NEW FLORAL GUIDE, AUTUMN, 1918 
Uncle Sam Uses Them for Striking Color Effects 
!fi C. & J. WONDERFUL NEW LILY-CANNAS ffi 
Of all high-grade Cannas in general use today, our Vice-President, Mr. Wintzer, has originated'here 
probably more than any other three firms combined. We have carried off first prizes, not only from the 
international contests held in London before the war, but in every noteworthy exposition in this country_ 
from Chicago, 1893, to the last ones, San Francisco and San Diego, 1915; and now over 20,000 grace the 
grounds of our National Capital, where they hold aloft the slogan for Swastika Brand Cannas, “Best by 
Government Test.” 
FOR FULL INFORMATION ABOUT VARIETIES, SEE OUR SPRING CATALOGUE 
An Interview at Washington, D. C. 
A reprint from The Florist’s Exchange of October 28 , 1916 
The fact of the matter is that in the next is years Cannas are going to have the right of way. There is nothing to equal them.” 
It was Mr. Henlock speaking, expressing, not a burst of enthusiasm, but deliberate conviction born of long experience. Mr. 
Henlock is a gardener of the first order. Technically, he is in the War Department, U. S. A.; practically, he is responsible for the 
best possible show or bloom and color display throughout the grounds that surround the Capitol, White House, and the other public 
buildings of our National Capital. 
When the Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Lane, wants a bit of beauty 
made to modify the severe exterior of the Patent Office, it is Mr. Henlock ' ■*" k t vIN 
who knows what is needed, and who does it. liffA 
‘‘Well, what did it need?” It needed color, of the right shade, in the 
right place, and for such big buildings a bold stroke of color, and further, T#-,* \ 
color that would stay there all summer and still not break up the /jsSsf i ffl ; . ? 'Cil.VW.kOA 
broad sweep of lawn round about. What plant is there that can turn UtT * * 4 • ' 1 
such a trick but the Canna—the new, big, broad-petaled fT•• 
^ Cannas, such as have been coming out of West Grove, U- • -A : \\ ^ 
\ and such as have convinced the men who know how to use X 
. T them that “there is nothing to equal them ?” t 
LjMfigfcv ‘‘When the superintendents from the parks of other ‘ 
big cities come here they are impressed, for they can very 
£ well S 4 *e that we consider Cannas the thing. ‘You starve nP 
yours.’ is what I tell them.” 
Note the 
immense 
head of 
bloom 
GOLD 
MEDAL 
Department »r 
HORTICULTURE 
The White House toward which the Nation is looking. The flowers must be right, so C. & J. Cannas were selected 
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