BRAINARD NURSERY & SEEP CO., THOMPSQNVILLE. CONN. 
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CANNAS 
We do not know of a plant which produces a 
finer display, for the money, than the Canna. 
It flowers freely from early summer until frost, 
does well in any good garden soil and prefers a 
sunny location and a generous amount of water. 
The varieties we offer are all large flowered, and 
of free and vigorous growth; all have green fol¬ 
iage unless otherwise specified. 
Dormant. 2 to 3 eye divisions. 15c. each ; $1.50 
per doz. unless noted. 
Copper Giant. Copper-red suffused with rose; 
immense flower. 4 ft. 20c. each; $2.00 per doz. 
Eureka. The best white variety. Large sub¬ 
stantial flowers. 4 ft. 
General Merkel. Red and yellow flowers. 4 ft. 
Golden Eagle. Clear golden-yellow; early and 
free flowering. 4 ft. 20c. each ; $2.00 per doz. 
Hungaria. Beautiful rose pink. 3^4 ft. 
King Humbert. Probably the most popular 
Canna to-day. Deep bronze foliage; immense 
orange-scarlet flowers. 4 ft. 
Louis Cayeux. Handsome flower of bright rosy 
scarlet; strong grower. 4 ft. 20c. each; $2.00 
per doz. 
Orange King. Striking shade of orange-buff. 
5 ft. 
The Ambassador. Brilliant red; bronze foliage. 
Very free flowering. 5 ft. 
The President. Doubtless the best red-flowered 
Canna. Flowers are immense, and the plant 
is of ideal habit in every way. 3^4 ft. 
Wyoming. Bronze foliage; large spikes of 
massive orange-buff flowers. 5 ft. 
Yellow King Humbert. Flowers are yellow, 
spotted orange-scarlet. 4 ft. 
TUBEROSES 
Tuberose, Double Pearl. Flower stalks attain¬ 
ing a height of 2^4 to 3 feet, almost filled half 
their length with pure waxy white, sweet 
scented flowers. 8c. each; 65c. per doz.; $4.50 
per 100. 
Tuberose, Mexican. Spikes of pure white, tub¬ 
ular shaped flowers of a most delightful tube¬ 
rose fragrance. Strong bulbs that will throw 
two to five flower spikes in succession. 8c. 
each; 65c. per doz.; $4.50 per 100. 
TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS 
Without doubt the handsomest of the sum¬ 
mer-flowering, tuberous-rooted plants. Excel¬ 
lent for window or porch boxes in a semi-shaded 
location, and are at their best when planted in 
light, well drained soil in partial shade. 
Single. Scarlet, salmon, pink, yellow, white. 
20c. each; $2.00 per doz. 
Frilled. ^Beautifully fringed flowers, Mixed Col¬ 
ors. 25c. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Tritoma with Butterfly Bush 
TRITOMA 
Tritoma Pfitzeri (Red-hot Poker or Ever-bloom¬ 
ing Flame Flower). In bloom from August 
to October with spikes from 2 to 3 feet high 
and heads of bloom of a rich orange-scarlet, 
producing a grand effect either planted singly 
in the border or in masses. Strong divisions 
25c. each; $2.50 per doz. Full clumps 35c. 
each; $3.75 per doz. 
GLOXINIAS 
This beautiful, summer blooming plant should 
be much more used. Large showy flowers, often 
3 inches in diameter, in a wide range of colors. 
Choice Mixed. Many tigered and spotted as 
well as self-colors. 
Strong Bulbs, 35c. each; $3.75 per doz. 
MONTBRETIAS 
1 hese are among the brightest of our summer- 
flowering bulbs. Flowers in spikes resembling 
miniature Gladiolus. All of the following varie¬ 
ties 10c. each; $1.00 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 
Fire King. Large, glowing scarlet. 
King Edmund. Large golden yellow with center 
blotched crimson. 
Lord Nelson. Rich deep crimson-scarlet. 
Westwick. Orange with yellow eye. 
All Sorts Mixed. 8c. each; 75c. per doz.; $6.00 
per 100. 
OXALIS (Summer Flowering) 
From bulbs planted out of doors in the early 
spring, quickly develop large tufts of beautiful 
clover-like, dark green foliage mottled with 
brown, above which stand heads of true Oxalis 
flowers on strong, wiry stems. 35c. per doz.; 
$2.50 per 100. 
Dieppi. Pure white, very fine. 
Shamrock. Beautiful pink. 
