24 JOHN SAUL’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
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Draczna Mooreana, the base of the leaf stalk and 
the midrib are of a bright reddish crimson color, 
which in the leaf itself, changes to a glossy 
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Magnifica, leaves nearly two feet in length and 
eight inches in breadth when the plant is well 
grown. The foot-stalks are reddish purple, and 
the leaves are rich bronzy brown suifused with 
Metallica, the leaves, together with the sheath- 
ing leat-stalks, are of a uniform rich coppery 
purplish hue when young, becoming a dark 
purplish bronze when mature............ 50 cts. to 
Nigro-Rubra, an exceedingly beautiful plant; 
leaves Upw ards of eighteen inches in length, 
ground color rich brown, the centre crimson, 
shaded With rose........-ss0-cesesseeee+e0-0++-50 ets. tO 
Porphyrophylla, a noble stove shrub of erect 
habtii, with boid, broadly oblong leaves of a 
fine deep bronzy green color..............- 30 cts. to 
Princess Margaret, a very fine variety. The 
leaves when nrst expanded are creamy white, 
slightly shaded with green, with a few oblique 
stripes of deep green, ‘with a pale crimson mid- 
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Robinsoniana, light olive green, very much 
striped with bands of bronzy crimson and 
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Shepherdii, this takes on its distinctive color- 
ing gra dually on the older leaves, the young 
ones” being green, and showing paler green 
stripes on “those parts which take on at a later 
period the peculiar bronzy orange hue, 50 ec. to 
Spectabilis, foliage long, green, very grace- 
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Cordyline Australis, a very long, narrow, grace- 
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Indivisa, long, narrow and graceful foliage....... 
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Draczna Splendens, the color is a deep bronzy 
green, breaking out in the young growth into 
bright rosy carmine. The brighter coloring 
appears sometimes in stripes, and sometimes 
occupies the whole surface.............. ....00 cts. to 
Rosea-picta, a plant of robust habit and bold 
aspect. ‘Lhe leaves are beautifully colored with 
a delicate rose tint, which deepens by age 
to a bright carmine, finely contrasting with 
the ground color, which is a deep olive 
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Speciosa, the leaves are striped or margined 
with a yellowish creamy white, stained and 
edged with light rosy pink; the ground color 
is rather light but pleasing olive green, 50 ¢. to 
* Superba, this is, without doubt, the most slen- 
der and ¢r aceful growing variety ever offered. 
The leaves are pendulous, arching, from 12 to 
18 inches long, irom 1 to 1144 inches broad, lin- 
ear lanceolate, dark bronzy green, margined 
and striped with bright crimson..................... 
Terminalis, foliage bright crimson...... 25 ets. to 
Alba, this is D. Terminalis, but with white 
variegation. The ground color bright green, 
with bold pure white variegation, the upper 
leaves being white, while leaf-stalks are also 
edged with white, colors V ery early, 50 cts. to 
Stricta, a variety with brilliant foliage...25 to 
Wisemanil, leaves of a bronzy hue, red at the 
margius, and breaking out into white in the 
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Specimens and half specimens of all can be sup- 
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hibiting at Fairs, Flower Shows, &c., at moderate 
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CORDYLINES. 
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Cordyline Veitchii Rubra, dark foliage.............. 
Australian plants of much grace and beauty, ad- 
mirable for vases, single specimens on lawns, «e. 
CROTONS.--(Codicum). 
The ornamental plants are natives of the South Sea Islands; 
tiful of variegated plants, the leaves being blotched with yellow and red in 
which renders them most attractive and valuable for decorative purposes. They are of 
easiest culture, succeeding in any warm greenhouse. 
Our rich collection of Crotons has been awarded the leading prizes by the Maryland Horti- 
cultural Society for some years, and first premium at the Cincinnati Exposition. 
Croton Aurea-Maculatus, a small leaved variety 
of very neat and compact habit. The leaves 
are not more than 3 inches long and 144 inches 
broad, deep but bright green, profusely spotted 
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Andreana, a yariety of neat habit and free 
growth. The foliage colors in the most exqui- 
site manner. One of the most beautiful of Cro- 
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Bismarcki, the color is a deep green, with a 
broai band of golden yellow along the costa, 
and yellow markings, in addition ‘to which a 
few slight yellow blotches are scattered over 
The suniaces! oo teen Were eS 25 cts. to 
Bicornutum, this is a curious and handsome 
variety ; leaves irregular in shape, dark green, 
blotched and spotted with yellow, and having 
a horn like extension of the mid-rib, which 
has given rise to its name...................8 30 ets. to 
Chrysophyllum, at the upper ends of the shoots 
they appear to be almost entirely golden. The 
upper leaves are shorter than the lower, some- 
what wavy-edged and occasionally about once 
twisted; the petioles are red............... 25 cts. to 
Disraeli, in the newer leaves the mid-rib and 
margin of a light yellow. As the foliage be- 
comes older the yellow subsides to a bright 
orange yellow. In the mature leaves the mar- 
in is a bright scarlet, and the mid-rib is striped 
yy a band of the same bright color...... 25 cis. to 
Interruptum, very long leaves, nearly an inch 
broad, mid-rib * br ight scarlet, shading to 
a golden yellow. An exceedingly graceful 
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| Croton Nobilis, a beautiful variety with long pen- 
dulous leay es, richly colored with many “tints. 
The colors are crimson, yellow, and green in 
many shades, the crimson being predominant 
in the stems, {footstalks of the leaves and mid- 
ribs, where it is bordered by bands of deep 
golden yellow... 225.22 22.ccoceeseee ee ee ELSE: 
Irregulare, leaves broadest at the base, about 9 
inches jong, scarcely two leaves resembling 
each other; ground color dark green, mid-rib 
orange yellow, with the upper surface of the 
leaf irregularly spotted and blotched with yel- 
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Johannis, the leaves are {rom twenty to twenty- 
four inches long, narrow and pendulous, ground 
color bright shining green, the margins and 
mid-rib bright orange yellow, a beautiful va- 
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Lord Cairns, this has trilobate leaves. The 
color of the foliage is a bright green, the mid- 
ribs of the leaves a light yellow, blotched and 
spotted with the same color, the spots and 
blotches being irregularly scattered over the 
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Mooreanus, the color and markings are rich and 
distinct. ‘the mid-rib and margin of the leaf 
are of a clear orange yellow, with the blade 
crossed with parallel bands and stripes of the 
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Majesticum, a truly grand variety, leaves from 
twelve to eighteen inches long, when young the 
leaves are deep green, ribbed with golden yel- 
low, the green changing with age into a deep 
olive and the yellow becomes crimson....... 25 to 
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