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JOHN SAUL’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
ALOCASIAS. 
Each. 
*Alocasia, Hybrida, an exceedingly beautiful 
Hybrid, seut out by Messrs. Veitch & Sons. It 
is of free growth, with exceedingly beautiful 
foliage with metallic hue, in the way of A. 
Veitchii, but much finer; will make a grand 
specimen plant for exhibition, &c .... $1 00 to 
Jenningsii, a delicate green, over which, 
between the principal veins, are laid heavy 
blotches of black, which are remarkably pre- 
cise in outline and arrangement,............cesss00 
Lowii, a very beautiful plant with largeshining 
foliage. Forms a fine specimen........ 50 cts. to 
*Macrorhiza Variegata, leaves nearly as large 
as Colocusia Esculentum, broadly splashed 
with white, some leaves nearly all white. Its 
easy growth, combined with the rich varie- 
gation, makes it a very telling subject for 
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*Metallica, a plant possessid of great beauty. 
Large, thick, shell-like leaves of a bronzy cop- 
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Alocasia, Sedeni, very beautiful, between A. 
Metallica and A. Lowii. The form of the leaf 
is perfectly intermediate between the two 
parents, whilst the coloring is a very striking 
and pleasing combination of the metallic hue 
of one parent, with the dark green and promi- 
nent white veins of the other. A fine foliage 
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*Thibautiana, a splendid foliage plant of 
stately and robust habit, and, without doubt, 
by far the finest of ail Alocasias. For exhibi- 
lion purposes it stands in the front rank 
among foliage plants, and in the Stove it forms 
one of the most distinguished ornaments. A 
first-class certificate was awarded to it by the 
Royal Horticultural Society........0----. $1 00 to 
Veitchii, the foliage of this plant is exceedingly 
distinct. A grand show plant...........40 cts. to 
*Zebrina, fine yellow leaf-stalk, with distinct 
black marks, rendering it a very conspicuous 
per color, It is distinct and admirable in every plant. It makes a grand specimen....50 cts. to 
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POTHOS: 
Pothos, Celatocaulis, this plant is a handsome Pothos, Aurea, the leaves are strikingly varie- 
and interesting climber; lying perfectly flat gated, irregularly marked by bands of fantas- 
upon the surface it climbs over, being held in tic-shaped blotches of creamy-yellow, here and 
pusition by its numerous adventitious roots; there suffused with pale yellowish-green........ 
and as it is a rapid grower, it is admirably | 
adapted. foricoyering, walls) &C2...-:s.ssuees eee 30 
PAVONIAS. 
*Pavonia, Wioti, the outer calyx consists of two | *Pavonia, Makoyana, its corymbs of flowers 
whorls of bright red bracievles, 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 astriking contrast with the dark pur- 
calyx are of a red-black. It flowers contin- ple corolla. The plant is extremely floriferous, 
uously throughout the year, but most freely and the blossoms remain a long time in per- 
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MONTBRETIAS. 
Montbretia, Crocosmizflora, an exceedingly *Montbretia, Bouquet Parfait (new), yellow, 
beautilul bulbous plaut, a hybrid between blazed with verniiliOnes.-o.cse1sc-2s ese ccceseee mans emacs 
Monibretia Pottsii and Crocosmia Aurea—flowers Elegans (new), very bright yellow with ver- 
in longspikes like a Gladiolus; brilliant orange Wb) 1 ees eeprocececortecccanucr PRecScoCR teense ance SEO 
aud crimson, Per doz. $100.22. t2-occcsaencesomea- 10 *Etoile de Feu, flowers in long spikes like Cro- 
Pottsii, a bulbous-rooted plaut from the Cape, cosmieflora; rich vermilion; brilliant............ 
requires similar treatment to Gladiolus; stem *Gerbe d’Or, a free bloomer; very pretty; color 
11% to 2 feet high, with a panicle nine inches orange=y CllOWesc-sesaacarsees See caneoeenemneee Sceethe- <= 
long, bearing long, deep bright yellow flowers = / = re quite hard 
tinted outside with red. Per doz. $1.00.......... 10 All these beautife Dla ne pseteeaaes a 
NEW DIEFFENBACHIAS. 
Dieffenbachia, Baraquiniana, a fine vigorous 
plant with white stems, leaves green. spotted 
and blotched with pure white............ 25 cts. to 
Bausei, it is a stocky-growing broad-leaved 
variety, with yellowish-green leaves, which 
are irregularly edged and blotched with dark 
green, aud also spotted with white, the mark- 
ing being particularly effective......... 25 cts. to 
Bowmanii, very large bright green leaves, 
blotched and warked with golden-green; a 
grand specimen plant..............200.s--00. 25 cts. to 
Illustris, a stout-habited stove plaut of noble 
character, with bold and finely-marked leaves. 
The blade is large, distinctly cordate at the 
base, marked all over with irregular blotches 
ot yellowish-green, and with a tendency to 
become yellow along the course of the princi- 
PL eELUDS ive. decsevaavaccecssssverse a oeeeee cere 25 cts. to 
Jenmanii, the leaves are a rich bright glossy 
green, relieved by a milk-white band at every 
lateral nerve and by a few white spots inter- 
spersed between the bands. The striking 
variegation renders it one ot the handsomest 
OL Stove variegated plants 3..512..cs-seecseeeemeee ee 
Magnifica, a truly magnificent plant, vigorous, 
distinct, and fine habit; with large green 
leaves, spotted and marked with pure white... 
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| Dieffenbachia, Eburnea, distinct and very beau- 
tifully marked foliage...........-.0.---«+-+- 25 cts. to 
Leopoldii, the leaves are of a rich, deep, lus- 
trous, 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 surface..............- 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 coufluent 
white spots, which contrast with the color of 
the margins and intervening portions, 25 cts. to 
Picta, avery beautiful foliage plant, leavesa deep 
green, mottled with white; beautiful...... 25 to 
Splendens, a plant of great beauty. The stem 
is faintly mottled with dark and light green. 
The leaves bave a thick ivory-white midrib, 
and the ground color is of a deep, rich, vel- 
vety bottle-green, with a resplendent, lustrous 
surface, freely marked with whitish striated 
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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 Dieffenbachias.......... ssebsescscassve0 CLO, LO 
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