YOU CAN GROW C. & J. LILY-CANNAS FROM SEED 
The accompanying illustration shows the mar¬ 
velous improvement which has been made in Cannas. 
The small flower head was taken from a plant of 
the original native Canna and the large head from 
one of our latest seedlings. The flowers of the 
latter are immense, the individual petals measuring 
over 3 inches across. It is flowers such as these 
that may be looked for from the C. & J. Extra 
Choice New Pedigree Canna Seed which we 
offer below. 
How to Grow Lily-Cannas 
from C. & J. Seed 
A thing you need to know about Canna seeds is 
that they have hard shells and are therefore very 
slow to germinate unless you take the precaution 
to file or cut a bit of this away. 
With small, hard seeds this is difficult, therefore, 
for the convenience of our customers we have 
already prepared in this way all the named varieties 
of seeds offered on this page. A pkt. contains about 
20 seeds; an ounce 75 to 100 seeds. 
When ready to plant, soak seeds in warm water 
for half a day or more, and then plant indoors, 
about 1 inch deep. You should get about sixty per 
cent, to germinate. Transplant to 18 inches apart 
as soon as ground is warm. 
C. & J. seeds are saved from picked flowers only and can¬ 
not be duplicated anywhere 
Original Native Canna 
C. & J. New Seedling Lily-Canna 
0 C. & J, NEW PEDIGREE CANNA SEED-NAMED VARIETIES 
Pkt. Contains 20 seeds; oz. 75 to 100 seeds 
247 Black Beauty Improved. 5 ft. Flower 
249 Black Warrior. 3K ft. Velvety maroon .. 
224 Brandywine. ft. Brilliant red. 
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255 Cherokee. 3^ ft. Dark Maroon. $ 
256 Comte de Bouchard. 4 yi ft. Golden yellow 
flowers, spotted red. 
226 Comte de Sachs. 4 ft. Crimson scarlet.... 
228 Director Holtze. 3 ft. Intense bright yellow, marked with red 
257 Dr. Nansen. 2 ]/i ft. The best dwarf yellow. 
229 Duke of Marlborough. 4 ft. Dark, rich velvety crimson. 
251 Florence Vaughan. 3^ ft. Golden yellow, spotted red. 
258 George Washington. 3>£ ft. Deep velvety crimson. 
231 Gladioflora. 3 >2 ft. Crimson, changing to carmine rose. 
Petals edged with gold. 
252 Halley’s Comet. 3^ ft. Blazing scarlet with yellow throat. 
See inside back cover. 
233 Minnehaha. 3ft. Gold, cream and pink. 
234 Mont Blanc. Improved. 3^ ft.' Pure white. 
236 Mrs. Alfred F. Conard. 4 ft. Without question this is the 
finest pink Canna ever introduced. The Color is an entrancing 
shade of salmon pink and this variety blooms unceasingly. 
See further description and illustration page 45. 
259 Olympic. 5 ft. New. Rich orient-red. 
237 Pillar of Fire. 6 ft. Bright crimson scarlet. 
239 Rosea Gigantea. 4 ft. Rose to carmine-pink. 
260 Triumph. 3 ft. Fine dwarf. Rich scarlet. 
240 Venus. 4 ft. Gay pink. (See inside back cover.). 
241 Wawa. 3 ft. Lovely soft pink. 
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lflFFFK> 77 1 pkt. each Mrs. Alfred F. Conard, Venus, Mont Blanc, Improved, Duke 
vx A Aj ' iV 1 1 • of Marlborough and extra choice New Pedigree, for $1.00, postpaid 
Our Vice-President, Antoine Wintzer 
Breeder of “ the finest Cannas in the world ’ 
c. & J. LILY-CANNA SEED MIXED 
From this mixture you are quite likely to secure some new improved and as yet 
unintroduced sorts. 
244 C. & J. New Pedigree Cannas, Extra-Choice. 20 seeds p kt. Oz. 
in pkt. $0 20 $0 75 
245 New Pedigree Cannas. Good quality, mixed, 20 seeds in pkt. 15 50 
246 Canna hybrida. Good mixed. 10 25 
See Canna Roots and Plants, pages 44 to 49 and color plate, page 98 
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