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JOHN SAUL’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
DRACENAS. 
Each. 
*Draczena Lindeni, one of the most brilliant 
acquisitions recently made among fine foliaged 
plants. The stem is erect and simple, the 
leaves, which are deep green, are traversed by 
bands of creamy-white and yellow, handsome- 
ly variegated; a most distinct and striking 
variety. It is a plant which will gain a high 
TEPUlACION co. ecccncerst tess see ceeeceeet 
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Each. 
*Dracena, Massangea, centre of leaf pale yel- 
low, green margin; a very superb and distinct 
variety. This superb plant, like D. Liudeni, 
will be extensively grown, as they are two of 
the most distinct and graceful of decorative 
plants s<5..02<.ctececens BE Bec cctccsoeves seas ens $2.50 to 5 00 
*SCHISMATOGLOTTIS LAVALLEEI. 
“Tn announcing this lovely plant we are convinced that it will become popular among lovers of fine-foliaged 
plants. 
It may be distinguished at a glance from all other species in cultivation. The texture of the leaf is 
flexible. the mid-rib is slightly prominent on the upper surface, and of a beautiful bright green, on which are 
scattered numerous silvery white spots, producing a most pleasing effect.” 
$1.50. 
NEW BEGONIAS. 
Begonia, Albo-Picta, a neat and pretty species, 
introduced from Brazil, distinct in character 
from all the cultivated kinds, whether species 
Begonia, Gosoensis, a beautiful new Begonia; 
leaves large, round, bright green, veined with 
rosy carmine, the whole covered with velvety 
or varieties. It is shrubby in habit and of down which has a metallic lustre................++. 50 
compact growth; the leaves are glossy green, *Olbia, a beautiful new species from Brazil...... 75 
freely spotted with bright silvery white. It Manicata Aurea Maculata, this very beautiful 
has small and elegant foliage, and will make Begonia has its fine foliage blotched and spot- 
a really useful and pretty plant for decorative ted with yellow, similar to the well known 
PUT POs@S i coe oc ovsec sven caccasion Scecacce-ore sree cas eweseteceacs 30 Farfugium grande, a grand foliage plant........ 75 
*Assamica, a very distinct and beautiful new Semperflorens elegans, avery vigorous grow- 
SPCCIOS 2.0252. 2oe ee: SR ees 50 ing plant, and superb winter bloomer: color 
*Arc-en-Ciel, a lovely new variety of the Rex Geep DINE TOSCse sires wc ccasestescnceeseee tere eres 50 
type; the marking is delicate and exceedingly Schmidtii, flowers white during fall and win- 
beautiful.......... GS enea sec iosacveseccuavacsSedee tenor onceseaete 1 50 UEP csmocen dnc ogo snd ucOcECSae COOCE COCO SE eCCenLCoScOneELenecacecbece 25 
Berthe de Chateaurocher, avery distinct and Socotrana, a species of remarkable interest, 
handsome variety: flowers large orange ver- discovered in the island of Socotra. B.Soco- 
milion, free bloomer; one of the finest autumn trana is a plant of very neat habit, with erect 
and winter DIOOMEYS.. <......<.c2csccescoesseeccescierees OO stems 8 to 12 inches high, furnished with or- 
Diadema, a species of incomparable beauty, bicular peltate leaves 4to7 inches in diameter, 
and, moreover, a distinct type; leaves of a and producing a profusion of bright rose pink 
delicate green, and marked with white elonga- flowers, of which the males are fully two 
ted blotches. The leaves are perfectly smooth inches in diameter. Its great recommendation 
and shiny; the ground isa clear green, whereon is its very free blooming character, and its 
numerous white strains are scattered, without flowering in the depth of winter.................... 40 
reculavity, ine bands -...c...cessc css seeteersetoeeeete es 30 Peutschniy New Any iN Crs cescae ace secretes eee 25 
*Mira, a hybrid between Diadema and Gosoen- *Ville de Namur, this beautiful foliaged Be- 
sis ; finely spotted foliage ; adistinct and beau- gonia is in style of Louise Chretien, but supe- 
tiful hybrid ; a superb plant..............c..t.ecssceee 50 TE (ead Soca conc OSE CUCECECO CRE RRe LONE oso COneHaCOanEEree eee 75 
CROSSANDRA UNDULAFOLIA. 
This is a dwarf, shrubby plant, rarely exceeding a foot high, with spreading ovate-lanceolate evergreen leaves. 
Tt flowers freely in the summer, and continues in bloom for several weeks. The flowers are produced successively 
along an erect spike 2 to 3 inches long, formed “into a four-sided kind of storbilus by numerous opposite acutely- 
keeled hairy bracts,” in which the calyx of the flowers is concealed; the corolla is bright orange-yellow tinted 
with rose. 75 cents. 
*CIENKOWSKIA KIRKII. 
This handsome and interesting plant is a native of Eastern Tropical Africa; its blossoms are exceedingly 
attractive and beautiful; they are produced on a many-flowered scape, and are of a soft purplish rose color, with 
a bifid golden spot in the centre. lt has received a First-Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society. 
50 cents. 
SELAGINELLA GRANDIS. 
A handsome erect-growing species, with large, broad, recurved, grass-green fronds, much branched, the divi- 
sions half an inch broad, densely clothed with distichous, imbricating, subfaleate. 75 eents. 
COLOCASIA NEO-GUINENSIS. 
A new aroid, it is remarkable for its tufted habit, the shortness of the leaf stalks, and its short-stalked inflor- 
escence, and the beautiful green tone of its smooth and shiny leaves, spotted with creamy white, It will form an 
interesting addition to collections of Aroidaceous plants, and probably may prove valuable for the embellishment 
of the out-door garden in summer, like C. Esculenta, now so much cultivated. 50 cents. 
HIBISCUS CHRYSANTHUS. 
A very distinct new species from Natal: very large flowers, bright deep yellow, purple eye. This beautiful 
plant bedded out the past summer flowered finely with me, 50 cents. 
PIPER METALLICA. 
A very decorative plant, with round leaves, thick and of a beautiful sparkling metallic green, a native of 
Borneo, An exceedingly pretty plant, 50 cents. 
