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Title: Dealers and florists wholesale list of plants
Identifier: dealersfloristsw18pete_0 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Peter Henderson & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: New York : Peter Henderson & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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PETEK HENDEESON & CO., NEW YOEK.—WHOLESALE PLANT LIST. 13 VER BLOOMING FRENCH CANNAS..
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....,^..,o..,.,:mmm!lMmmt,. 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, $3.00 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, $1.00 per doz., $6.00 per 100. Established plants growing in 4 inch pots (ready May 1st), $3.00 per doz., $15.00per 100. Admiral Courbet. Light yellow, speckled with orange. Alphonse Bouvier. The richness of coloring in this variety is its greatest glory, a deep, rich, crimson, velvety in its intensity, overlaid with dazzling red. It is a strong grower, attaining a height of six feet. Capt. P. de Suzzoni. A tall growing variety, deep yellow, lightly spotted with red ; large flower and fine green foliage. Comte Horace Choisel. Deep, rich magenta; strong, compact grower. Doyen J. Sisley. Dark chocolate colored foliage, flowers orange scarlet. One of the very best for dark foliage effects. Egandale. A fine dark foliaged variety, with flowers of a soft cur- rant red, very distinct and striking in appearance. Florence Vaughan. Deep yellow, mottled rich crimson. Francoise Crozy. Apricot, bordered with yellow. G. Couston. Light yellow, mottled orange. Geoffrey St. Hillaire. A grand variety. Large flowers of a deep orange shade ; very large flower spike ; foliage chocolate color. Kaiser Wilhelm II. Bright red, very free blooming, grand bedder. J. D. Cabos. Another dark foliaged variety, with flowers of very rich oi-ange, tinged with apricot ; in foliage and flower it is un- surpassed. Miss Sarah Hill. Crimson lake, overlaid with carmine. Nellie Bowden. A clear golden yellow, the lower petals slightly spot- ted light red. Where a mass of yellow is wanted it is invaluable. Paul Marquant. A peculiar shade of salmon, overlaid with soft rosy carmine ; large and distinct flowers. Pres. Carnot. A majestic variety with dark chocolate foliage ; flowers deep scarlet. Trocadero. A grand sort of flower and foli- age. The blooms are a deep crimson lake of the richest shade. PRICE for any of the above, dormant roots, which can be supplied up to May lst,$l per doz.,$6per 100. Established plants growing in 4 inch pots, ready May 1st, $1..50 per doz., $12 per 100. FOLIAGE CANNAS. Marechal Vailliante, very dark foliage ; ,!f)1 Discolor Violacea, large daik foliage marked bronze green Price, dormant roots, 60c. per doz., $5 per 100. Madame Crozy. Madame Montefiore. A grand variety, pure yellow, lightly spotted with red. Viewed individually the spots are a prominent feature of the flower, but when planted in masses, even at a short distance, the general effect is rich yellow, while many others, under equal conditions, have an orange appearance. The flowers are a clear light yellow, spotted with red, very large ; grows about 4^^ feet, deep green foliage. (See cut.) Price, dormant roots, which can be supplied up to May 1st, $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100. Established plants, growing in 4 inch pots, ready May Ist, $3.00 per doz., $16.00 per 100. This is by far the best dark leaved Canna yet sent out, and will be hailed with de- light by all lovers of fine Cannas. The flowers are in keeping with the foliage, a rich glowing crimson, A% feet. Price, $2.85 per doz. "Black Beauty."

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