“The snow-drop and primrose cnn woodland adorn , o 
And violets bathe in the wcet o’ the mtyrn. ’’—Burns, 
Glorious /New French Cannas. 
“My faultless friends , the fruits and fencers. 
Have only smiles for me.'' 
—George W. Bungay. 
Agreeably Attractive. 
Conspicuously Charming. 
From Rochester to West Indies. 
The plants mentioned in the following letter, must have been, 
counting delays in New York City waiting for steamer, etc., fully 
two weeks en route . We take especial pains with all our packing. 
Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, Dec. 6, 1892. ^ 
Messrs. James Vick's Sons, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Gentlemen : — Your last shipment of plants, etc., came to hand 
in excellent condition. I could not have desired better and 
healthier plants. 
The Carnation (Nellie Lewis) and the Hydrangeas were some¬ 
thing astonishing. They looked as if they were only taken up out 
of the garden an hour previously. I must certainly commend 
your packers on the manner in which they executed my last 
order, which also gave entire satisfaction. 
I am, gentlemen, yours faithfully, 
Oscak L. Speck. 
Delightfully Distinctive. 
------ Eminently Elegant. 
We know of but few flowers in which the extolling adjectives 
can be so truly applied as to the New French, or Ever-Blooming 
Cannas. They are certainly the most effective plants (hence the 
most popular), either for combining with Calladium, etc., for bed¬ 
ding or lawn decoration, or for single plants scattered. (See colored 
plate.) 
They bloom continually from the time of planting, increasing in 
size and beauty until cut down by frost. They have the additional 
advantage of being, also, splendid plants for pot culture ; grown in 
this manner they make beautiful showy plants 
for the porch during the summer, and before 
frost they may be removed to the window 
garden or parlor, where they will continue flow¬ 
ering all winter. Plants that have been grown 
in the garden all summer may be potted for 
the same purpose. 
These Cannas will bloom the year round if 
kept in a growing condition. 
Madame Crozy. This is the GHAXDEST CANNA OF 
all. The flowers are larger in Size and more brilliant in 
their coloring than those of any. other variety. The 
wonderful freedom of bloom is also a very remarkable 
feature in this variety; the plants commence to bloom 
when scarcely a foot in height, and the massive spikes of 
flowers continue forming as the new shoots Appear, until the plant 
reaches its natural height, which is about four feet; they are then 
crowned with a blazing array of beautiful crimson-scarlet and gold 
bordered flowers, as large as fair sized G ladiolus blooms. The foliage is 
bright green, broad and massive, and the flowers are beautiful and deli¬ 
cate in their markings. Strong plants, each 50 cents. 
Alphonze Bouvier. This is the King of the crimsons as Madame 
Crozy is Queen of the scarlet Cannas, and it is a very difficult matter 
to decide which of the two is the more beautiful. On first opening 
the flowers are intense brilliant crimson, but change to a beautiful 
deep crimson as they more fully expand. The plant makes a luxuriant 
growth of rich green foliage and produces large spikes of enormous 
flowers in wonderful profusion. Plants, each, §1.00. 
Capitaine P. de Suzzoni. This is the most beautiful Of the 
spotted varieties; the ground color is a rich shade of canary-yellow, 
and the entire flower spotted and dashed with a handsome shade of red. 
The plant has handsome light green foliage. Each, St.00. 
Fra ncois Crozy. This variety is similar to Mad. Crozy in style and 
habit of growth, but the flowers are a bright orange bordered with a 
narrow edge of gold; a desirable and rare color in flowering plants 
which is a very fashionable one. For bedding and general culture it is 
equally as indispensable as Mad. Crozy. Each, 50 cents. 
Paul Marquant, a very showy variety, with large handsome flow¬ 
ers that are of a bright salmon-scar let, shading to rosy-carmine, a 
novel and pleasing shade. foliage dark green. Each, $1.00. 
Read Second Co^er Page Regarding $2,000 Cash Prizes, 
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