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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 20 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 
CANNAS. 
It is one of our regrets that we can not 
give more space to floriculture. But 
our readers must see that every part of 
the paper is crowded, and that it is not 
quite fair to the majority of our readers 
to give too liberal a portion of our space 
to what may interest only a minority. 
Limited, then, as we are, we aim to skip 
those minor parts of floriculture which 
many excellent books and, indeed, many 
of the seedsmen’s and nurserymen’s cata¬ 
logues, give in ample detail, and to con¬ 
fine ourselves to those plants and meth¬ 
ods which are the outcome of recent 
research. So it happens that for sev¬ 
eral years we have given much attention 
to cannas. A few years ago, the canna 
was regarded as chiefly desirable as a 
foliage plant. The flowers were small, 
borne in narrow racemes and plain red or 
yellow in color. The stature of the dif¬ 
ferent varieties has of late years been so 
modified that, instead of the tall, leggy 
“Indian Shot,” we have now dwarfs 
two to three feet high, and intermediates 
from three to four, so that beds may be 
graded according to the height of plants, 
while the ample leaves have a range of 
color from the lightest green to dark 
purple, and in shape from narrowly 
elliptical to broadly ovate. But the 
flowers have been improved more than 
the plants, whether we consider the size 
of the individual flower, the truss, or 
the earliness and continuity of bloom. 
From the butterfly Indian Shot, we have 
flowers that really rival those of the 
smaller gladioli in size, while surpass¬ 
ing them in brilliancy of color, though 
not, it is true, as to range of color or 
markings. But the improved cannas 
have the great advantage of blooming 
through a long season—from July, in¬ 
deed, until cold weather. The flower 
spike of the gladiolus is its all. Its 
leaves are no more ornamental than so 
many green sword-like sticks planted in 
the soil. 
In the improved cannas, we have a 
wealth of foliage that scarcely any 
other summer bedding plant can equal, 
while panicle after panicle appears dur¬ 
ing early summer, during the hottest 
part of summer, during drought, un¬ 
harmed, fresh and brilliant. 
The best of the cannas have been tried, 
and described in these columns during the 
past two or three years. Ehemanni, Mad. 
Crozy and Star of ’91, are still among 
the best. Probably Queen Charlotte (we 
have not yet tried it) is among the best 
of the later introductions. Last year, 
we found the best to be Nardy Pere, 
Denil de St. Gi’6vy, Stadtgartner, Senn- 
holz, Alphonse Bouvier, Prof. Gerard, 
Secretary Stewart, Captain P. de Suz- 
zoni, Admiral Gervais, Paul Marquant, 
Paul Bruant, Martin Calmzac, Comtesse 
de Pestoile, Charles Henderson, Egan- 
dale and Cliildsii. This collection was 
sent to us by three different firms, Henry 
A. Dreer, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Peter 
Henderson & Co. and J. M. Thorburn & 
Co., of New York. 
Last spring, we received from Dr. F. 
Van Fleet, then with the Dingee & Con- 
ard Co., of West Grove, Pa., six varieties, 
the result of crosses made by him. We 
found them a rare collection. Crown 
Jewell was the first to bloom, and this 
may easily take even rank with the best 
of the yellows. The panicle is close, 
petals canary yellow, spotted all over 
with crimson. They are two inches 
long, over an inch broad. The flower 
stems were, during the height of the 
season, August 25 to September 15, 
about three feet tall, carrying the flower 
clusters a foot or more above the foliage. 
After the first frost, the plants were four 
feet six inches tall. The leaves were a 
foot long by 11 inches broad, and of a 
medium green color. 
Oriflamme is a remarkable dwarf. In 
the earlier part of the season, the flower 
stem was but one foot high. The panicle 
(this might better be called a spike) was 
compact, petals broad and well held 
together, of a brilliant red-orange scarlet 
margined with yellow. August 28 the 
foliage was but two feet high, flower 
stems 2 % feet. Notwithstanding the 
excessive drought, the leaves retained a 
fresh, light green color until frost. 
Golden Star. — This was even more 
dwarf than Oriflamme, and the third to 
bloom. At the end of the season, the 
plants were but 2% feet high, while no 
other variety that we have ever tried 
bears more luxuriant, closely growing, 
massive, yet softly toned, velvety foliage. 
The flowers were of medium size and 
the same color as those of Crown Jewell 
without dots of crimson ; but the lower 
petals were marked with a broken 
tongue of crimson. 
Canna 1900.—This was the fourth to 
bloom. This is a fine variety growing to 
the height of 3% feet—the flower clus¬ 
ters borne about a foot above the foliage. 
In color the flowers are similar to those 
of Ehemanni, a little less crimson, a 
little more scarlet. The petals were the 
broadest of any of the six, though not 
quite so long as those of Anonyma. 
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L. L. OLDS, CLINTON, WIS. 
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J. J. II. GREGORY «fc SON, Marblehead, Mass. 
GREATEST 
YIELDING POTATO 
COLUMBUS 
AFTER YEARS OF EXPERIMENTING 
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WM. S. SWEET & SON, Providence, R. I. 
SEED POTATOES. 
Willson Seedling — long white vigorous grower; 
heavy cropper; late. Peck, 40c.; 1 bu., 00c.; bu..$l. 
White Star —long white; fine table. Peck, 30c.; % bu., 
50c.; bu., $1. Breese’s Prolific—red early. Peck.50c.; 
bu., $1.25. Rural New-Yorker No. 2—white; fine table. 
Peck, 50c.; A bu., 60c.; bu., $1.25. No charge for sacks. 
HOMER J. BROWN. Harford,Cortland Co., N. Y. 
Seed Potatoes. 
Carefully grown by practical growers. The selec¬ 
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and many other. Catalogues mailed free. 
E. HIPPARD, Seedsman, Youngstown, Ohio. 
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Potatoes—true to name and clean and free 
from disease. Send for Catalogue and Price 
WALTER F. TABER. 
Lakeview Fruit Farm, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
POTATOES 
—I have about 100 barrels to sell 
for seed. They are Early Norther, 
New Queen, Beauty of Hebron and Early Harvest. 
ELIAS GATES. Coxsackie. N. Y. 
1895, Everett’s “Onward” Potato. 1895. 
First catalogued, backed by that great Indianapolis 
seedsman. Conge, smooth, white, medium late, great 
yielder, best quality (one acre planted this spring will 
make you rich). $3 per bush., $7.50 per bbl., tubers 
A to 1)4 lbs. (with 5 lbs. Carman No. 1 free). “Thor¬ 
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mailed. $1. Standard varieties in car lots. Eight- 
rowed early field corn. White and Yellow, $1.50 bush. 
S. SMITH’S Potato Farm, Padelfords, N. Y. 
Radish Seed. 
Try my Improved Long White Vienna. It’s the 
finest Radish by far in use. Price, by mail, postpaid, 
8 cents per ounce, or 60 cents per pound. Send at once. 
A. H. FOSTER, Allegan, Mich. 
Asparagus Roots. 
20,000 Asparagus Roots for sale. Barr’s Mammoth, 
one year old, as large as two-year old plants. 
$2 per 1.000. Address 
CLARENCE W. HAZEL, Cheswold, Kent Co., Del. 
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Crimson Clover, Cow Peas and Winter 
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before purchasing seed. A. N. BROWN, Grower 
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CRIMSON CLOVER J vnrr ; 
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TAELAWARE Seed Sweet Potatoes and COW PEAS 
U for sale by JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, Milford, Del. 
A Strawberry Bed for $2. 
Five Kinds, Largest, Earliest, Latest, Newest. 
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1 dozen Epplng.$0 50j 
1 dozen Princeton Chief.. 35 I The five 
1 dozen Marshall. 75 ) Dozen 
1 dozen Timbrell. 36 I for JS!4. 
1 dozen Greenville. 35 J 
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SUNNYSIDE STRAWBERRY 
THE NOVELTY FOR 1895. 
At the Geneva Exp. Sta., N. Y., It wa s the most product¬ 
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Strictly first-class stock. Also Agent for Morrill & 
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Lakeview Fruit Farm, Poughkeepsie. N. Y 
S TRAWBERRIES. Timbrell, $8 per l.OOO; Marshall. 
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The largest, finest strawberry grown. I grew four 
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blossom. Plants $1 per 100; $4 per 1.000. 
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Raspberry Plants. 
Immense stock of very fine plants at low prices— 
Palmer, Gregg and Hilborn. Also a full line of 
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PALMER RASPBERRIES 
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