26 John Saul's 



Per plant. 



Fulgidus, The flowers are of a very large size, (5 inches in diameter,) 

 composed of fine, broad, round and beautifully undulated petals, of 

 an intense carmine scarlet 25 to 40 



Miniata Semi-plena. Brilliant flowers of a vermilion-scarlet color, darker 



towards the base of the petals. The flowers are semi-double 25 to 40 



Puniceus. The flowers are double, neat and compact, of a very elegant 



crisped appearance, color bright dense crimson 25 to 40 



Lambertii. Flowers large, of a deep crimson, very fine 40 



Van Houttii, (new.) Another magnificent flower, large, of a deep crim- 

 son, extra fine 40 



yjBJW rOINSETTIA, 



Pulcherrima Plenissima. (new Double Poinsettia.) This magnificent 

 plant is remarkable for its floral bracts, the size of the heads in which 

 they are produced, and their marvellous brilliancy of color. Instead 

 of the bracts being borne in a single head and spreading out as in the 

 old form, in this new double kind, they are gathered into clusters, 

 which fill up the centre, so that the whole inflorescence is full and 

 rosette-like, and of a most vivid and brilliant scarlet color 50 to 1 00 



Pulcherrima Major. The present variety is a great improvement on the 

 old species, both in the size of the individual bracts, and also in the 

 far larger heads, which are of a bright scarlet, tinted with violet 

 cerise. It is also dwarfer in habit ...30 to 50 



Kosea-Carminata. This fine variety resembles the type form of P. pul- 

 cherrima, the diff"erence consisting in the color of the fine spreading 

 head of bracts, which are larger, smooth, and of a brilliant rosy car- 

 mine hue 30 to 50 



DIEFFENBA CHI A. 



Brasiliensis. A handsome variety, the leaves averaging 18 inches in 

 length, by 8 or 9 inches in width ; the ground color of the leaf is deep 

 green, and the whole surface is mottled with small blotches of greenish 

 yellow and white. A beautiful plant 30 to 75 



Bausei. It is a stocky-growing broad-leaved variety, with yellowish 

 green leaves, which are irregularly edged and blotched with dark 

 green, and also spotted with white, the marking being particularly 

 eff'ective 30 to 75 



Bowraanii. Very large bright green leaves, blotched and marked with 



golden green; a grand specimen plant 30 to 75 



Weirii. It is of dwarf habit, the foliage of a bright green color, thickly 

 blotched and spotted with pale yellow. This is one of the finest of 

 the Diefienbachias 30 to 75 



Baraguiniana. A fine vigorous plant with white stems, leaves green, 



spotted and blotched with pure white 30 to 50 



Picta. A very beautiful foliage plant, leaves a deep green mottled with 



white; beautiful 30 to 50 



MARANTA. 



Massangeana. A very distinct dwarf species. The variegation consists 

 of three distinct colors. The mid-rib veins and middle portion of the 

 leaf are silvery white, faintly tinged with bluish green, then a broad 

 band of blackish hue, the whole being surrounded by a belt of bright 

 green, margined with a thin line of a lighter shade 75 to 1 00 



Illustris. A beautiful marked species, with leaves of a rich lustrous 

 green, being a rival to M. Lmdennii and M. Veiichii, assuming the 



