GRAND 



PRIZE at the 

 St. Louis World's Fair. 



Our Canna fields at Western Springs when in bloom in August and September 

 lake a grand showing. They attract thousands of visitors, both professional 

 ad amateurs. We grow all of the standard kinds, all of the novelties, and 

 iscard the inferior ones every year as the improved merits of the newer ones 

 re proven. We have won highest awards at four great expositions, Chicago, 

 maha, Buffalo and St. Louis. The Grand Prize, one of the seven only awarded 

 ) American exhibitors in horticulture; was awarded to us at St. Louis. If you 

 ish for the best and most complete assortment of Cannas write us. You will 

 nd them catalogued here. 



Vaughan's Canna Stock. 



Prices Quoted are for 3- 

 mr Experience with Cannas. 



nch Pot Plants, 



For over 16 years we have made 

 the culture of Cannas one of our 

 lain specialties. We grew, last year in our place at Western Springs over 10 

 ores of standard sorts and novelties, besides 3,000 seedlings. We ought to 

 now something about Cannas. We know that a great many so-called novelties 

 e being sent out every year whose only claim for existence in many instances 

 a new name. We also know, and had to pay dearly for this knowledge, 

 lat ignorant and unscrupulous growers give most any name to their stock of 

 annas, as long as the color is somewhere near correct. To them any red is 

 Chicago, any yellow a Florence Vaughan, etc. Our Cannas are true to 

 ame, and furthermore, the stock we use for propagation has been specially 

 ilected on points of vigor, true type, color, evenness of height and size of 

 owers, and our stock can all, with good right and reason, be called "Improved." 

 annas will not all propagate alike, no matter how carefully the selection is 

 lade, and a true Chicago or Egandale, for instance, cannot be grown and 

 irnished at as low prices as some common red. We request our customers to 

 ke these facts into consideration when comparing prices. The Best is 

 iways the Cheapest. 



French Novelty Cannas. 



We have selected twelve very fine new Cannas picked from list imported 

 om M. Crozy. They are a good lot, new colors, white, yellow and pink, also 

 ■onze-leaved sorts, all with good, big flowers. Ml have green leaves unless 



arked otherwise. Each, $1.00; 6 for $5.00; 12 for $9.00. 



Mile. Charlotte Mongeot. 3J ft. Very large, well shaped flowers of 

 !autiful cherry carmine. A free grower and one of the best introductions. 



Mme. Paul Schmidt. About 3i to 4 ft. Immensely large, well made 

 )wers of beautiful red, edges blotched with a deeper shade on each petal. The 

 hole flower being edged golden yellow. 



Mile. CUn. 3 ft. A grand new dwarf white. The very large flowers are 

 cream color when first open, turning to pure white after being fully open for 

 minutes. This is the whitest Canna ever produced. 



Mr. Marlus Chapoton. 3 to 3i ft. A fine large flower. Vigorous 

 ower, fine broad leaves and of good habit. 



Victor Lemolne. About 3i ft. It produces brilliant garnet flowers with 

 irple foliage. Very free flowering. 



Georges Blrde. 3i ft. Large flower of a beautiful canary color, slightly 

 lotted carmine, a little heavier towards the center. An unusually good one 

 this color. 



Mile. Antonia Flchet. 3i ft. A very large flower of beautiful delicate 

 sh tint, altogether a new shade in the Crozy kinds, and pronounced one of the 

 ist and largest flowers of his novelties. ^ 



Ami P. Russler. About 3i ft. Large, round, well made flower of a beauti- 

 1 orange, with dark carmine stripes. Good form and in size one of the largest. 



Louis Montel. About 3i ft. Very large well made flowers of a beautiful 

 jrmillion bordered yellow. Similar to Queen Charlotte, but much larger. 



Sir De Boucharlat. 3* ft. Large purple foliage and extremely large 

 iwers of a beautiful purple set off with deeper shade of the same color. 



Mme. Anthony Combet. 3i ft. A variety of great merit, large, well- 

 aped, round and substantial flowers of a beautiful salmon color with dark 

 flex. Extra fine. 



Francois Nardy, 3 ft. Very large flowers of carmine red. Free blooming. 



King Humbert. 



Giant Flowered. Orange Scarlet. Bronze Leaf. This remarkable 

 Sold Medal" Canna has been the sensation of the past two years. Of all the 

 onderful flowering and foliage plants introduced, this one takes the lead for 

 ze, color and habit. It is a cross between the Orchid flowering and the 

 rench or Crozy type, combining the best features of both, the large flowers 

 f one with the free blooming character of the other; the handsome leathery 

 iliage with a strong, noble habit. It has the broadest leaves of all the new 

 inds. 



We were among the first to recognize the fine qualities of this novelty, and 

 ave grown a good supply. We have taken the highest awards with it wherever 

 lown in competition. For it we received a gold medal at St. Louis; it was the 

 antral figure in our " Grand Prize Exhibit." Be sure to order this one. Each, 

 Oc; doz.. $3.50; per 100, $25.00. 



Ten Novelty Cannas of 1905. 



Black Beauty. (True.) This is undoubtedly the finest dark-leaved 

 Canna in existence, 4i ft. The flowers are insignificant, but the foliage is 

 superb. Per doz., $1.00; per 100, $8.00. 



Compte de Sachs. Foliage deep bronzy-green. The flowers open out 

 nearly flat, petals fully IJ inches wide; color clear crimson-scarlet. Comes 

 into flower early and continues to flower all summer. 4 ft. 3-inch pot plants, 

 doz. $2.50; per 100, $20.00. 



Graf Waldersee. 4 ft. Foliage rich, bronzy-red. Flowers very large 

 and of a rich orange-red color, 3-inch pot plants, per doz., $2.00; per 100, 

 $15.00. 



Harry Laing. 5 ft. Green foliage. Produces very large, well rounded 

 flowers of rich flowing scarlet suffused with orange. 3-inch pot plants, per 

 doz., $1.00; per 100, $8.00. 



Louisiana. 6 ft. Very large beautiful vivid scarlet orchid-like flowers, 

 often measuring five to six inches across. Foliage a glossy green, edged with 

 a narrow purple band. Each, 30c.; per doz., $2.50. 



Mrs. Wm. F. Kasting. 3i ft. Green foliage; color, brilliant crimson. 

 Medium size flowers of good substance; a profuse bloomer. Per doz., $1.25; 

 per 100, $10.00. 



Papa Nardy. 4J ft. Green foliage. A strong grower and free-flowering 

 habit; large rounding flowers of a beautiful purplish-crimson. Flower spikes 

 large and numerous and are carried well above the foliage. We consider it 

 one of the very best. 3-inch pot plants, each, 15c. ; doz., $1.25; per 100, 

 $10.00. 



St. Louis. (Vaughan's Seedling.) 4 ft. Foliage dark bronze; flowercrimson- 

 scarlet, petals large, rounded, with glossy surface. Plant robust grower with 

 three to five spikes. The dry flowers fall off promptly, making it an ideal 

 bedder. The dark brown foliage with scarlet flowers contrast well. Each, 

 15c.; doz., $1.25; per 100, $10.00. 



Victory. (Gold Medal.) 5 ft. Extra strong, robust grower, throwing 

 up immense flower stalks. Petals measure IJ inches. .\ bright orange 

 scarlet with fine crimson veins running lengthwise of the petal and boritered 

 with an irregular band of yellow. 3-inch pot plants, each, 25c.; doz., $2.60; 

 per 100, $20.00. 



The Express. The best bright scarlet, very dwarf Canna we have. Re- 

 ceived Special Medal at St. Louis. Large broad-petaled flowers in immense 

 compact trusses. Under most favorable conditions it grows only 3 ft., but 

 generally 2 to 2i feet. 3-inch pot plants, per doz., $1.50; per 100, $10.00. 



