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Premium No. 106. 



FIFTEEN EVER^BLOOMING CANNAS. 



AUSTRIA.— The New Giant Flowered Canna, with 

 flowers six to eight inches across. Plants set out 

 in June form dense clumps, with stems six feet 

 high, surmounted with a spike of glorious, lily- 

 like flowers. 



ALSACE — The White Canna. The flowers at first 

 opening are a light sulphur yellow, changing to 

 a creamy white. A grand variety for contrast- 

 ing with darker colored sorts. 



ALPHONSE BOUVIER.— Blooms very early, and is 

 one mass of crimson the entire season. Flowers 

 of the very largest size. Nothing can excel their 

 brilliancy. 



Premium No. 107. 



TWENTY FINE COLEUS. 



AUTUMN GLOW.— Has all the beautiful tints of Autumnleaves. 



BRONZE QUEEN.— A deep bronze with fine yellow edge. 



BLACK BIRD.— Very dark, with reddish cast. 



BUTTERFLY.— A crimson bronze, old gold and green. 



BIZARRE.— Crimson center, edged with green and gold. 



BEAUTY.— A crimson bronze, with three colors. 



QHicAGO BEDDER.— Green and gold. An excellent bedder. 



DORA CLAPP. — Crimson center, with bronze and green edge. 



EMPRESS OF INDIA —Crimson with golden edge. 



FIRE BRAND.— Fine bedder. Dark crimson, shaded garnet. 



FIRE CREST. The foliage is a bright carmine crimson shade. 



Tlie edse is slightly marked with goldenyellow. 

 GOLDEN BEDDER.— Deep golden yellow. A fine bedder. 

 GOLDEN VERSCHAFELTIi-This ranks first in yellow varieties, 

 HERO.— A deep, jet black. 

 HI AWATHA.— Bronze and yellow spotted. 

 PROGRESS.— A beautiful mottled red, green and bronze. 

 RETTA KIRKPATRICK-Brightgreen.large, deep yellow center. 

 SETTING SUN.— Crimson, with brightest golden edge. 

 VERSCHAFELTII.— A rich, velvety crimson. The best bedder. 

 YEDDO.— The color is a deep golden yellow, splotched with a 



bright green. 



CHARLES HENDERSON.— Of a fine crimson color 

 that has become verv popular. 



DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH.— Darkest of all Cannas. 

 Very dark crimson, a tree bloomer, and a strong 

 grower. Very desirable in every respect. 



EGANDALE.— We pronounce this "the best of all 

 Cannas lor bedding. Flowers in such profusion 

 that a bed of them is a perfect mass of color, 

 unequal ed bv any other sort. 



FLORENCE VAUGHN.— One of the finest yellow- 

 spotted varieties yetsent out; spotted with bright 

 red. Flowers are of the largest size, borne in 

 large heads and in the greatest profusion. 



ITALIA.— The Orchid-Flowered Canna. Deep gold- 

 en yellow: center of each petal reddish orange, 

 the broad golden yellow margin dotted and 

 splashed with same color; exceedingly large 

 flower. 



MADAME CROZY.— The flowers of this very popu- 

 lar variety are of a dazzling crimson scarlet, 

 bordered with bright golden yellow, and pro- 

 duced in the greatest profusion. It can be kept 

 in bloom the vear round. 

 MAIDEN'S BLUSH —Pure, soft pink, an indescrib- 

 able tint ot day-dawn loveliness entirely difler- 

 ent from all others. Everyone says that it is one 

 of the sweetest and most lovelv shades ever seen. 

 PRESIDENT McKINLEY.— New. Brilliant crim- 

 son, with scarlet shading; an exceedingly free 

 bloomer, bearing large clusters of massive flow- 

 ers. This is a grand Canna. Sure to please. 

 PHILADELPHIA.— Exceedinglybrilliant. A bright, 

 glowing crimson, very rich and velvety. Very 

 early, dwarf and a proftise bloomer. Extra good 

 and"extra desirable in every way. 

 QUEEN CHARLOTTE.— "A perfect symphony of 

 " crimson and gold." Magnificent large flowers 

 of the most perfect form, rich, scarlet crimson, 

 distinct golden band around each petal. Flowers 

 nearly five inches across. 

 SOUV. DE ANTOINE CROZY. -In its color it is an 

 intense, vivid scarlet, bordered with a narrow 

 band of the deepest golden yellow, the yellow 

 border intensitving the brilliancy of the scarlet. 

 TARRYTOWN, THE FINEST OF ALL CANNAS. 

 — No variety approaches it for display. Its par- 

 ticular value lies in the earliness with which it 

 blooms, the abundance of the flowers produced, 

 and the length of time the flowers remain after 

 they open. 



