DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 
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Canna of its kind in existence and the forerunner of a new giant race which must eventually supplant all 
other kinds, as it combines in a greatly exaggerated degree the best qualities of both the parent races. 
Strong roots, each 50c; per doz. $5.00. 
GENERAL LIST OF UP-TO-DATE VARIETIES. 
Each 25c; per dozen $2.50; 15 varieties $3.00. 
America. The grandest of all the cannas, of the type of Austria and Italia. Flowers of immense 
size and of a rich.shade of orange salmon, feathered and splashed with scarlet. Foliage reddish bronze. 
Depute Ravarin. A crimson variety with very large flowers, borne in large trusses well above the 
foliage; it is one of the best crimsons out, and perfect in every respect. 
Furst von Hohenlohe. A very fine yellow, faintly dotted with scarlet on the lower petals; at a dis¬ 
tance the effect is nearly yellow. 
J. D. Eisle. Color an intense shade of vermilion scarlet; a magnificent variety, unquestionably one 
of the best of recent introductions. 
Joseph Combet. Brilliant cardinal crimson, flowers enormous, petals broad and overlapping. One of 
the best all around varieties of its color. 
Menelek. A grand sort, in color a bright Nasturtium red; flowers immense in size, trusses the 
largest of any we know of. This is one of the very best of Crozy’s introductions and on its advent in 
France three years ago it sold for 20 francs each. 
Mme. Favarichon. Extra large flowers, color a rich shade of satiny carmine with an orange sheen. A 
lustrous shade and the best of its color in cultivation. 
Leon Pepin Lehalleur. Flowers deep carmine red, trusses large and borne well above the ample 
foliage. A fine sort. 
Mme. Leon Leclere. Brilliant scarlet, tipped and margined with golden yellow after the style of 
Queen Charlotte, but much finer than that variety in every respect. 
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Mine d * Or. A reproduction of the well known Mad. Crozy in every particular save color, and that 
a grand one, being a clear bright canary yellow without any scarlet markings. 
MTle. Berat. This variety is the nearest approach to pink yet offered and is one of the most taking 
colors in all the newer varieties of cannas, always very popular. 
R. Pearson. The most unique canna in the set and distinct from anything else in cultivation. Color 
a bright golden yellow densely dotted with light red spots. Extra. 
Secretaire Chabanne. Deep salmon colored flowers, very large ; petals broad and evenly arranged, 
the best of its color. 
Sam. Trelease. The grandest scarlet yet introduced, petals broad and overlapping and opening out 
perfectly flat; truss erect, borne on long stems. Its vivid color makes it a fine sort for massing or sin¬ 
gle specimens. 
Sunray. A distinct and novel sort, flowers very large with broad massive petals; peculiarly striped 
and splashed with scarlet on a golden yellow ground. 
OLDER VARIETIES. 
Each 15c; per doz. $1.50; 4 varieties 50c. 
Austria. A counterpart of Italia in every respect save color, being a rich light yellow, faintly dotted 
with scarlet spots in the throat; at a distance the effect is clear yellow. 
Exploreteur Crampbel. A deep rich shade of red spotted with crimson; both flower and truss are 
large, the combination of colors is at once odd and striking. 
Florence Vaughan. Yellow spotted carmine. This variety possesses all the points necessary to a 
first-class Canna. Color, habit and growth are all perfect. 
Italia. A deep golden-yellow, the center of each petal being splashed with brilliant scarlet. In point 
of beauty this canna equals the finest orchids. 
