. Wonderful improvements Have been shown in this plant the past few years and every season adds some striking novelties. Our collections this year are far ahead of anything offered before, and embrace all the European introductions of this season, as well as the cream of the varieties introduced in the past two years; these we are now able, on account of our very large stock, to supply at a price permitting their use in large quantities. The spikes of large flowers somewhat resemble Gladiolus, but their much more brilliant colors show grandly against the tropical foliage, which seldom exceeds
. Wonderful improvements Have been shown in this plant the past few years and every season adds some striking novelties. Our collections this year are far ahead of anything offered before, and embrace all the European introductions of this season, as well as the cream of the varieties introduced in the past two years; these we are now able, on account of our very large stock, to supply at a price permitting their use in large quantities. The spikes of large flowers somewhat resemble Gladiolus, but their much more brilliant colors show grandly against the tropical foliage, which seldom exceeds four feet in height; the flowers range in color from the deepest crimson, orange scarlet, and salmon to light yellow, many being beautifully mottled and streaked. NEW EVERBLOOMING CANNAS. Madame Crozy. We call especial attention to the three beautiful varieties, Madame Crozy, Alphonse Bouvier and Baron de Sandrans. are the gems of recent introduction ; without them no collection of Cannas is complete. They ]WflDfl]V[E C^OZV. This is undoubtedly the finest and most distinct variety yet introduced. The flowers are of the largest size, of a dazzling crim- son scarlet bordered with golden yellow. The plant is of vigorous growth, yet dwarf in habit, seldom exceeding four feet in height. The foliage is of a rich cheerful green and very massive ; the flowers are produced in large branching stems, which are closely set with bloom, each stem being really a bouquet in itself. It is a remarkably free-flowering variety. Small plants set out on the 10th of June were in full bloom on July 15, when only eighteen inches high, and continued in full flower until cut by frost in October. Cut flowers exhibited by us the past two seasons were admired above all others. Price $ each ; $ per dozen; $ per 100 (25 at hundred rate). ALPHONSE BOUVIER. What Mad. Crozy is among the scarlet varieties, we consider Alphonse Bouvier among the crimsons, and were we to cnoose -one of the two, it wou
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