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These are now the most popular and most magnificent of all summer blooming plants for 
brilliant bedding and massing, 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 new and better known large 
flowering Dwarf varieties. We have selected these varieties after careful tests of hundreds of sorts, 
and our customers can rely upon them as being the most magnificent and desirable in every respect, com¬ 
bining large flowers of great brilliancy with beautiful foliage, free blooming and easy growing qualities. 
gest JVIanjed G ar )das. 
Alsaise— A vigorous grower, 4 feet, with large panicles of 
bloom. Spikes full, dense, and produced early and con¬ 
tinuously. Color, lovely creamy white, the nearest to a 
pure white yet seen among Cannas. 
Coronet— Semi-dwarf; bright ' green foliage and large 
trusses of pure sulphur-yellow flowers. Absolutely a 
pure yellow. Exceedingly fine. 
Alphonse Bouvier—Itich, luxuriant foliage and enormous 
panicles of great wide-petaled flowers, which are of the 
darkest and richest blood vermilion color. 
Paul Marquant— 3)4 feet high, fine healthy growers, flowers 
very large and borne in long panicles. Color very pecu¬ 
liar, being sort of a salmon, shaded red. 
Madame Crozy— Fine scarlet with gold band and markings. 
One of the very best. Height, 3 feet. 
Giant Crimson— Extra fine green foliage; petals lM to 2 
inches across, dark orange-crimson spotted with deeper 
crimson or maroon. Very fine and showy variety. 2 feet. 
Flamingo— Half dwarf; deep blood-crimson. Large fine 
flowers and truss; very showy. 
Golden Star— Yery dwarf, like Star of 1891, with large pan¬ 
icles of bright golden color. 2 feet. 
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 vivid scarlet. 4 feet. 
Pink Ehemanni—A fine soft pink color, in other respects 
like Ehemanni. 4 feet high. 
Primrose— Fine clear primrose yellow. 3 feet. 
Burbank— Magnificent yellow, spotted. Elegant foliage. 
Much the style of Austria, 4 feet. 
Pres. Carnot— A magnificent Canna with dark maroon- 
black foliage. Equalled in darkness, richness and beauty 
only by Black Beauty. Added to the magnificence of its 
foliage are its immense trusses of rich, deep crimson- 
scarlet blossoms; a most superb sort. 4 feet. 
F. F. Hunt —Fine large flower and beautiful compact truss. 
Color, pure canary-yellow freely striped with scarlet. A 
grand new variety. 3 to 4 feet. 
Littie Duke— A superb pink variety offered now for the first 
time. Large truss composed of beautiful large flowers, 
of an exquisite pink color, usually with a slight edging of 
S old which gives it a thoroughly distinct characteristic, 
ne of the most beautiful varieties. 4 feet. 
Italia —Flowers very large, each petal 4 to 5 inches, and most 
beautifully colored. Brightest scarlet, with a broad yel¬ 
low border, irregularly blotched and spotted. 5 feet. 
Austria— Enormous flowers, beautiful canary-yellow with a 
silvery hue, inside slightly dotted with red. Both in 
foliage and flower it is grand. 5 feet. 
Wm. McKinley— Dwarf scarlet, extra large flower and 
cluster, with luxuriant dark foliage. 
Duke of Marlborough— Dark velvety maroon. Perhaps the 
darkest and richest in color of all Cannas. Petals wide, 
truss compact, erect and very large. Elegant foliage of a 
metallic green color. Height, 3 to 4 feet. 
Malden’s Blush —Yery large, fine flower of a lovely blush 
white color. 3 to 4 feet. 
PRICE, 15c. each; any U for 50c.; the 30 for $2.00. Any sort at 
$1.25 per dozen , postpaid. 
BY EXPRESS,— Any Of the above at $1 per doz. ; $6 per 100. 
Childs’ Revs? Gohhas- 
Magnificent new sorts of our own production, offered last 
year for the first time. 
Flame— Anew dwarf sort with remarkably large flowers, 
which are borne in immense panicles. Color is flaming 
orange-scarlet, so intense as to be fairly dazzling. By all 
odds as fine a Canna as was ever seen. 3 to 4 feet. 
Perfection— A grand yellow, freely spotted red, same style 
of coloring as Florence Vaughan, but a much better 
flower, and a better bloomer. Finest spotted sort yet 
introduced. Very dwarf, wide petals, immense panicles. 
3 to 4 feet. 
Crozy Improved— Tall, fine spikes, finest and freest bloomer. 
Scarlet, bordered yellow; like Mad. Crozy, but much 
better. 3 feet. 
Sun ray— Dwarf, yellow spotted. Best of its type, and the 
only first-class very dwarf spotted variety. Seldom 
grows over two feet in height and requires but little room. 
2 feet. 
John B. Dutcher— Immense truss of gigantic blossoms. 
Color, dark crimson-maroon, rich and velvety. Probably 
the finest and richest dark color. 4 feet. 
25c. each. The 5 for $1.00. 
Improved Rainbow? G a PP a * 
This is the most magnificent novelty among foliage 
plants. Each leaf is beautifully variegated with pink, scar¬ 
let, orange, gray, green, etc. The foliage keeps its color all 
through the season; either tor open ground or pots. In habit 
of growth it is superb. It hardly reaches the height of 3 
feet, and is compact, with numerous leaves, which are wide 
wavy and graceful. In this respect more charming than any 
other Canna. Aside from its beauty and usefulness as a 
garden ornament, it is still grander in pots for the window or 
porch, and makes a specimen plant which nothing, not even 
Fancy Caladiums, can surpass. Fine roots, 25c. each; 5 
for $1.00. 
Black geabty G a PP a * 
A tall grower with luxuriant leaves which are of a rich 
maroon-black color. Yery effective as a foliage plant. 
Yery scarce, there being but little of the true variety in 
cultivation, most of which we possess. The most magni¬ 
ficent dark foliage Canna and a grand bedder. 25c. each: 
$2.00 per doz. 
Mixed G a PP as - 
For large Show Beds. 
A mixture of the finest dwarf large flowering kinds, 
which will go well together, and make a most magnificent 
bed or border of bright colors. We can thoroughly recom¬ 
mend this mixture, for we know that it will give the great¬ 
est results. Price, by express, strong roots, 60c. per dozen; 
$4.00 per loo. 
Hybrid G a PP a Seed. 
Cannas grow readily from seed and bloom in a few 
months. The seed here offered is hybrids saved from the 
above grand new sorts, and will give magnificent results. 
Per pkt., 20c. 
For other Canna Seed, see page 47. 
