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A. B. DAVIS & SON, PURCELL VILLE, VIRGINIA. 
FRENCH CANNAS. 
Excellent plants for garden decoration ; 
where sub-tropical effects are desired they 
are indispensable. The varieties offered 
are the cream of existing sorts, and bear 
flowers of a similar size and form as gladio- 
lus. The roots can be easily wintered over 
in a cellar. 
Star of ’91 (The Everblooming Canna). 
This year there has risen in the horizon 
of the floral world a Star which will 
shine brightly in all future years. A very 
dwarf canna, which will show bloom 
every day in the year, its flowers being 
borne in great compact panicles often as 
large as a man’s hat, and of the most 
intense fire scarlet color, rayed and bor- 
dered with pure gold, is a novelty of 
more beauty and value than has been 
seen for many years — an entirely new de- 
parture — a new garden flower and perpet- 
ual-blooming pot-plant of unsurpassed 
grandeur — in short, the Star of ’91. 
35 cents. 
Edna Corkran. A new French canna. A 
grand new seedling raised by us. Flow- 
ers are as large as C. Ehcmanni, and a 
dazzling scarlet ; foliage a deep bronze!; 
a profuse bloomer. 15 cents. 
Abundance. Large, orchid-like flowers, 
with yellow ground, blotched scarlet. 
15 cents. 
Gladioliflora. Very dwarf, bearing spikes 
of bright scarlet blooms, resembling the 
Gladiolus ; fine for pot-culture or bed- 
ding. 15 cents. 
Ebemanni. The most distinct of all can- 
nas on account of its immense banana- 
like, soft green leaves ; its most striking 
feature is its carmine-red flowers, as large 
as a gladiolus, borne on drooping stalks. 
15 cents. 
We have a number of other sterling 
sorts, with bronze, green, and bronze-striped 
maroon leaves, bearing orange-scarlet and 
variegated flowers, that we can supply at 
10 cents each orjli per dozen. This affords 
a chance to make a splendid display at 
small expense. Give them rich soil and 
plenty of water. 
COLEUS. 
The coleus will give more pleasure at 
less cost than any other plant. Their varied 
tints of crimson, gold, bronze and green, 
richly blotched, veined or marbled, produce 
a brilliancy of color that is unequaled. 
We grow the cream of older varieties, 
such as John Goode, Mrs. Hunt, Rag Car- 
pet, Golden Dawn, Gem, Verschaffeltii, 
Progress, Golden Bedder, etc., and the new 
“Star Set” of ten varieties. Purchaser’s 
selection, 6 cents each, $3.75 per too. 
DRACENA TERMINALIS. 
The first one to beconsidered in purchas- 
ing. Most dracaenas have beautiful color 
on some duller ground, but D. terminalis 
is all colors, illuminated in places by a 
clear, light scarlet. 25 cents to $1 each, 
according to size. 
DAHLIA. 
Our fine list comprises Dwarfs, Tall, 
Large-flowering, Medium, Pompon, Quilled 
and Cactus. Their colors are white, red, 
pink, variegated, maroon, crimson, lemon- 
yellow, straw, splotched, and black, in all 
the different shades and combinations. We 
offer nice pot-grown plants at 10 cts., $6 
per 100. 
SINGLE DAHLIA. 
See our Special Rates to Club-raisers. 
