SHERWOOD HAL-L NURSERY CO.'S 
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F ew FLOW'ERING plants combine so many qualities of excellence as the modem race of Cannas. They 
are ornamental, whether in your hothouse or on your veranda, in your garden, or grown'in a clump on 
your lawn. In luxuriance of foliage and gracefulness of bloom the Canna is queen. We do not present 
an engraving, as we would like, because it seems impossible to do justice to the Canna. The versatile 
florists’ artist, Mr. Blanc, assures us that he has never yet made a successful Canna picture, and believes the 
glowing colors and rich foliage cannot be adequately presented in black and white. Following our determination 
to be leading in every feature, one of our managers on a recent tour took especial pains to obtain the best 
selections of Cannas now before the world. He inspected each of the varieties so far produced, and we are 
thus qualified to save you the annoying trouble of experiment, by offering only such Cannas as you yourself 
would likely have chosen. In selecting, we gave due consideration to height, colors of foliage and flowers, as 
well as freeness of growing, and we can emphatically say that what we now offer are the choicest collections 
obtainable. They are : 
These give a wide range in color of flowers and foliage ; and the twelve splendid Cannas may be arranged 
in a most effective manner planted together. 
MAD. CROZY. Undoubtedly the finest and most 
distinct variety yet introduced. The flowers are of the largest 
size, of a dazzling crimson-scarlet color, bordered with golden 
yellow; the plant is of vigorous growth, yet dwarf in habit, 
seldom excewing four feet in height ; the foliage is of a rich, 
cheerful green and very massive ; the flowers are produced in 
large branching stems, which are closely set with blooom, each 
stem being really a bouquet in itself. 
MR. LEFEBVRE. Flowers of large size, of a rich 
carmine ; foliage bronzy purple ; 4^ feet. 
MLLE. DE CRUILLON. Flowers of large size, of 
a light yellow, shading to terra-cotta in the center ; a distinct 
and attractive variety ; foliage light green ; 3^4 feet. 
PRESIDENT HARDY. Flowers pure salmon on a 
light yellow ground ; very attractive ; foliage green ; 4K feet. 
SECRETAIRE NICHOLAS. Flowers rich salmon- 
red, overlaid with orange; of large size; foliage pea-green; 
feet. 
PRESIDENT CARNOT. Deep purple foliage; 
flowers of good size, reddish crimson ; 5 feet. 
GEOFFREY ST. HILLAIRE. Flowers large orange, 
overlaid with scarlet ; very distinct ; foliage bronzy purple ; 
5 feet. 
ENFANT DU RHONE. Very floriferous ; flowers 
of good size ; bright salmon, splashed with cinnabar-red and 
orange-scarlet; very distinct ; foliage dark green ; 3 >4 feet. 
FRANCOIS CROZY. Bright apricot, shaded 
orange, distinctly edged with golden yellow ; foliage dark 
green ; 3 feet. 
INGENIEUR ALPHANO. Flowers reddish car- 
mine, overlaid with crimson ; of large size ; foliage bronzy 
purple; 5 feet. 
PRINCESS DE BRANCOVEN. Flowers of medium 
size, of an orange-brown color, edged with gold ; foliage 
green ; 4>4 feet. 
DUCHESS DE MONTENARD. Very large flow- 
ers of a rich, bright yellow, spotted with red ; foliage green ; 
4f4 feet. 
Price, 30 cents each, or $3 for the entire collection. 
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The French growers are always improving their productions, and the five varieties below are the best they 
have sent out to date. Of course, they are scarce as yet, and consequently high in price ; but their merit will 
make them welcome. 
ALPHONSE BOUVIER. This is a perfect gem 
amon^tbe bright colored varieties, being the most intensely 
brilliant crimson yet introduced, and is undoubtedly the best 
bedding variety for planting in masses now in cultivation : on 
first opening the flowers are of an intensely brilliant crimson, 
approaching scarlet, changing to a deep crimson as they fully 
develop; the foliage Is of a rich green; the plant is of strong, 
robust nabit and exceedingly fionferous— thus it is likely to be 
one of the best for bedding ; 5 feet. 
PAUL MARQUANT, An exceedingly distinct and 
novel variety, being entirely different from all others; its flow- 
ers, which are of immense size, are borne in stiff, upright, 
branching heads, and are of a peculiar salmon-scarlet cenor, 
which passes to a rosy carmine as they fully develop : the plant 
is of Qwarf habit, rarely exceeding sH feel: foliage bright 
green. Thus the variety is thoroughly unique m character and 
should be of great value, even for pot culture. 
Price, $i.as each, or 
J. D. CABOS. Another distinct variety, with large, 
orange colored flowers, overlaid with a bright tinge of scarlet ; 
the foliage, which is of a heavy bold appearance, is of rich 
bronzy purple ; height 5 feet. 
CAPITAINE P. SUZZONI. The best yellow yet 
introduced. The ground color is of a rich canary-yellow, 
with broad, heavy petals, the entire flower being spott^ with 
small dots of cinnamon-red ; foliage light green ; 4 feet. 
GUSTAVE SENNHOLZ. A most peculiar and dis- 
tinct variety, producing its flowers in close, upright trusses, re- 
minding one of a stem of Gladiolus: in color they are of a 
distinct shade of rosy salmon, changing to a very light shade 
of the same color as the flowers fully develop: the foliage is of 
a light green color, edged with purple; grows l^et high. 
On account of its entirely distinct appearance we believe this 
variety will become a gr^t favorite. 
$5 for the Collection. 
