16 JOHN SAUL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
Lancifolius. Theleafis dark green, the mid-rib, margin and primary veins pale yellow, 
which, as the plant attains its character, becomes reticulated with bright rosy pink ; 
the whole of the leaf presenting a very charming mosaic appearance......... $0 50 to 
Nevilliz, When first expanded their mid-ribs are bright golden yellow, and the blades 
light olive green barred and marked with yellow. In the mature leaves, the yellow 
is changed to crimson shaded with orange, and the green much deepened, the whole 
being suffused with a metallic hue peculiar to this plant......-...--s00: seeeerees $0 50 to 
Evansiunus. The newest formed ieaves are light olive green with mid-ribs and veins of 
golden yellow, and the inter-spaces spotted with the same color. As the leaves 
become older, the green deepens and changes to a bright bronzy crimson, and 
the golden yellow of the mid-ribs, veins and spots becomes a rich orange scar- 
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Hanburyanus. ‘The leaves are about 15 inches in length and 23 inches in breadth. 
The ground color, a bright olive green in several shades is, in many leaves, quite 
subordinate to the rich golden yellow and rosy crimson that suffuse the whole plant. 
All the leaves are beautifully marbled and blotched with these tints.’’...... $0 50 to 
Mortii. ‘The leaves are of a very dark green color, being marked out by a band of 
golden yellowa quarter of an inch wide, and all the principal veins also being broadly 
marked with yellow; these latter markings meet near the edge, where there is a 
variegation of broken reticulated golden lines,’’...... 00.02.2225 cesses seceseceeees $0 50 to 
Williamsii. This is one of the red-tinted series, very strongly flushed with violet crim- 
son. The leaf has a central band and costa of yellow, from which the pinnate veins 
of the same color branch out on either side. These veins all change to deep crim- 
son, and the whole plant becomes flushed with a glowing tint of crimson, shaded 
‘with violet, which renders it extremely conspicuous... J.. .i) 0) bcss -th ceed Menenmuetenee 
Princess of Wales—(Glovious). This is one of the long-leaved drooping forms of Cro- 
ton. The leaves are from 13 to 2 feet in length, sometimes plane and sometimes 
strongly undulated. The ground color is green, and the variegation creamy-yel- 
low, very variable in character. In some there is a creamy-yellow mid-rib, witha 
band on each side; in others, the mid-rib is bright green.............06- ececceees ceceeeeee es 
Macarthuri. The color is constant, but the markings on the different leaves are as 
varied as the forms assumed by the leaves themselves. The habit is excellent, and 
the very striking variegation, fully one-half of which is yellow. The mid-ribs are 
yellow, and the bright green ground of the blades are spotted, blotched, flaked, 
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Variabilis, (Falcatus.) A robust variety. It has long ieaves, marbled and blotched 
with different shades of yellow, orange andcrimson. The leaves, both in color and 
shape, are very variable; some are straight, others recurved, falcate or often dis- 
torted, their surface being either smooth or undulated......... divenuoscivecteceee $0 50 to 
Fasciatus, (Hendersonii.) The ground color is a very deep green, the principal veins 
being marked by bright yellow lines, interlacing near the edge, where, and espe- 
cially near the point, the surface is chiefly yellow, with irregular small green spots. 
The mid-rib foxms a, browmish pyellow. Dam. <...o-20.)<ces<ccecace fcieeceesues somes $0 50 to 
Queen Victoria. The ground color of the leaf is rich golden yellow, beautifully mot- 
tled with green; the mid-rib and the primary veins are of a rich magenta color, 
changing with age to a vivid crimson; the margin of the leaf is unevenly banded 
with carmine, often extending as fur as the mid-rib................cececee veces $0 50 to 
Challenger, (Imperator.) The variegation is very striking. The mid ribs are at first 
creamy white, which gradually becomes suffused with red, finally deepening to 
bright crimson carmine. The ground color is light green, but ‘much blotched 
and streaked with light yellow that takes a rosy tint as the mid-rib deepens in 
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Extra size plants of the above Crotons can be supplied at extra prices. 
BERTALONIAS. 
*Van Houteii. Has the leaves of a rich olive velvet ground color, traversed broadwise 
by large bars of beautiful magenta red, and dotted all over with thousands of spots 
of the same color. This description will, however, give only a slight idea of the 
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*Rodeckii. Ground color bronze, speckled with white spots, nerves fine green, edged 
withcreamy whitey acperlect: Poms. cccie lissciss als, ciaess'saeuvesonandaecont eh Leat REE nenenee 
Guttata. Leaves dark green, profusely dotted with rose colored spots, a charming 
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