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_ JOHN SAUL’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
*HIGGINSIA RCZLI. 
A very beautiful new tropical plant, with dark bronzy leaves, streaked and marbled with white. 50 cents. 
POTHOS. 
Each, 
Pothos, Celatocaulis, this plant is a handsome 
and interesting climber, lying perfectly flat 
upon the surface it climbs over, being held in 
position by its numerous adventitious roots; 
and as it is a rapid grower, it is admirably 
Pothos, Aurea, the leaves are strikingly varie- 
gated, irregularly marked by bands of fantas- 
tic-shaped blotches of creamy-yellow, here and 
there suffused with pale yellowish-green......... 
adapted for covering walls, &C.......s:csss:ssecseees 30 
PAVONIAS. 
*Pavonia, Wioti, the outer calyx consists of two *Pavonia, Makoyana, its corymbs of flowers 
- whorls of bright red bracteoles, the outer are peculiarly attractive from the bracteoles 
whorl shorter than the inner, which equals being large and of a bright rosy-carmine color, 
the closed corolla. Both the latter and the forming a striking contrast with the dark pur- 
calyx are of a red-black. It flowers contin- plecorolla. The plant is extremely floriferous, 
uously throughout the year, but most freely and the blossoms remain a long time in per- 
in the winter months. .0.20...........-<.-- TES, seeseee UDO fECLION..-<<e-e- aes sedevathts Sau ov eee ee eaktane eee eee 2 
MONTBRETIAS, 
*Montbretia, Bouquet Parfait (new), yellow, 
blazed with vermilion........... LS Atv 
Crocosmizfiora, an exceedingly beautiful bul- 
bous plant, a hybrid between Montbretia Pott- 
sii and Crocosma Aurea—fiowers in long spikes 
like a Gladiolus; color brilliant orange and 
eximson] “Per d0z. $150 sci -tecscsseresnccetencke eeenene 
| *Montbretia, Elegans (new), very bright yellow 
75 with vermilion................. Eawoaeseesteacacsten ee = 
| Pottsii, a bulbous rooted plant from the Cape, 
requires similar treatment to Gladiolus; stem 
1% to 2 feet high, with a panicle nine inches 
long, bearing long, deep bright yellow flowers, 
15 _ tinted outside with red. Per doz. $1.00........... 
ANTHERICUM PICTURATUM. 
Without a doubt one of the handsomest foliage plants ever introduced, in growth equal to A. Nitatum, the 
variegation is entirely distinct, having a rich creamy white band 334 of an inch wide running through the centre 
of each leaf, margined on each side with rich deep green. 380 cents. 
NEW DIEFFENBACHIAS. 
Dieffenbachia, Baraquiniana, a fine vigorous 
plant with white stems, leayes green, spotted 
and blotched with pure white............ 25 ets to 
Bausei, it is a stocky-growing broad-leaved 
variety, with yellowish green leaves, which 
are irregularly edged aud blotched with dark 
green. and also spotted with white, the mark- 
ing being particularly effective......... 25 cts. to 
Eburnea, distinct and very beautifully marked 
ION EY a eacer eecaucer GLOs soa CECE CCLC OS ICO CSOtRECe 25 cts. to 
Illustris, a stout-habited stove plant of noble 
character, with bold and finely-marked leaves. 
The blade is large, oblong-vvate, distinctly 
cordate at the base, marked all over with 
irregular blotches of yellowish green, and 
with a tendency to become yellow along the 
course of the principal ribS...............ceccenseseens 
Leopoldii, a South American plant of resplen- 
dent beauty. The leaves are oblong-ovate, of 
a rich, deep, lustrous, satiny-green, traversed - 
by a broad and stout ivory-white rib, which 
is bordered on each side through its entire 
length with a whitish band, and shows in 
strong contrast to the color of the leaf sur- 
lace, producing fine pictorial effect............00006 
Dieffenbachia, Bowmanii, very large bright 
green leaves, blotched and marked with golden 
50 green; a grand specimen plant......... 25 cts. to 
Nobilis, the leaves are of a deep rich green, 
marked over the central portion to within 
about an inch of the margin, with largish, 
angular, irregular and variously confluent 
50 white spots, which contrast with the color of 
the margins and intervening portions, 30 cts. to 
50 Picta, avery beautiful foliage plant, leaves adeep 
green, mottled with white; beautiful...... 25 to 
Splendens, a plant of great beauty, remarkable 
for the lustre of its coloring. The stem is 
faintly mottled with dark and light green. 
The leaves have a thiek ivory-white midrib, 
and the ground color is of a deep, rich, vel- 
50 vety bottle-green, with a resplendent, lustrous 
surface, freely marked with whitish striated 
blotches, which stand out in striking contrast 
with the dark green ground color............... Mea 
Weirii, it is of dwarf habit, the foliage of a 
bright green color, thickly blotched and spot- 
ted with pale yellow. This is one of the finest 
of the Dieffen bachias. ..,........ssse.ecees ss 25 cts. to 
50 
COLUMNEA SP. 
An exe’edingly pretty epiphyte which we have introduced from Guatemala; grows well on a log with or 
without moss; it also grows freely in a pot; flowers creamy white covered with minute red spots. 50 cents. 
-HOYAS. 
Hoya, Carnosa, a beautiful fragrant plant.......... 
Variegata, centre of leaf green, mar- 
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Imperialis, a robust, vigorous growing species, 
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*Motoskei, new........... LBC OL PEO OU RELL 
Paxtonii, a very beautiful species, similar to 
Bella, but Of freer STOWE cc. cccscncsswes ceocnsesaceuae 
25 | Hoya, Globulosa, “the flowers are of a bright 
straw color, the coronal protuberances white, 
25 the interstices of a shining browunish-pink, 
forming a very pleasant contrast; the trusses 
50 large and freely produced, and the leaves of a 
75 shining green color, with dark green veins.”— 
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