PLANT DEPARTMENT 
145 
NEW GIANT CANNAS. 
Four Grand New Cannas. 
An American raised 
seedling and the finest 
variety for size, form 
and color yet produced. 
A magnificent Vermil¬ 
lion scarlet with golden 
yellow border, throat 
flamed yellow. The fin¬ 
est Giant Canna. Award¬ 
ed highest honors at the 
Jamestown Exposition. 
Luxuriant green foliage, 
height 5 to 6 feet. 
Price, dormant roots 
to April 1st, 50c. each, 
S4.50 per doz.; growing 
plants ready April 1st, 
60c. each, SO 00 per doz. 
NEW YORK. A giant in size of flower and growth, the 
blooms are of extraordinary durability. It makes a 
large plant (height, 6 to 7 ft.) with broad bronze leaves 
and mammoth flowers of intense brilliant carmine. 
JUPITER. This is a magnificent dark leaved Canna. It 
is a stately and symmetrical grower, large, deep, purp¬ 
lish-bronze foliage which is borne to the base of the plant. 
The flowers are full average size, a rich carmine red, 
borne profusely. Height, 6 feet. 
VENUS. The color is a gay rosy pink with a mottled 
border of creamy yellow. It blooms splendidly with 
heads erect and flowers bright, because the old ones 
drop off as fast as the new ones come. Has a good 
constitution, green foliage. This seems to please every 
one who .sees it. 4 feet. 
WM. SAUNDERS. A beautiful bronze-leaved Canna. It 
grows 4 to 5 feet high, is a healthy vigorous plant and 
blooms abundantly. Flowers very large, color a bright 
scarlet. 75c. each, $7.50 per doz Price for the above 
(except where noted) dormant roots up to April 15th. 35c. 
each, $3.50 per doz.; set of four for $1.50. Growing plants 
ready April 1st, 50c. each, $4.50 per doz.; set of four 
lor - ■ 00. New Snowy-White Canna, 
‘•MONT BLANC." 
A strong-growing, vigorous 
variety, and will produce from 
15 to 20 flower stalks in a sea¬ 
son. Its great masses of snowy- 
white flowers contrast finely 
with the crimson varieties. 
Price, dormant roots, up to 
April 1st, 25c. each, $2.50 per 
doz. Growing plants, April 
1st, 40c. each, $4.00 per doz. 
Select Newer Cannas. 
ALEMANNIA. Flowers 6 inches 
across. Rich orange-red with 
golden-yellow border, the lat¬ 
ter dotted with orange-red 
spots. Height, 6 feet. 
BETSY ROSS. We consider this 
one of the most beautiful of 
the pink Cannas. Green fo¬ 
liage; height about 3 feet. 
BRANDYWINE. A beautiful, 
bronze-leaved Canna; intense 
vinous-red, dappled deep 
crimson, occasionally edged 
golden-yellow. Height, 4 feet. 
CHAUTAUQUA. Flowers pure, 
rich scarlet, intensely vivid; 
has luxurious foliage prettily 
bronzed. Height, 5 feet. 
LOUISIANA. A new giant, vivid 
scarlet-crimson Canna. The 
flowers are more than 7 inches 
across. It grows 6 feet high. 
NIAGARA. G reat handsome 
trusses; broad, thick, durable 
petals; color, deep crimson 
with a border of golden- 
yellow. Height, 3 feet. 
QUEEN OF HOLLAND. Foli¬ 
age very dark green, heavily 
veined and edged with bronze. 
Color, deep rich orange. 
Height, 3 feet. 
VESUVIUS. The great feature 
of this is its branching heads 
of flowers, trusses measuring 
9 inches across being the rule. 
The color is a vivid crimson- 
scarlet. Height, 4 to 5 feet. 
Price, dormant roots, up to 
April 1st, 20c. each, $2.00 per 
doz. Growing plants, ready 
Apr. 1st, 30c. each, $3.00 doz. 
KING HUMBERT. A brilliant orange-scarlet with bright red shad¬ 
ings. Large trusses of blooms, the individual flowers being six 
inches in diameter. Foliage a rich, reddish-bronze, with lighter 
shadings. It is broad and massive, giving the plant a sturdy and 
stately appearance. Height, 5 feet. 
F. BENARY. Another grand variety. Flowers six inches across, 
soft vermilion with an undulating border of rich yellow. A stately 
grower with deep green foliage. This is the most striking and 
effective variety of its type yet offered. Height, 5 feet. Price, 
dormant roots up to April 15th, 25c. each, $2.50 per doz. Growing 
plants ready April 1st, 40c. each, $4.00 per doz. 
