Dreer's garden book 1916 (1916) Dreer's garden book 1916 dreersgardenbook1916henr Year: 1916 128 EMRYADREER^HttADELPHlA ^A-^^^GARDEh^OREEMHOUSE PJANTsXTTTl SELECT STANDARD VARIETIES OE LARGE FLOWERmG CANNAS. The wonderful advance made in recent years in Cannas has induced us to grow improved varieties in preference to many sorts, which, up until very recently, were great favorites. This standard collection con- tains the very best of the older varieties as well as many novelties which until very recently were sold at high prices. Beacon. Very free-flowering; color a rich cardinal-red; floret
Dreer's garden book 1916 (1916) Dreer's garden book 1916 dreersgardenbook1916henr Year: 1916 128 EMRYADREER^HttADELPHlA ^A-^^^GARDEh^OREEMHOUSE PJANTsXTTTl SELECT STANDARD VARIETIES OE LARGE FLOWERmG CANNAS. The wonderful advance made in recent years in Cannas has induced us to grow improved varieties in preference to many sorts, which, up until very recently, were great favorites. This standard collection con- tains the very best of the older varieties as well as many novelties which until very recently were sold at high prices. Beacon. Very free-flowering; color a rich cardinal-red; florets of medium size; a splendid bedding variety; 3f to 4 feet. Brilliant. Rich yellow with two bright-red curling tongue like petals in the centre; 4 feet. Buttercup. Bright buttercup-yellow, a healthy, dwarf, free bloomer; one of the best pure yellows. 20 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Claude Montel. Very free blood-red with golden margin; 3£ feet. Consul W. Vellnagel. Large lemon-yellow, with reddish brown spots; 4 feet. Dr. E. Ackerknecht. Carmine-lake suffused with deep car- mine; very free-flowering; foliage bronze; 4 feet. Duke of Marlboro. Very deep crimson, an attractive bril- liant flower; 4 feet. Feuermeer. A brilliant fiery scarlet of medium size; excep- tionally free-flowering; very effective for massing; 4 feet. Gladiator. One of the finest bedders, color deep yellow freely dotted with red; 4j feet Graf M. Tolstoi. Brilliant scarlet with bronze foliage; 4 feet. Harry Laing. Large well rounded flowers of rich glowing scarlet, suffused with orange; 5 feet. 20 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Hohenzollern. A vigorous growing variety, producing immense heads of clear canary-yellow flowers; 5 feet. J. D. Eisele. Vermilion scarlet overlaid with orange, fine bedder; 3£ feet. Jennie Walls Fahnline. Carmine-pink shading to primrose throat; 4£ feet. Johanna Kanzleiter. Light amber-yellow, changing to creamy-white as it matures; very free and attractive;
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