JOHN SA UUS CATALOG UE OF FL WER SEEDS. b 



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CYCLAMEN, Persicuni. Very fine strain., mixed 25 



Album. White , 25 



Atrorubens. Dark red 25 



Giganteum. Much larger than Persicum. fine mixed 50 



White and Purple. Separate colors 50 



This is a beautiful new strain of very large flowers and rich and varied colors. 



CALCEOLARIA. Of these very lovely plants we offer the richest strains. 



Hybrida. From the most beautiful varieties 50 



" A very fine strain 25 



Shrubby. Fine mixed 25 



CINERARIA hybrida plenissima. New double, saved from the finest double flower 50 



Saved from the finest strain in cultivation.. 25 



Hybrida. Large flowers, pure white 50 



" Brilliant blue 50 



" Red, lustrous 50 



" Dwarf, large flowered 50 



DAHLIAS, (Saul's), Single. Having imported and flowered the past season all the finest 

 single Dahlias in cultivation, seed has been saved frcm the same with great care. The 

 colors consist of shades of mauve, pink, cerise, orange, crimson, yellow, purple, and 



striped varieties.' 20 



Paragon Strain. Saved fi-om my fine varieties of " Paragon." Many extremely 

 chaste and most beautiful varieties 20 



DAHLIAS, (Saul's), Double. Our collection of this magnificent flower is unsurpassed in 



this country or Europe. Saved with care. Mixed 10 



Pompone. Mixed. Saved with great care from our prize collection 10 



Dwarf Bedding. From our fine collection , 10 



DIANTHUS, New Japanese. Eastern Queen and Crimson Belle. These are beautiful 

 forms of D. Heddewigii. Eastern Queen is beautifully marbled; the broad bands of 

 rich mauve upon the paler surface of the petals are very striking and pretty. Crimson 

 Belle, as its name implies, is of a rich vivid crimson lake color; flowers of extraordinary 

 size and substance, evenly and finely laciniated 10 



DRACOCEPHALUM RUYSCHIANA, Tar Japonicum. This is a hardy herbaceous pe 

 rennial, 18 to 24 inches in height, branching from the base. The violet-blue flowers, 

 i% inches in length, are in terminal verticillasters, intermixed with numerous obovate 

 acuminate leafy bracts. It is a very pretty and effective herbaceous plant. We 

 strongly recommend it to all lovers of hardy plants 20 



EXACU3I afflne. '' New biennial species from Socotrana, forming small, compact bushes 

 about 6 inches high, and having dark green ovate three-nerved leaves and terminal 

 clusters of violet purple, beautiful Cyclamen-scented flowers." It succeeded well with 

 vis during summer in the open border, as well as being a good pot plant 50 



ERYSIMUM Pulchelluui. A dwarf spreading plant, very hardy, covered with an abund- 

 ance of yellow flowers in the early spring and during summer 10 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA Crocea flora pleno. A beautiful bright 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 15 



GODETIA Cayannillesi. 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 collection 20 



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." 25 



Duchess of Albany. New white. The plants are about one foot high, branching 

 from the bottom, and producing large clusters of CEnothera-like flowers of a 

 beautiful glossy, satiny white, each about 4 inches across when fully expanded. 

 Profusely covered with trusses of flowers which entirely hide the foliage 15 



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 a pure white ground, but wtth 

 a bright carmine rose spot at the base of each petal 10 



