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Jhe Conard S^Jones Co. 
C. & J. NEW LILY-CANNAS 1916 
KING OF BEDDING PLANTS 
After 21 years of faithful, enthusiastic hybrid¬ 
izing, this is the record of our Vice-President, 
Antoine Wintzer, America’s Canna Wizard: 
He has doubled, and more, the size of a 
flower; 
He has trebled the variety of colors; 
He has increased the endurance of the 
bloom; 
He has given bronze foliage to flowers 
that before had only green; 
Hi 
C. & J. SWASTIKA 
INDICATES THE 
VARIETIES 
ORIGINATED BY 
THE CONARD & 
JONES CO. 
We have won for these improved flowers leading 
awards at the great expositions in America; 
We have won for America the majority of the awards 
against all competing nations of Europe in a two- 
year international competitive test by the Royal 
Horticultural Society of England; 
We have had the superiority of C. & J. Cannas rec¬ 
ognized and have had them used by the leading 
parks of our country; 
This is evidence conclusive that C. & J. Improved' 
Lily-Cannas are superior to all other existing sorts,! 
and that they have, by merit alone, won the title of 
“The Finest Cannas in the World.” 
SAN FRANCISCO 
EXPOSITION 
AWARDED GOLD MEDAL 1915 
SAN DIEGO 
EXPOSITION 
Extract from “Every Evening” 
Wilmington, May 29 , 1915 
“Take a few hours off any afternoon, trolley or 
motor to West Grove, just beyond the Delaware- 
Pennsylvania line, and see with your own eyes what 
man’s genius may accomplish when in copartnership 
with Madame Nature. ... A firm at West Grove, 
The Conard & Jones Co., has exhibits at the Panama- 
Pacific Exposition at Frisco. There are 10,000 Cannas 
from West Grove out there for the eyes of millions to 
contemplate. West Grove may be small, but the Rose 
Center has decidedly put it on the map in colorsI” 
Extract from “The North American” 
Philadelphia, October 18, 1915 
“For twenty-one years a Chester County man, 
Antoine Wintzer, has been toiling day in and day out 
to get what florists consider an acme of their art, a 
White Canna. In these twenty-one years he has 
produced more than 60,000 varieties of Cannas . . . , 
and out of these only 5,000 have been considered dis¬ 
tinctive enough to cultivate as new varieties. . . . 
“A majority of the improved American Cannas in 
the last twenty years have originated with Mr. Wintzer. 
His is the Mrs. Alfred F. Conard, the brilliant salmon- 
pink Canna; Wintzer’s Meteor has won many com¬ 
mendations; another pink is Mrs. Woodrow Wilson; in 
fact, Mr. Wintzer has originated more pink Cannas 
than all the other American growers put together. . . 
“He has waved his hand over a mass of pink, and 
transformed it into a field of red. He has touched a 
leaf of deep green and it has turned bronze. He has 
passed a magic wand over a field of insignificant 
blossoms and trebled their size. 
“Yet he says he is no wizard.” 
p p ^i A d C. & J. GOLD MEDAL SET 
!U e„ n r\:__ 0 4 feet. Described as Chinese orange or Persian yellow 
Jttll HIB5U. ; n co l or . The crimped petals are remarkable for substance, 
which enables them to withstand the hot summer sun without wilting, and 
another charm is in the buds which are dark bronze, harmonizing with 
the golden bronze foliage. Grand in every way. Strong plants, $i ea., ppd. 
* Golden Cate 4 feet. The flowers open almost pure gold, but soon 
vjoi ell Uatc. become richly rayed with orange-crimson and apricot; 
throat deep carmine-red. Foliage green. Strong plants. 50 cts. ea., ppd. 
* Citv of Portland 3 V 2 feet. The color is a beautiful, glowing pink, 
OI roriianu. deeper in color than its parent, Mrs. Alfred F. 
Conard, and the flowers are produced in greatest profusion on strong, 
erect, branching stalks. It is an early and continuous bloomer, blooming 
freely in hot or cool weather. Canna experts last season pronounced it the 
“finest all-round pink Canna to date.” Strong plants, $1 each, postpaid. 
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One each of the above Superior Cannas, in strong, growing 
plants, the three for $2, postpaid. 
C. & J. WHITE HOUSE CANNAS 
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. 
4 feet. A charming shade of rich, soft 
crimson-pink, particularly clear and pleas¬ 
ing to the eye. Flowers are large, with broad, overlapping, rounded 
petals of great substance and durability. Foliage is light green, prettily 
veined; the habit is robust but the leaves do not hide the foliage. 
Strong plants, $1 each, postpaid. 
Sfi I fnvotto 4 f ee f • This Canna has been selected to plant in Lafayette 
Laiayeite. Square, directly in front of the White House, for 1916. In 
some respects it resembles the famous “Meteor,” but the flowers are a 
more intense scarlet. The heads of bloom are carried erect above the 
healthy, green foliage, producing a brilliant effect in mass planting. 
Strong plants, $2.50 each, postpaid. 
.flrrm „ 9Q a One each of these two White House Cannas, in strong plants, 
Tit FX, IY ^ uOd for postpaid._ 
THREE MAGNIFICENT C. & J. LILY-CANNAS S OPPOS?TE PAGE 1 
Sfi MBS. ALFRED F. CONARD. 4 ft. 
The most popular pink Canna ever 
introduced and unsurpassed for plant¬ 
ing either singly or in large beds. The 
exquisite salmon-pink flowers are of 
largest size and so freely produced 
as to keep up a superb showing for 
months. Roots, 25c. ea.; potted plants 
(ready April 15), 30c. ea., postpaid. 
Sfi KATE F. DEEMER. 4 ft. The grand 
flowers open a rich oriole-yellow, 
which gradually gives place to Turkey 
red in the center and throat of the 
flower, the rest of the blossom turning 
almost white. Buds are rich yellow 
on reddish brown stems. Roots, 25 cts. 
each; choice potted plants (ready 
April 15), 30 cts. each, postpaid. 
Sfi METEOR. (Wintzer’s.) 5 ft. The 
almost solid mass of deep, dazzling 
crimson bloom produced is spec¬ 
tacular. Judges at the S. A. F. Na¬ 
tional Convention, 1913, pronounced 
this the best red Canna on the 
grounds. Roots, 25 cts. each; choice 
potted plants (ready April 15), 30 cts. 
each, postpaid. 
.nrrrn. nni. One each of the 3 Cannas shown in color on opposite page, in dormant roots, 60 cts.; or the 3 in potted 
U1 I LK > doD plants (ready April IS), for 75 cts. postpaid. 
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