Archive image from page 20 of Dealers and florists wholesale list. Dealers and florists wholesale list of plants dealersfloristsw18pete_0 Year: 1897 ....,..,,.,:mmmlMmmt,. BUTTERFLY CANNA, GOLDEN WINGS (Flowers shown halt natural size.) GANNAS. Golden Wings. In Golden wings we have a grand sort decorated in a unique manner. Through a golden field are scattered irregular spots and blotches of deep brownish crimson and \ orange scarlet, with great patches of color in '• the centre of the flowers. No Orchid is more y generously endowed than this in the distribution » of colors ; no butterfl
Archive image from page 20 of Dealers and florists wholesale list. Dealers and florists wholesale list of plants dealersfloristsw18pete_0 Year: 1897 ....,..,,.,:mmmlMmmt,. BUTTERFLY CANNA, GOLDEN WINGS (Flowers shown halt natural size.) GANNAS. Golden Wings. In Golden wings we have a grand sort decorated in a unique manner. Through a golden field are scattered irregular spots and blotches of deep brownish crimson and \ orange scarlet, with great patches of color in '• the centre of the flowers. No Orchid is more y generously endowed than this in the distribution » of colors ; no butterfly is more pleasingly decorated. It is with the purpose of accentuating this rare color- ing that we have given it the title of the 'Butterfly' Canna as the only appropriate one fitting its appearance ; at a little distance the flowers look like golden butterflies fluttering above the green leaves. The natural height is four and a half feet; splendid foliage and branching flower stalks. Price, 30c. each, $ per doz. The color is a, brilliant vermilion scarlet, bordered with deep golden, yellow ; the flowers are borne in great clusters and in such profusion that they crown the plant with a blaze of glowing color. The foliage is vivid green, broad and massive ; the habit of the plant is compact and vigorous, its natural height being rarely more than four feet. Price, dormant roots, which can be sent by mail if desired, and supplied up to May Ist, $ per doz., $ per 100. Established plants growing in 4 inch pots (ready May 1st), $ per doz., $ 100. Admiral Courbet. Light yellow, speckled with orange. Alphonse Bouvier. The richness of coloring in this variety is its greatest glory, a deep, rich, crimson, velvety in its intensity, overlaid with dazzling red. It is a strong grower, attaining a height of six feet. Capt. P. de Suzzoni. A tall growing variety, deep yellow, lightly spotted with red ; large flower and fine green foliage. Comte Horace Choisel. Deep,
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