*Draczna, Lindeni, 
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JOHN SAUL’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
DRACANAS. 
Each. 
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, hand- 
somely variegated ; a most distinct and strik- 
ing variety. It is a plant which will gain a 
high Teputatlon css cieten ies chiens. eee 
Each. 
*Draczena, Massangea, centre of leaf pale yel- 
low, green margin ; a very superb and distinet 
variety. This superb plant, like D. Lindeni, 
will be extensively grown, as they are two of 
the most distinct and graceful ef decorative 
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NEW BEGONIAS. 
Begonia, Argentea guttata, a cross between 
Olbiaand Alba-picia. A handsome plant with 
rich green leaves spotted with silver, a beau- 
Ciful Begon taccscg Bie ae eee eames 
Albo-Picta, a neat and pretty species, distinct 
in character from all the cultivated kinds, 
whether species or varieties. it is shrubby in 
habit and of compact growth; the leaves are 
glossy green, freely spotted with bright silvery 
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Assamica, a neat-growing species from Assam. 
Short pale green softly hairy leaf-stalks, and 
oblique ovate olive-green leaves, marbled with 
silvery blotches above, and of a pale purplish 
pink beneath. The flowers are of a pinkish 
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Arc-en-Ciel, a lovely new variety of the Rex 
type; the marking is delicate and exceedingly 
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Berthe de Chateaurocher, avery distinct and 
handsome variety: flowers large orange ver- 
milion, free bloomer; one of the finest autumn 
and: winter bloom erst... ..--sacecseeescecesereciorenes 
Bijou, a hybrid obtained by crossing B. Insignis 
with #2. Socotrana. \tis of good habit, and pro- 
duces its flowers all through the year, but prin- 
cipally in the winter. The flowers, which are 
of medium size, are of a beautiful bright car- 
mine, the centre being white, very floriferous, 
Compta, leaves have palish pink footstalks, re- 
markable for the unequal! development of their 
two halves; the color is satiny green with a 
silvery tinge along the course of the mid-rib; 
this coloration with the satiny surface being 
Of awerLy pleasine |CHaract Clzcesssesceressl eee eset 
Diadema, a species of incomparable beauty, 
The leaves are perfectly smooth and shiny; 
the ground is a clear green, whereon numer- 
ous white strains are scattered, without regu- 
larity:in) Dan dS vec cstcsecsecdcsnec verse sdeo ieee eteteens 
Decora, a shrubby variety with dark green 
obliquely lanceolate leaves, profusely marked 
with oblong spots or dots of a silvery gray 
color; somewhat of the character of Argyros- 
ti: yma, but with the spots more minute., 
Glorie de Sceaux, one of the finest flowering 
Begonias in cultiv ation, of erect growth, pro- 
ducing during the entire winter large flat 
lowers of a silky pink, contrasting well with 
the rich bronze green foliage.....-.2.:--+---c<cs0---s 
Olbia, a beautiful new species from Brazil........ 
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Begonia, Eugene Vallerand, a very free flower- 
ing and fine VATICLYS.. oc5s cciede eaters secseomeccsanne 
Mira, a hybrid between Diadema and Gosoen- 
Sts ; "finely spotted foliage ; a distinct and beau- 
tiful hybrid ; a superb plant SCCOCOCRCE Cone Cone becea-ec 
Mirabunda, “one of the most beautiful of the 
new Begonias; a cross between Diadema and 
Rex. It has large nicely shaded leaves of a 
rich clear green, marked with large silvery 
dots and splashes.” A splendid pot plant....... 
Manicata Aurea Maculata, this very beautiful 
Begonia has its fine foliage’ blotched and spot- 
ted with yellow, similar to the well known 
Farfugium grande, a grand foliage plant......... 
Rubella, the leaf blades are of a bronzy green 
with a broad pale green baud down the prin- 
cipal costa, and smaller bands of the same 
along the other main ribs, the whole dotted 
over with oblong blotches of purplish brown; 
the under surface is red 
Sceptra, this is a very handsome and distinct 
species, a native of Brazil. The leaves are 
obliquely ovate in outline, deeply lobed on 
one side, the lobes oblong obtuse, the veins 
sunk, and the raised spaces between marked 
with large silvery blotches, and numerous 
smaller dots of silvery gray. The leaf-stalks 
are red, this color passing up the ribs of the 
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Semperfiorens elegans, a very vigorous grow- 
ing plant, and saber winter bloomer: color 
deep bright rose.. 
Gigantea Amelia, ‘a fine ‘Variety, “produces 
flowers from the axils of the leaves........... 
Carminea, a beautiful variety of the two 
last with carmine, equally valuable as a 
winter bloomer or pot plant................22:6. 
Schmidtii, flowers white during fall and win- 
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Socotrana, a species ‘of remarkable interest, 
discovered in the island of Socotra. B. Soco- 
trana is a plant of very neat habit, with erect 
stems 8 to 12 inches high, furnished with or- 
bicular peltate leaves 4 to7 inches in diameter, 
and producing a profusion of bright rose pink 
flowers, fully two inchesin diameter. Its great 
recommendation isits very free blooming char- 
acter, and its flowering in the depth of winter, 
Teuscheri, a very free growing ornamental 
Begonia, which flowers profusely. Flowers 
rose colored....... pceeeticne Seder cuser Seva cans Geaeecasetrsree 
NEW BEGONIAS.—Rex Type. 
Begonia, Arc-en-Ciel, a lovely new variety; the 
marking is delicate and exceedingly beautiful, 
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Comtesse Louise Erdcedy, a distinct and 
beautiful variety, unique in growth from any 
of this family. The leaf has a metallic lustre, 
dark silvery in the centre, shading into cop- 
pery-rose at margin, which is edged with same 
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Fire King, very bright foliage...........2..csccsssese= 
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Begonia, Miss Bardo-CorsSi.............secesseeeeeeeeees 
Madame Henri Gache, the finest of the varie- 
gated leaved section; the middle of the leaf is 
of a glistening greyish-silyer, shaded in a most 
remarkable manner with bright rosy-crimson, 
the margin being olive-green spotted with 
silver; centre rich Olive-DrOWD..........0.--0eceec00 
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Ville de Namur, this beautiful foliaged Begonia 
is in style of Louise Chretien, but superior......... 
SELAGINELLA GRANDIS. 
A handsome erect-growing species, with large, broad, recurved, grass-green fronds, much branched, the 
divisions half an inch broad, densely clothed with distichous, imbricating, subfaleate. 
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