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BEDDING PLANTS—Continued 



CANNAS 



PRICES 



Strong plants from 3-inch pots: 15c. each, 



$1.25 per doz., $8.00 per 100, except 



where otherwise noted. 

 Buttercup. Deep canary yellow; very free 

 flowering and one of the best bedders. 

 Three feet. 



Carl Lutz. This new Canna may be de- 

 scribed as a green-leaved, yellow-flowering 



King Humbert. The immense deep yellow 



flowers are borne erect on heavy, vigorous 



stems in striking contrast with the mas- 

 ' sive dark green foliage. A most desirable 



variety for group effects, and a decided ad- 

 L vance on all other yellow-flowering Cannas. 

 I Four and one-half to five feet. 



50c. each, S5.00 per doz. 

 Florence Vaughan. Rich, golden yellow, 



thickly spotted with bright red. Five feet. 

 Gladiator. The color is yellow, spotted with 



red. A strong, vigorous grower, with fine 



green foliage and large heads of flowers that 



stand the storms and sunshine better than 



any other Canna. It blooms continually 



and is one of the finest varieties we offer. 



Five feet. 



Hungaria. An ideal pink bedding Canna. 

 Trusses large and well formed. The color 

 may be likened to that of the Paul Neyron 

 Rose. One of the most attractive new 

 Cannas. Three and one-half feet. 

 40c. each, .14.00 per doz. 



J. D. Eisele. Bright vermihon scarlet, over- 

 laid with orange. A fine bedder. Three 

 and one-half feet. 



Mme. Crozy. Popular and valuable; orange- 

 scarlet flowers, edged with bright golden 

 yellow. Four feet. 



Mile. Berat. The nearest approach to a true 

 pink, and a free-flowering variety. On 

 account of its vigorous growth it is a useful 

 Canna for forming backgrounds and mass- 

 ing. Five feet. 



Meteor. (Wintzer's.) As a bedder this new variety is 

 without question the most conspicuous and dazzling of 

 all the red varieties and by far the most prolific. The 

 flowers — bright crimson — combined with the vigorous, 

 healthy foliage form a brilHant combination which, with 

 the free-flowering habit of the plant, estabhshes this 

 variety at once as one of the most desirable Cannas for 

 bedding and massing. Five feet. 

 25c. each, $2.50 per doz. 



Mrs. A. F. Conard. Its exquisite salmon-pink flowers are 

 of largest size in erect and abundantly furnished heads, so 

 freely produced as to keep a superb showing for months 

 above the rich green foliage. Four feet. 



President McKinley. Deep rich crimson flowers; beauti- 

 fully formed. A compact grower; green foliage. Three 

 feet. 



Queen Charlotte. Rich pomegranate red, bordered with 

 bright golden yellow. Four feet. 



Richard Wallace. Canary yellow; large flowers freely 

 produced. One of the best and most effective varieties 

 for bedding. Four and one-half feet. 



Rubin. Glowing ruby-carmine flowers, produced in pro- 

 fusion; one of the best for bedding; bronzy-green leaves. 

 Four feet. 



King Humbert 



Venus. The color is a gay rosy pink, with a mottled border 

 of creamy yellow. Blooms splendidly, with erect heads; 

 the flowers are always bright and clean in appearance, 

 as the old petals drop off as fast as the new ones appear. 

 An attractive and popular variety. Four feet. 



ORCHID-FLOWERING CANNAS 



Austria. Pure golden yellow; flowers six to seven inches 

 across; a vigorous grower. Five feet. 



King Humbert. Has flowers as large as the largest of the 

 Orchid-flowering Cannas. Bright orange scarlet, streaked 

 with crimson. Foliage is bronze with brownish-green 

 stripes; thick and leathery; strong, lobust grower. Four 

 to five feet. 



Louisiana. The plant is a vigorous gi-ower, producing a 



thick mass of glossy green fohage; its flowers are often more 



than seven inches across and every inch a vivid scarlet. 



It blooms tremendously, often four or five stalks flowering 



at once. Seven feet. 

 Pennsylvania. The flowers are pure, deep scarlet of immense 



size. A most excellent sort. Six feet. 

 Wyoming. One of the most majestic Cannas. Blossoms 



orange colored; true Orchid shape, with large, rounded 



petals. Five feet. 



