DREER'S WHOLESALE PRICE LIST. 



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Our Standard Dozen of Well-tried Cannas, 



The twelve varieties enumerated below are a selection of sorts that have proven themselves perfect in every way, and 

 which will succeed under the most adverse conditions, in dry as well as in wet seasons. All are of uniform, vigorous 

 growth, and whether planted singly or in masses will make a display certain to give full satisfaction. As we grow many 

 thousands of each, we are in a position to offer them at exceptionally low prices. 



Alphonse Boiivier. Although introduced iu 1891, it I F. Neuvesel. This is a splendid sort of a soft pleasing 

 still stands at the head of tall crimson varieties. A strong | shade of carmine; of good .size and excellent habit, the 

 grower with bright green foliage. Very floriferous, and I foliage is dark green with bronzy markings ; it is of a 

 under fair conditions grow 6 to 7 feet high. strong robust habit, growing 4 J feet high. Very effective. 



Admiral Avellau. The best of the red-leaved French 

 varieties. On account of its clean, uniform growth, at- 

 taining a height of about 5 feet, each plant will be the 

 counterpart of its neighbor, thereby producing a most de- 

 sirable effect when used in masses. The 

 flowers while not as large as some of the 

 recent introductions, are of good size, of 

 a peculiar shade of scarlet, overlaid with 

 salmon, giving a rich luminous effect. 



Aiirore. In our field of over 10 acres of 

 Cannas during the past three years, this 

 has always attracted visitors by its intense 

 brilliant orange flowers, which are of large 

 size, produced on strong trusses standing 

 the proper height above 

 the bright green foliage. 

 4j feet high. 



Charles Henderson. 

 A grand variety of a tine 

 crimson color that has 

 become very popular. 

 While it is not quite as 

 rich in color as Alphonse 

 Bouvier, its habit of 

 growth is much more 

 compact, rarely exceed- 

 ing 3^ feet in height, 

 which makes it a desir- 

 able companion to such 

 vaiieties as Florence 

 Vaughau and Madame 

 Crozy. 



Egandale. A most ex- 

 cellent variety, with 



bronzy foliage and soft 



curraut - red flowers, 



which are thrown well 



above the foliage ; the 



best of its type, attains 



a height of about 4 feet. 

 Florence Vauglian. 



Undoubtedly one of the 



finest yellow spotted va- 

 rieties yet sent out ; iu 



color it is of a bright rich ' 



golden - yellow, spotted 



with bright red ; the flowers, 



which are of the largest .size, of 



great substance and of perfect 



form, are borne in large heads 



and in the greatest profusion ; 



the foliage is massive and of a 



rich green color ; the plants 



rarely exceed 3k to 4 feet in 



height. 



President McKinlby. 



Madame Crozy. The flowers of this well-known and 

 popular variety are of a bright crimson scarlet, bordered 

 with golden-yellow. The plant is if a vigorous growth yet 

 dwarf in habit, rarely exceeding 4 feet in height. Foliage 

 bright green, and very massive. 

 The flowers are produced on 

 large branching stems which 

 are closely set with bloom, 

 each stem being really a bou- 

 quet in itself. 

 .Vllle. Berat. The nearest ap- 

 proach to a pink in a first-class 

 bedder. Many of the sorts 

 heretofore offered as pink, 

 while very pretty in the indi- 

 vidual flower, have a ' ' washed- 

 out" appearance, both on the 

 > single plant or when 

 planted in masses. In 

 this variety, however, 

 the larger the mass the 

 fiuer the effect, and when 

 planted in conjunction 

 with yellow and high- 

 colored reds it is simply 

 superb ; height, 4 feet. 



Queen Charlotte. The 



finest of all the gilt- 

 edged varieties. The 

 plant attains a height of 

 about three feet and is 

 furnished with heavy 

 bluish-green foliage; the 

 enormous flower-spikes, 

 towering grandly above 

 the foliage, bear a beau- 

 tiful bouquet of large 

 flowers of perfect form, 

 with petals of a rich scar- 

 let crimson, broadly 

 banded with bright ca- 

 nary yellow. 3 ft. high. 



Souvenir d'Antoine 

 Crozy. The richest 

 gilt-edged variety yet 

 introduced ; the flowers 

 are large, with well- 

 rounded petals, which 

 are of intense scarlet 

 crimson, rich aud dazzling, and are bor- 

 dered with a broad rich golden yellow 

 band ; in habit the plant is all that could 

 be desired, being of strong, vigorous 

 but dwarf habit, forming symmetrical 



compact plants aliout 3 feet high. 

 Furst von Hohenlohe. An ideal yellow bedding Canna. Its flowers are of fair size, the upper petals of purest yel- 

 low, the lower one slifibtly marked with crimson. Its strong points are its great floriferousne&s, neat compact habit, 

 large spikes of flowers, and the fact that at the distance of only a few feet it appears as a pure yellow. "We place it at 

 the head of the list of yellows. 3 feet high. 



Price, any of the above; 50 cts. per dozen; $4.00 per 100; $35.00 per lOOO. 



TWO GRAND DARK-LEAVED INDIAN CANNAS. 



Black Beauty. The handsomest Indian Carma yet in- 

 troduced, with large massive foliage of the richest bronzy 

 purple color shaded with black, the edges of the leaves 

 having a peculiar wavy margin. Where foliage effect 

 alone is desired, nothing richer or more handsome can be 

 found. 30 cts. each ; $3.00 per dozen. 



Bassett's Ked. A grand bronze-leaved variety of the 

 old Indian Canna with intense bright bronzy red foliage, 

 valuable either for massing by itself or for planting incon- 

 nectioii with the dwarf French varieties. It grows about 

 5 feet high, is very uuilbrm in habit and a stately plant 

 in every way. 50 cents per dozen ; $4.00 per 100. 



