JOHN SAUL'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



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Dah'ias (Saul's) Double — Our collection of this magnifi- 

 cent flower is unsurpassed in this country or Europe. 



Saved with care. Mixed : 10 



Pompone — Mixed. Saved with great care from our 



prize collection ' to 



Dwarf Bedding — From our prize collection 10 



Erysimum Pulchtllum — A dwarf spreading plant, 

 very hardy, covered with an abundance of yellow 

 flowers in the early spring and during summer 20 



Eschschoitzia Crocea flora pleno — A beautiful orange 

 scarlet, shading off to salmon red color. The 

 flowers are very double and of great substance, the 

 appearance of the plant in growth being particularly 

 distinct and charming. It is quite as hardy as E. 

 Crocea, and the flowers are produced in the greatest 



profusion 10 



Flora pleno alba — Double white 10 



Mandarin — A distinct variety; the outer side of the 

 petals brilliant scarlet, the inner side rich orange: 

 very brilliant in color, and most desirable 10 



Ferns — Spores of the finest species 10 



Gaillardia, New Double (Lorenziana.) — The 'Garden' 

 speaks of it as follows: "A variety- of a popular 

 hardy plant, remarkable for the florets of the head 

 being tubular and colored orange and red. The 

 flowers are some 2 inches or 3 inches across, semi- 

 globose and dense, therefore very showy 10 



Gloxinia, New French Tigred and Spotted Hybrids — 



French growers of this noble flower have raised 

 numerous beautiful spotted and tigred hybrids. The 

 seed I offer has been saved from a selection of the 

 finest 10 



Godetia Cavannillesi — New species from Chili, 15 to iS 

 inches high: leaves linear-lanceolate, flowers nearly 

 1 inch in diameter, of a brilliant dark blood-red 

 color, which does not exist amongst the whole col- 

 lection 10 



Lady Satin Rose — "This charming hardy Annual is 

 admitted to be the most unique introduction. 

 Whether grown in groups in the garden or in pots 

 in cold frames for ultimate conservatory decoration, 

 it is unequalled for brilliancy and general beauty. . 10 



Duchess of Albany — New white. The plants are 

 about one foot high, branching from the bottom, and 

 producing large clusters of (Enotera-like flowers of 

 a beautiful glossy, satiny white, eachabout 4 inches 

 across when fully expanded. Profusely covered 

 w : th trusses of flowers which entirely hide the.'fp.li- 

 age . J 10 



Spotted Carpet — A charming petite variety of this 

 popular genus; the plant is very dwarf, forming a 

 curious carpet-like bush (hence its appellation,) and 

 bearing myriads of exceedingly chaste and pretty, 

 flowers of pure white ground, but with a bright 

 carmine rose spot at the base of each petal 10 



Geranium Zonale (Saul's) — From the latest novelties. 



Mixed i S 



Apple Scented — Pure seed, own saving 20 



Helichrysum — Fire ball, new double crimson, a very 



brilliant everlasting 20 



Hollyhocks — The seed offered is from one of the finest 



English collections. Mixed 25 



Impatiens Sultana — Very pretty new Balsam, intro- 

 duced from Tropical Africa, of neat dwarf habit of 

 growth. The flowers, which are produced most 

 profusely and in perpetual succession, are of the 

 richest carmine red, and appear in auxiliary corymbs; 

 the spur is narrow, about 1% inches long', and flesh 

 colored '. 25 



Mina Lobata-The genus Mina is closely allied to 

 Ipomcea and resembles in growth and its three-lobed 

 foliage the several species of this family, but totally 

 different are the flowers as concerns their form and 

 their lovely colors. The flowers appear on fork- 

 like racemes, bearing themselves upright or almost 

 erect out of the dense and luxuriant foliage, and 

 presents thus with their bright colors an extraordin- 

 ary striking aspect; the flowers are, as buds at first, 

 bright red, but change through orange yellow to 

 yellowish white when in full bloom 25 



Mignonette, Golden Queen (Carter's;— "A remarkably 



distinct yellow-flowered variety was recorded as 

 Golden Queen. The Floral Committee when recentlv 

 visiting Cnswick, signed their appreciation of this 

 variety by awarding a first class certificate to it. 

 and this honor it well deserves, for without doubt 

 it is one of the most distinct Mignonettes in culture. 

 The habit is dwarf, sturdy r and compact, with 



flowers closely set to form a good head to 



Crimson Queen — A new, distinct and desirable variety 

 for pot culture, throwing up numerous stout flower 

 stalks, terminated by extremely broad spikes of 



delightfully scented bright red flowers 10 



Few Hybrid Spiral (Mile's) — A variety of robust 



growth and long, elegant spikes 10 



Pyramidal — Large flowered. This is a grand variety 

 of the old Mignonette, with large, long, grand 



spikes 10 



Machet — A new variety, of fine dwarf habit and pyra- 

 midal growth ' .'. . . 10 



Victoria — Dark red 10 



Nasturtium, Empress of India— Splendid brilliant 



crimson scarlet, dwarf and compact 10 



Lady Bird — Rich golden yellow, each petal barred 



with a broad vine of bright ruby crimson 10 



Chameleon — (New) 10 



Leptosyne Maritima— Mid-winter Sunflower; grown in 



pots it blooms during winter in a greenhouse 10 



Pansy, or Heartsease— The seed offered is from one of 

 the finest collections in England. A magnificent 

 strain of fine varieties, producing large, handsome 

 flowers of great substance and variety of coloring. . 50 



^ ery fine mixed — From a choice English collection 25 



Fancy — Nothing can exceed in beauty and attiact- 

 iveness these Fancy Pansies. Flowers are large 

 and of good substance. They have a bold quaint- 

 ness and marvelous variation of color. Fancy Pan- 

 sies are the most free in growth and most gorgeous 

 in color: gorgeous, but not gaudy, for many of them 



are extremely chaste. Extra Selected 50, 



Very fine fancy 25 



Butterfly — This belongs to the fancy class, the mark- 

 ings are distinct and striking, rich in color and fine 



form 50 



Striata Perfecta — Improved striped and variegated 



kinds of great beauty 50 



New Hybrid Viola or Bedding Pansy (mixed)— This 

 is an entirely new strain of Viola from anything 

 hitherto introduced, and consists of the Viola with 

 all the well defined markings of the Fancy 

 Pansy, from deep black to bright bronze, and 



striped and spotted in an extraordinary manner 50 



Very fine selected 25 



Candidissima (Snow Queen or Snow Flake) — Flowers 



of a pure satiny white, very pretty 



Lord Beaconsfield — Splendid novelty. Flowers 

 large, of a deep violet purple, shading off on tops 



of petals to a white hue 20 



Odiers or Blotched — Superb large-eyed flowers. The 

 favorite Odier Pansies have been of late more and 

 more improved. The flowers are of very good 

 shape, and beautifully blotched with rich and varied 



colors. My strain has no superior 50 



Trimardeau Pansies, Viola tricolor maxima — Distinct 

 and beautiful new race : the flowers are marked 

 with three large blotches or spots. They are a size 

 hitherto quite unattained in this genus. The seed 

 now offered was saved exclusively from finely 

 formed flowers of the richest and most varied shade's 



of color 50 



Petunia, Hybrid Grandiflora Superbissima— The 

 flowers of this new class of Petunias are of a re- 

 markable size, very regular in shape, with large 

 open center, making it quite distinct from others". 50 



Grandiflora violacea — New and fine 50 



Grandiflora alba — Very fine, large pure white flowers 25 

 G. Fimbriata "Titania" — Flowers dark velvety pur- 

 ple, admirably relieved by a broad and clearly de- 

 fined pure white band round the edges of the petals 25 



Hendersons strain — Verv beautiful strain 25 



Large- flowering — Striped, mixed. Very fine strain, 



with large and perfect flowers ". 50 



Large-flowering — Fringed and strained 50 



Large-flowering — Brilliant red 50 



Dwarf— Compact, striped, inimitable 25 



