84 Tender Plants and Bulbs 
Vick’s Garden and Floral Guide 
CANNAS 
Each, 15 cents; dozen, $1.50. 
Fora brilliant show all summer there 
is no plant excelling the Canna; it 
even surpasses the Geranium in its gor¬ 
geous display of brilliant colors, bloom¬ 
ing continuously from the time of 
planting until cut down by frost. For 
window boxes, or grown as specimens 
for the porch, they are unsurpassed. 
The Best of the 
Standard Varieties 
Alphonse Bouvier. Brilliant crimson, but change to a beautiful deep crim¬ 
son as they more fully expand. 
Alsace. Pale sulphur changing to creamy white. A valuable variety. 
Beaute Poitevine. Bright crimson, with erect flower-spikes. 
Black Beauty. Foliage black shining purple. 
Brandywine. Brilliant red ; foliage bronze. 
Buttercup. Pure yellow, dwarf. 
Charles Henderson. Brilliant crimson flowers. 
Cinnabar. Cinnabar red, distinctly marked with golden yellow. 
David Harum. Bright deep satiny vermilion. Foliage bronze. 
Egandale. Soft currant-red flowers. Foliage bronze. 
Evolution. The flowers are golden yellow, which shades in through various 
tints of canary, lemon, and sulphur to a center of blush pink. 
Fairfield. Rich dark crimson flowers ; foliage green. 
Florence Vaughan. Flowers of the most brilliant golden-yellow-, dotted with 
brightest scarlet. 
Jean Tissot. Brilliant vermilion, with bright orange markings. Foliage green. 
J. D. Cabos. Height four feet. Color of flower light orange. 
Maiden Blush. Blush pink, dwarf. 
Mile. Berat. The nearest approach to a pink in a first-class bedder. 
Madame Crozy. Flowers crimson-scarlet and gold-bordered. 
Pennsylvania. The flowers are pure deep scarlet, of immense size. 
President Meyer. The flowers area rich cherry-carmine ; foliage bronze. 
President Faivre. Flowers amaranth-red ; foliage bronze. A strong, erect 
grow er, especially adapted to massing and as center of,beds. Six feet high. 
Queen Charlotte. The center of the petal is a brilliant crimson-scarlet, shaded 
with crimson and bordered with a wide belt of gold. Three feet high. 
Rosemawr. Beautiful rosy pink. 
Robusta. A very fine, tall-growing, dark-leaved variety; eight to ten feet. 
Rubin. Ruby carmine. Foliage bronze. 
Semaphore. Novel color. The flowers arc of a pure orange. 
Souvenir d’Antoine Crozy. Crimson scarlet, broad yellow border. 
Orchid-Flowered Cannas 
Each, 15 cents ; set of four for 50 cents. 
Alemannia. These gigantic flowers are the largest grown on Cannas. They 
arc a fine yellow, beautifully mottled with orange-scarlet. 
Burbank. Flowers very large, equal to Italia ; rich canary-yellow, spreading 
seven inches : will continue to bloom a week after cutting. A strong grower, 
with wide, rich green leaves; four feet high. 
Italia. Immense flower. Center brilliant red, petals widely bordered with 
clear yellow. 
Parthenope. Flowers are extra large and of good substance. Color dark 
orange, shaded with yellow ; showy and distinct; four feet. 
Canna Beds 
Many of our customers write us in regard to the number of Cannas that it 
requires to fill a bed of certain dimensions. In answer to this question we offer 
the following suggestions: Plant Cannas about 18 inches apart each way; 
the tall varieties for the center of bed, and the diva rfgroivers for the border. 
For a round bed 7 feet in diameter it will take 19 plants. 
For a 7-foot bed we will send postpaid 19 plants in three different varieties, 
for $2.25. 
HELIOTROPE 
Hardy Pompon Chrysanthemums 
These are the very best of all Chrysanthemums for planting out 
of doors, and also very desirable for growing as pot plants, being 
dwarf, compact growers, and free bloomers. They are perfectly 
hardy, blooming before severe frosts will hurt the flowers. 
Each, 15 cents; dozen, $1.25; set of eighteen for $1.75. 
Alma. Beautiful pink. 
Anna Mary. Creamy white, tipped 
pink. 
Astarte. Bright golden amber. 
Baby. The smallest Pompon, bright 
yellow. 
Baby Margaret. Pure white; a 
beauty. 
Bohemia. Pure yellow. 
Crimson Ball. A beautiful deep 
crimson. 
Drin Drin. Smallest ; pure yellow. 
Druid Hill. A light mahogany- 
crimson. 
Edna. White, with pink shadings 
and yellow center; good size and 
nice form. 
Fairy Queen. Beautiful combina¬ 
tion of pink and yellow. 
Fashion. Maize yellow. 
FredJ. Canary yellow. 
Iva. Pure amber. 
Itza. Bronze. 
James Boon. Pure white. 
Julia Lagravere. Crimson-maroon. 
Kent. Yellow dwarf. 
Northumberland. Red. Single. 
Orea. Light pink. 
Rose Trevana. Golden amber. 
Skibo. Golden chamois. 
St. Illoria. Silvery pink. 
Tissi. Pink, golden yellow center. 
Walter Bly. White, tinted rose. 
Zenobia. Bright clear yellow. 
LARGE-FRUITED LEMON, Ponderosa 
A true ever-bearing variety. On a plant six feet high no less than eighty-nine 
°f these ponderous lemons were growing at one time. The tree was bloom¬ 
ing, and at the same time had fruit in all stages of development, from the 
size of a pea up to the ripe fruit. Fruit weighing over four pounds’had been 
taken from this tree. The lemons have very thin rind for such large fruit. It 
is the juiciest of all lemons, makes delicious lemonade, and for culinary pur¬ 
poses cannot be excelled. It fruits when quite small, and makes a lovely 
house plant. Thrifty young plants, each, 25 cents; two for 40 cents. 
Prized for its fragrance. It is a favorite with everyone. Heliotropes require 
a sunny location, as they do not do well when grown in the shade. Very desir¬ 
able for house culture, a single plant filling a whole room with perfume. 
Lady Cook. Dark violet. Madame de Blonay. Pure white. 
Each, 15 cents; three for 35 cents; dozen, $1.25. 
OLEANDER. Splendens variegata. I^irge, double, pink flowers, pro¬ 
duced early in the season ; glossy green leaves with a broad margin of 
creamy white. Each, 25 cents. 
Double Pink. The old variety. Each, 25 cents. 
