JOHN SAUL’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
NEW AND RARE HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS. 
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Abelia Rupestris, a dwarf compact shrub, flow- 
ers pure whitein long racemes during summer 
and fall: a beautiful shrub, quite hardy......... 
Acer Polymorphum, dwarf Japanese Maple, 25 to 
*Atropurpureum, foliage deep purple shaded 
with clar:t; a beautiful variety..........:.... $! to 
*Castoenifolia, a very distinct and handsome 
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*Dissectum, foliage similar to the above. but 
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*Japonicum, of slow compact growth, with 
large leaves; a very distinct and handsome 
species 
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*Reticulatum, deeply lobed leaves, reticulated 
with white and vellow...... . ..-d1 tO 
*Rosea Maginatus, leaves tipped and. edged 
with rose 1 to 
*Rosea Pictis, foliage deep and finely cut..$1 to 
*Rufa Nerva > 
*Sanguineum, blood leaved, deeply lobed 
leaves; a rich colored and rer beautiful 
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Althea Ccelestis (Rose of Sharon, “Hibiscus 
Syriacus’, a distinct and beautiful variety 
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Andromeda Arborea or (Oxydendrum) Sorrel 
Tree, a rare American small tree, known in 
Europe as_Lilyv-of-the-Valley Tree, from the 
resemblance of its blossoms to that lovely 
tlower 
Aralia Seiboldii, a very handsome evergreen with 
large, shining, green leaves, nearly or quite 
hardy; a fine decorative plant..........25 cts. to 
*Azalea Ghent, in varieties, finest from seed, 50 to 
*Mollis (Japanese), in variety, very beautiful 
and hardy, with flower buds..............50 ets. to 
Berberis Thunbergii, a dwarf bushy shrub, cov- 
ered during winter with bright coral berries; 
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iateserimna, another iandsome dwarf Berberis, 
Cedrela Sinensis, a very beautiful hardy tree of 
rapid growth, from north of China. with large 
foliage similar to Ailanthus, and yellowish 
bark. This is a very handsome new tree, 
‘very desirable for gardens, lawns, ceme- 
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Chestnut Japanese, large fruited.................2.... 
Chimonanthus(Calycanthus)Fragrans, blooms 
during winter, exceedingly fragrant; hardy in 
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Circidephyllum Japonicum, a pretty Japanese 
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Clerodendron Viscossissima (Bungeana), this 
is a handsome hardy shrub from Northern 
China; the flowers emit a delicious perfume; 
flowers lilac-rose, in dense terminal corymbs, 
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Climbing Hydrangea (Schizophragma, Hy- 
drangeoides), this is described as clinging i 
trees to the height of 50 feet, producing co- 
rymbs of white flowers of the size of ordinary 
Hvdrangeas. It clings exactly like.ivy ........ 
Coculus Carolinianus, a rapid growing climber, 
perfectly hardy. It produces racemes of vivid 
scarlet berries, which hang on the vines all 
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Crategus ‘Lalendi, a variety of Pyracantha, 
much superior to the type, has deeper colored 
herries and a more compact and better habit... 
Daphne Cneorum, a dwarf trailing evergreen, 
wi'h rosy-crimson flowers. extremely fragrant, 
Genkwa (Japan Daphne), an exceedingly 
beautiful small shrub, with long downy twigs, 
which in spring, before the leaves appear, bear 
violet colored fragrant flowers about an inch 
long; one of the most beautiful of early flow- 
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Desmodium Japonicum, a pretty dwarf Japan- 
ese shrub, which is quite hardy. Its drooping 
branches are entirely hidden by millions of 
its white flowers, which are freely produced 
from Angust to beginning of winter............... 
Penduliflorum, similar to the last, with purple 
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Deutzia Watererii, the result of a cross between 
D. Gracilis and DP Crenata; having the free 
habit of the latter parent, its flowers are large, 
of the purest white, and borne in the greatest 
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Wellsii, same parentage as above and same 
habit; its Howers are full double, and of the 
same purity as those of D. Gracilis. Two 
most. desirable new shrubs... 
Dimorphanthus Mandchuricus, ‘this has been 
introduced from Mandchuria, and therefore is 
perfectly hardy. Its handsome multifid leaves 
are about a yard in length and as much in 
breadth, similar to Aralia Japonica....20 cts to 
Eokigo aus Japonicus, a pretty new Japanese 
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Euonymus Sieboldtii, a very beautiful species, 
ever green in this latitude: flowers in August 
or September. followed with pretty berries, 
orange colored, whitish pods.............. 25 ets. to 
Eurya latifolia Variegata, a beautiful variegated 
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Exochorda ’ grandiflora, finely shaped shrub, 
with a prolusion of the most lovely pure white 
flowers; blooms in the spring.................000.00s 
*Alberta, ‘a Mew SpeClessstee--sess sees sse--coseeone sees 
al Gelsemium Sempervirens Pleno, double flow- 
ered Carolina Jasamine; an exceedingly beau- 
tiful climber; rich yellow flOWEYS.esc2t oe ace eseee 
Gordonia pubescens, flowers from July to the 
end of September; beautiful white magnolia- 
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Japanese Persimmon (Dyospyros Kaki), fine 
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Hydrangea Pekinensis, new hardy Hydrangea; 
a very handsome shrub... 
Hypericum Patulum, flowers in bunches. pale 
yellow and of great substance, resembling 
much in Abpeatmuce the beautiful Gardenia 
Jiuvinica.. 
Japoni icum \ apretty dwarf plant, flowers golden- 
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Triflorum, very large solden-yellow flowers, 
one of the very finest Hypericums... 
Idesia Polycarpa, avery beautiful new Japanese 
tree. The flowers are of a yellowish-green. 
They are deliciously fragrant, their odor 
resembling that of a Vanda. These are fol- 
lowed by numerous orange berries, about as 
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Ligustrum Japonicum Tricolor, a very fine 
variegated shrub, centre of leaf green, broadly 
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Quihoui, a new Japanese species with small foli- 
age, very distinct and pretty shrub 
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| Lonicera Planteriensis (uew), climbing species, 
| Magnolia grandiflora 
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Many other beautiful Magnolias. 
Muhlenbeckia Complexa, an exceedingly pretty 
trailing plant, with small round leaves thickly 
set upon the branches, having very much the 
appearance of a Maiden Hair Fern... ......00.-0s000 
Neviusia Alabamensis (‘‘Snow Wreath”’), a 
new native shrub of great beauty. It occurred 
in thickets under a long escarpment of rock, 
and, when in full bloom, looked like a snow 
wreath. In its native place it had asouthern 
exposure at the base of a high cliff, and at an 
elevation above the tops of the trees below; 
at that place I have seen virgate wreaths of it 
3 feet long covered with bloom..............ccceeees 
Othera Japonica, a beautiful Holly-like ever- 
green from Japan, hardy; SOUS see gmasteat sane eas 
Philadelphus Yokohama, “much the handsomest 
of all the Mock Oranges. It is of free growth, 
and produces its large, pure white, sweet- 
scent d flowers in drooping wreaths 3 to 4 
feet long It is also the latest bloomer........... 
Pzonia Moutan Banksie, double Chinese Tree 
Peony. A magnificent flowering shrub, quite 
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Perottia Persica, one of the rarest of shrubs, the 
foliage, which is retained till late, colors beau- 
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