VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, BOOK FOR FLORISTS. 



KINQ HUMBERT 



Vaughan's Cannas 



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

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

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

 the inferior ones every year as the improved merits of the newer ones are proven. 

 We have won highest awards at four great expositions, Chicago, Omaha, Buffalo and 

 St. Louis. The Grand Prize, one of the seven, only awarded to American exhibitors 

 in horticulture, was awarded to us at St. Louis. 



Ki M n- Hum Kck*.-f There is no other Best Canna today. None can com- 

 111^ llUlllUCri pare with it. This remarkable "Gold Medal" Canna. 



has been the sensation of the past five years. Of all 

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

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

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

 the free-blooming character of the other. 4% feet in height. 



Its giant flowers, orange scarlet in color, the very broad, rubber-like, bronze 

 leaves, altogether make up a plant so distinctly in advance of any other Canna 

 that the demand for and use of it must be universal. 



Each. Doz. 100 



2% -inch pots $0.10 $0.75 * 5.0O 



3- inch pots 15 .85 6.0O 



4- inch pots 20 1.50 lO.OO 



5- inch pots 25 2.00 15.0O 



Dormant roots .75 5.0O 



Fifteen Novelty Cannas 



strong Plants Ready April 15th 



ildolph Grlmrainger. Foliage broad dark green. Flowers of 

 enormous size, brilliant light carmine. A very effective color. 

 The flower heads are loose and of enormous size. Elach 75c, per 

 doz. $8.00. 



Charles Lutz. A magnificent new sort, foliage large, vigor- 

 ous and of a healthy green. Flowers very large yellow, might 

 describe this as a green-leaved, yellow flowering King Humbert, 

 because it has the same massive foliage and immense flowers as 

 that "best of all Cannas." Each 50c, per doz. $5.00. 



Zerna. Foliage green, trusses dense, flowers of round form, 

 petals very hard and substantial, more so than with any other 

 Canna. Color a brilliant rich dark carmine red, cleans itself. 

 Each $1.00, per doz. $10.00. 



Dernberg. Foliage pale green, color saturn red with blood- 

 red center and reflex. A bright effective color. A very large 

 flowering strong plant. A free blooming variety with a great 

 future. Each $1.00, per doz. $10.00. 



Garnm. Foliage green, of magnificent growth, trusses very 

 large, flowers of magnificent build, fiery carmine, cinnabar red. 

 Each 75c, per doz. $8.00. 



General Merkcl. Foliage light green, flowers brilliant red 

 spotted dark yellow in the center and surrounded by a yellow 

 margin. Very free blooming. This variety might be called an 

 Orchid-flowering Souv. de Antoine Crozy. Each 50c, per doz. 

 $5.00. 



Hungarla. Originated from crossings with Mad. Margaret 

 Muhle, very compact, almost dwarf and of very luxuriant growth, 

 leaves bluish green, never burns. Trusses of enormous size 

 borne well above the foliage. Flowers very large with very 

 broad petals. Color purest La France pink with satin sheen. 

 The most delicate pink in Cannas. Each $1.50, per doz. $15.00. 



John Farquhar. Foliage bright, magnificent metallic brown 

 The flowers, which are borne well above the foliage, form a 

 the flowers, which are borne well above the foliage, form a 

 beautiful contrast over the magnificent foliage. Each $1.00, pep 

 doz. $10.00. 



Julius Koch. Foliage dark green. Flowers composed of four 

 broad, well rounded, large petals and of the most brilliant blood- 

 red. One of the best reds in our collection. Each 50c, per doz, 

 $5.00. 



Maros. Foliage green medium high,, truss large, flower round, 

 color almost white, one of the best white varieties. Each $1.00,. 

 per doz. $10.00. 



Princess O. VVallersteln. Foliage extra broad brownish-red 

 and washed dark green. Flowers extra large, bright scarlet in 

 four and sometimes five large broad petals from which large 

 bouquets can be made. Each $1.00, per doz. $10.00. 



Prince Wied. Foliage dark green. Flowers of extra size. 

 Borne in massive clusters and of a fiery velvety blood-red. One 

 of the best red Cannas of dwarf growth, attaining a height of 

 about three feet. Each 75c, per doz. $8.0O. 



Stuttgrartia. Broad leaves, dark green, of majestic growth. 

 Flowers glowing orange-scarlet with canary-yellow band and 

 peculiarly marked and mottled. The mammoth flowers are borne 

 on strong stems and are carried erect above the foliage and hav- 

 ing four broad petals of uniform size of orchid-flowering Cannas 

 as well as the richness of the Crozy types. Each 50c, per doz. 

 $5.00. 



Szava. Foliage green, growth compact, fine trusses, flowers 

 round, color fiery scarlet. Each $1.00, per doz. $10.00. 



Tisza. Foliage bluish green, of medium height, very strong 

 and luxuriant, flowers very large, round and almost pure white 

 with faint spots of red. Each. $1.00, per doz. $10.00. 



One Each of the 15 Novelty Cannas for $11.00 



The immense growth of our Canna Business during the last 

 few years has been so great that we have put up a winter stor- 

 age house with a capacity of 150,000 Clump.s, thus enabling us to 

 keep the roots in best condition. Cannas should be planted in 

 good, rich garden soil, mixed with half of old, r6tten stable 

 manure. Water sparingly for first two weeks after planting. 

 When growing freely, water liberally. Set the plants 18 inches 

 apart each way, and if more than one kind is to be used, be 

 careful to plant the taller growing kinds in the center and the 

 dwarf 9nes along the edge. This applies to planting in beds. 



For Round Diameter, 7 feet Plants required, 19 



Canna Beds Diameter, lO feet Plants required, 37 



— Diameter, 13 feet Plants required, 61 



We Recommend the following as most desirable for beds of 

 solid colors: 



David Harum. Bronze leaved. Mad. Crozy. Green leaved. S'i ft. 



4 ft. Milwaultee. Green leaved, 4 ft. 



Egandale. Bronze leaved, ZVz Souv. d'A. Crozy. Green leaved, 



to 4 ft. SVz ft. 



Florence Vaaghan. Green leav- Beaute Poitevine. Green leaved, 



ed, 41/2 ft. 31/2 ft. 



Betsy Ross. Green leaved. S'A ft. Ijconard Vau«?han. Bronze leav- 



King Humbert. Bronze leaved, 5 ft. ed, 5 ft. 



Panicum Plicatum Fol. Niveo Vittatum 



Grows about 18 to 24 inches high. Broad leaves, beautifully 

 marked with stripes of pure white down the center and edge of 

 leaf. Splendid for bordering canna beds. Each, 15c; per doz.,. 

 $1.50; per 100, $10.00. 



Pennisetum I.,ong:tstylum and Ruppelianum make splendid 

 border plants for Canna beds. Price, per doz., 75c; per 100, $5.00, 



