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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
r)\Varf G^PPas. 
These are now the most popular and most magnificent of 
all summer blooming plants for brilliant bedding and mass¬ 
ing. and are among the very finest of all pot plants, either 
for summer or winter blooming. The following named 
sorts are the very best of the very dwarf large flowering 
section and are therefore best adapted to pots or small beds. 
Star of 1 891— Introduced by us five years ago, and is still 
the finest of all dwarf-flowering Gannas, especially for 
pot culture. As a pot plant for blooming botli summer 
and winter this Ganna is a novelty of immense import¬ 
ance. It has already become recognized as the most 
valuable and important flowering plant among those 
who know it. It is utterly impossible to have a plant 
which is more easily grown or more effective in bloom. 
The enormous panicles of flowers which are borne con¬ 
tinually even on plants only a foot or two in height, and 
in small pots is indeed marvelous, and the intense color 
of the blossoms makes such plants objects of the most 
effective beauty. 
Improved Queen Charlotte- A magnificent variety with 
large scarlet petals widely bordered with gold. In fact 
the flower is about evenly divided between these t wo 
brilliant colors. No better sort yet introduced . 
Madame Crozy — Fine scarlet with gold band and mark 
ings. One of the very best, producing large panicles of 
flowers. 
Fairy Queen - Dwarf; great panicles of bright scarlet blos¬ 
soms, freely spotted and widely bordered with golden 
yellow. An extra fine sort. 
deeper crimson or maroon. Very fine and showy variety. ! 
Marigold— Flowers very large and of a rich orange color; i 
foliage dense, glaucous green ; two feet. A new and 
beautiful color. 
Flamingo— Half dwarf; deep blood-crimson. Barge fine j 
flower and truss; very showy. 
Philadelphia —Flowers gigantic in size, 5 to 6 inches across, I 
deep, rich ruby red; by far the finest of all red Gannas, j 
Vigorous grower, 2 to 3 feet; luxuriant foliage. Extra. 
Golden Star -Very dwarf like Star of 1891, with large pan¬ 
icles of bright golden color. 
PRICE of above superi) sorts, only 15c. each; any S Jot' 40c.; : 
the JO for $1.25. A.ny one variety at $1.00. per dozen. 
Medium, or JJalf-DWarf 
Gappas. 
The following sorts are half-dwarfs, growing a foot 
higher as a rule than the Dwarfs. For massing they are 
perfectly grand. Most of the sorts are new and extra fine. 
Alsaise— A vigorous grower, 4 feet, with large panicles of 
bloom. Spikes full, dense, and produced early ami con¬ 
tinuously. Color, lovely creamy white, the nearest to a 
pure white yet seen among Gannas. 
Coronet— Semi-dwarf; bright green foliage and large truss¬ 
es of pure sulphur-yellow flowers. Absolutely - a: rure 
yellow. Exceedingly fine. 
Chlldsl -Fine yellow, freely spotted bright scarlet. 
Alphonse Bouvier Rich luxuriant folinge and enormous 
panicles of great, wido-petale •. flowers, which are of tlie 
darkest and richest blood vermilion color. 
Paul Marquant -3R» feet high, fine healthy growers, flowers 
very large and borne in long panicles. Color very pecu¬ 
liar, being sort of a salmon shaded red. 
Alba Grandlflora —Flowers large, petals wide and pearly 
white, shading to pink in the center. A combination of 
color which is most delicate and charming. 
Favorite— Deep, blood-crimson. 
Florence Vaughan —The queen of the fancy spotted vari¬ 
eties. Flowers of enormous size, petals exceedingly 
broad and of perfect shape. Color bright canary yellow 
thickly spotted with vived scarlet. 
Ehemanni -Its wide Banana-like leaves are grand beyond 
description; its stately weeping habit perfection itself. 
To crown it all its great drooping spikes of trumpet- 
shaped Fuchsia-like flowers are a very striking color, 
lovely rosy scarlet. 
Primrose -Fine clear primrose yellow. 
PRICE, 15c . acch; 3 for 4 oc.; the 10 for $1.25. A ny sort at $1.00 
per dozen. 
New 7 Variegated Foliage 
Gappa. 
This is a new, very dwarf compact growing Ganna with 
beautiful wide leaves which are striped, blotched and mark¬ 
ed with several colors. It is a rare beauty as a foliage 
plant, especially for pots. 00c. each. 
