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Gannas Make Attractive Beds 
CANNAS 
The most popular of all bedding plants making a 
brilliant and effective show during the entire Summer 
until late Fall. They produce large, conspicuous clus- 
ters of orchid-like flowers in the widest range of gay 
and bright colors, with a rich tropical foliage in green 
or bronze shades. They are most effective when planted 
in masses of one variety. 
CULTURE. No other class of tender bulb is so easily 
giown. They succeed in sunny positions in any kind of 
soil and respond quickly to liberal treatment. Cannas 
are gross feeders and for best results the beds should be 
spaded deeply, using a generous amount of well-decom¬ 
posed manure and bone meal. Plant the dormant roots 
when the ground is warm, spacing them 2 feet apart 
and set them with the “eye” just above the ground. 
They may be started in pots and later transplanted out¬ 
side to give earlier blooms. 
Green-Leaved Cannas 
Apricot. 4 ft. Buff-yellow base, overspread with sal¬ 
mon-pink. 
Crimson Bedder. 3 V 2 ft- Free bloomer. 
Eureka. 4Vi ft. Considered the finest white Canna. 
Fiery Cross. 5 ft. Bright fire-red flowers. 
Golden Eagle. 4 ft. Clear golden yellow of great bril¬ 
liance. 
Meteor. 5 ft. Color is rich blood-red. The best deep 
red Canna. 
Pennsylvania. 5 ft. Bright crimson scarlet. Very showy 
in beds or as a center for more dwarf varieties. 
Richard Wallace. 4 ft. An ideal bedder, color canary 
yellow. Free bloomer. 
The President. 4 ft. This gorgeous variety produces 
giant flowers of a rich glowing scarlet color, often 
measuring 7 inches across when fully opened. 
Wintzer’s Colossal. 5 ft. Bright scarlet flowers of im¬ 
mense size. The plant is a strong vigorous grower. 
Yellow King Humbert. 4 ft. A green-leaved sport of 
the King Humbert. It has the same habit and growth 
and free-flowering qualities, but the flowers are a 
deep rich yellow spotted and blotched with bright red. 
Price: Any of the above Green-Leaved Cannas 
Postpaid, 3 for 35c; $1.10 per dozen. 
Not Prepaid, $6.50 per 100. 
Three Pink Green-Leaved Cannas 
City of Portland. 3 V 2 . ft. Bright rosy-pink, a free- 
flowering vigorous bloomer. 
Mrs. Alfred Conard. 4 ft. The “Queen of Cannas.” 
Gigantic flowers of beautiful salmon pink. 
Hungaria. 3 J /2 ft. Rich peach blossom pink, a contin¬ 
uous bearer. Flowers very large with immense petals. 
Ideal for bedding. 
Price: Any of the above three varieties 
Postpaid, 3 for 45c; $1 .25 per dozen. 
Not prepaid, $8.00 per 100. 
Bronze-Leaved Cannas 
King Humbert. “King of All.” 4 ft. Bears immense 
brilliant orange-scarlet flowers streaked with crimson 
and gold, in gigantic trusses. Foliage rich coppery- 
bronze. 
Shenandoah. 4 ft. Flowers beautiful, rosy pink, borne 
in large clusters. A fine bedder. 
Nokomis. 4 to 5 ft. Bears immense trusses of vivid 
crimson flowers, foliage very dark green, heavily 
veined and edged with bronze. 
Price: Any of the above Bronze-Leaved Cannas 
Postpaid, 3 for 35c; $1 .10 per dozen. 
Not Prepaid, $6.50 per 100. 
Buist’s Superb Cannas 
CINNAMON VINE 
A beautiful, rapid-growing climber, taking its name 
from the peculiar fragrance of the delicate white flow¬ 
ers. The attractive bright glossy green leaves are heart- 
shaped and the growth of vine will run 25 to 40 feet 
in a season. It is perfectly hardy, the stem dying down 
in Winter, but growing with great rapidity in the 
Spring. 
CULTURE. The long, tuberous roots may be planted 
at any time during the Spring, placing them in an up¬ 
right position and deep enough so that the eye or 
sprout is covered with two inches of soil. They will 
thrive in any soil. Large Select Roots 3 for 30c; 
$1 .OO per doz. postpaid. 
GLOXINIAS 
These showy plants make excellent house plants and 
flower profusely during May and June. 
CULTURE. Gloxinias are not difficult to grow and 
they will flourish luxuriantly in a soil of one part loam, 
one part leaf mold and one part sharp sand with a 
sprinkling of fine bone meal. Plant in 4-inch pots, 
being sure to give the best of drainage. Place in a 
warm window and keep moderately moist, but do not 
water to excess. Be careful to keep water off the leaves 
and to shade the plants from direct sunlight as the 
season advances. In Mixture Only. 35c each; 3 for 
90c; $3.25 per doz. postpaid. 
MONTBRETIAS 
One of the brightest of our summer-flowering bulbs 
that should be planted extensively. The growth and 
habit of the plant, as well as the flowers, somewhat re¬ 
sembles a small Gladiolus. The gayly colored flowers 
are in shades of yellow, salmon, orange and scarlet. 
CULTURE. They are easily grown and should be 
planted early in the Spring, choosing a warm, sunny 
location. Plant them 3 to 6 inches apart, 4 inches deep, 
in clumps of a dozen or more. They are hardy if given 
the protection of a good covering of leaves or litter. 
Mixed Hybrids. 3 for 25c; T5c per doz.; $4.50 
per 100 postpaid. 
