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| Keywords: Dreer's wholesale price list (16760257656).jpg 28 <br> Italian Orchid Flowered <br> Gannas <br> This distinct race of Cannas was <br> offered last year for the first time <br> and has given general satisfaction <br> with the exception of being thinner <br> and having less substance than the <br> French varieties ; do not last so long <br> \/ in hot dry weather ; but this objec- <br> tion is not serious as they are so ex- <br> tremely free-flowering that they are <br> continually in bloom The individual <br> fl wers are very large rarely measuring <br> I jss than six inches across while the <br> c iloring is superb and the name Orchid- <br> fl 'wered is very appropriate <br> Italia <br> and <br> Austria <br> Having a large stock of the <br> above two fine varieties we are <br> in a position to offer strong dor- <br> mant eyes at 5 00 per 100 <br> Miscellaneous Orchid Flowered Cannas <br> We have a limited stock of the following varieties introduced last Spring and offer same as long <br> as unsold at 35 cents each ; i 50 per dozen <br> Bavaria Etlouard Aiulre Kronos Perseus <br> Boriissia Heinrich Seitlel Oceanus Pluto <br> Burgundia Iberia Partenope Suevia <br> Wilhelm Beck <br> The Cream of M Crozy's 1897 Introductions <br> We take great pleasure in offering these six superb sorts which are without exception the very best in their respective <br> colors and type up to date and we feel certain that purchasers of this set will be fully satisfied with the selection We <br> have given these varieties two seasons' trial under field culture where they received the most ordinary treatment and <br> under all conditions of weather they held their own with the host of so-called novelties <br> Baronne de Poilly A most prolific flowerer with <br> large rounded petals which open out very full making a <br> perfectly round flower of excellent form ; of a rich orange- <br> salmon color ; foliage light green ; habit compact ; 3 feet <br> Hortense Barbereau Remarkably fine large cherry- <br> red trusses of immense size ; a decided improvement on <br> all others of this type ; excellent for massing ; habit <br> compact and strong ; foliage rich dark green ; 3 feet <br> Mile Berat A decided acquisition on account of its <br> color which is the nearest approach to a pink in a first- <br> class bedder Many of the sorts heretolbre offered as <br> pink while very pretty in the individual flower have a <br> washed-out appearance both on the single plant or when <br> planted in masses In this variety however the larger the <br> mass the finer the effect and when planted with yellows <br> and high-colored reds it is simply superb ; lieight 4 feet <br> Mine D'Or This is practically a yellow Mme Crozy <br> which it resembles in size and shape of flower It is of <br> bright canary-yellow the lower petals very lightly marked <br> with red Like all other yellows it has the fault of <br> bleaching under certain conditions of the weather but it <br> is the best of this type of flower ; height 3 ft 50 cts each ; <br> 5 00 per doz <br> Leon Pepin Lelialleur A grand variety of brilliant <br> carmine-red that at once attracts attention It is effective <br> in every position ; flowers extra large and round with <br> strong heavy petals of fine substance ; a strong grower of <br> Kood habit ; 4 feet <br> Vice-President L/uizet An excellent variety and <br> especially effective for massing It is of a rich cherry-red <br> with carmine reflex The flowers are produced in very <br> large compact spikes ; foliage green ; 3 feet <br> Price of any the above Six Superb Sorts 30 cts each 3 00 per doz 20 00 per 100 except where noted or one <br> each of the six varieties for 1 50 <br> The best DARK-LEAVED CANNA Bassett's Red <br> This is without doubt the finest of all the dark foliaged varieties and where foliage cfffcf is wanted or in connection <br> with the French varieties it is a perfect gem ; it has small flower s like all the Indica type to which it belonirs but its <br> foliage is suju'Tb being of the most intense bronzy red ; in growth it is strong and stately growing very uniformly to a <br> height of five feet 75 cts per doz ; 5 00 per 100 45213478 161077 84662 Page 28 Text Winter Edition http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/45213478 1898 Dreer Henry A Firm NameFound Burgundia NameConfirmed Burgundia NameBankID 4097068 NameFound Indica NameConfirmed Indica NameBankID 4432528 NameFound Kronos NameConfirmed Kronos EOLID 3695693 NameBankID 4211649 NameFound Oceanus NameConfirmed Oceanus NameBankID 4262459 NameFound Orchid NameFound Partenope NameConfirmed Partenope NameBankID 4285049 NameFound Perseus NameConfirmed Perseus Takemura Nakaseko 1983 EOLID 6840742 NameBankID 4574249 NameFound Suevia Biodiversity Heritage Library Dreer's wholesale price list / Garden Stories Bulbs Plants Catalogs Dreer Henry A Firm Nurseries Horticulture Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Seed industry and trade Seeds Mertz Library The New York Botanical Garden bhl page 45213478 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/45213478 bhlGardenStories Flowers Cannas BHLinbloom bulbs plants dreer henry a firm nurseries horticulture mertz library the new york botanical garden bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-03-11 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16760257656 2015-08-24 21 54 59 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 1898 books Dreer's wholesale price list Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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