28 JOHN SAUL’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
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Clematis Mrs. James Bateman, a very large 
lavender sblUGz 542.) <set castes, eoren eee 
*Otto Frobel, this variety is remarkable for 
vigor, and the flower is of immense size and 
perfect in form, the sepals being sufficiently 
eae to be well imbricated. The color French 
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Princess of Wales, large flowers of a deep rich 
violet purple, with red bars down the centre of 
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Rubella, flowers of a rich velvety claret, the 
deepest color of any Clematis, generally ‘has 
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Samuel Moulson, mauye, with a reddish tint 
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Star of India, flowers from four to five inches 
in diameter; color rich violet purple, with a 
rosy purple band in the centre of each petal..... 
Thomas Moore, deep rich violet tinted puce, a 
very large flower, occasionally nine inches in 
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| Clematis Symeiana, delicate shade of pale mauve 
or lavender blue; a striking variety................ 
Thomas Tenant, white, with pale rose chang- 
ing to ivory white, very handsome.................. 
Tunbridgensis, flowers four to six inches in 
diameter, dark blue, and ribboned on the cen- 
tre of each petal with purple..................---0.--- 
Velutina Purpurea, very profuse bloomer, color 
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Viticella, flowers purple, very fine................ pace 
Venosa, a reddish purple, reticulated with 
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Grandiflora (new), a magnificent variety, 
free grower and free bloomer ; color mauye, 
marbled and yeined with white; very large 
flower with six and seven petals................ 
Alba (new), free grower and profuse bloomer, 
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Rubra Grandiflora, a vigorous free growing 
variety, flowers profusely, color a violet red... 
12 very fine, my selection, $4.00. 
NEW CLEMATIS.--(Class 1.) 
Clematis Andre Leroy, an immense flower of 
the finest torm, color rich violet, with a metallic 
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Belisaire, very large, eight petals, bluish lilac, 
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Blue Gem, flowers very large, shaded with mauve, 
Devoniensis, flowers large, delicate azure blue, 
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Duchess of Teck, flowers pure white, six-sep- 
aled, with a faint, delicate mauve bar down the 
centreswihenitinrst, Opened iaeencc-ceee eeesece eee 
Duke of Norfolk, a large beautiful flower, hay- 
ing eight sepals of a rich Mauve..................22+: 
Enchantress, double white, large, extra............ 
Fairy Queen, flowers very large, occasionally 
measuring nine inches across; color pale flesh, 
with a pink bar in the centre of each sepal, 
shaded purple at the base...............:.0cs.-ssssscssee 
Gipsey Queen, an extremely rich, bright, dark 
velvety purple variety of the Jacksonii type; 
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Grand Duchess, a large flowered and very 
effective eight-sepalled variety; the flowers of 
which, in some instances, were as much as ten 
inches in diameter, but often only eight inches. 
The color is white, slightly flushed with rose, 
Herbert Spencer, in the stye of Jackmanii, 
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La Nymphe, flowers very large, pure white, 
with rosy stamen, fine 
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Clematis Mad. Thibaut, an immense flower; 
white, a broad band of rose in the centre of the 
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Lord Nevill, a really first-class variety, flowers 
very large and well formed; rich dark plum, 
edgings of sepals being finely crimped.............. 
Mad’lle Eliza Schenk, a large and tine Clematis 
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Marie Boisselot, an immense fiower, pure white, 
the finest white Clematis.................--..---+--se0e 
Moritkata Oke, a beautiful new variety, satiny 
French white, closely set and slightiy cupped, 
flowers very perfect in shape.................--.--. ees 
Mrs. Hope, satiny mauve, bar rather dark tint, 
sepals broad and oyer-lapping, forming a full 
slishitly, retlexed Hower esses seee-saeeeese sree eee 
Mrs. Moore, very large flowers, white, barred 
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Purpurea Elegans, flowers large, fine form; 
color deep violet purple, well contrasted by its 
light colored filaments and pinkish brown an- 
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Reine Blanche, a lovely white flower, delicately 
margined, with sepals, fringed......................+. 
Venus Vitrix, flowers double, of beautiful form, 
a delicate lavender, extra fine...................---..- 
Vesta, the flowers are five inches across, and 
consisting of eight or more spreading sepals of 
a dead white color, with a creamy tinge over 
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CLASS II. 
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The following varieties flower in spring and early summer, from the old or ripened wood of 
the previous year’s growth, have been raised from Patens: 
Clematis Albert Victor, a thick velvety texture, 
flowers large deep lavender, with brown ribs 
dowmitheicentre petals ..sscte scree nena 
Avalance, flowers large double white, extra...... 
Excelsior, flowers large, finely shaped and occa- 
sionally double, the outer petals resembling the 
guard petals of a Hollyhock, color rich deep 
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Fortunei, a very fine species from Japan, flowers 
doubleyayhite.and tragranii......:..<cseeseereeeeers 
Florida Standishii, one of the most beautiful 
flowers, of a kind of violet blue, with crimson 
and carmine shining through it...................0.. 
Fair Rosamond, the flower is fully six inches 
across. White with a bluish cast, having a light 
wine red bar up the centre of each sepal.......... 
Stella, very showy. The flowers are of a light 
violet or deep mauve, with a distinct bar in 
the centre of each petal of a reddish plum color.. 
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Clematis Lady Londsborough, color a delicate 
silvery lavender with a white stripe down the 
centre oleach petalmyes-ccssscesccesmess seaman eeserace 
John Gould Veitch, a magnificent “ Double Blue 
Clematis.” It is a profuse bloomer, the flowers 
being very double, of a large size, and of a beau- 
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Lucie Lemoine, fine double white, the flowers 
are composed of seventy-five to ninety petals. 
In the first period of its flowering the blooms 
are semi-circular in shape, resembling a gigan- 
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| Miss Bateman, a magnificent plant; the blooms 
are large, of good shape and pure whit», banded 
with creamy white down the centre of each 
petals... .icccsccwavaeasceteecee eter cade <a ae eens caer 
The Queen, a free habit and remarkably hand- 
some foliage, and flowers of a delicate lavender 
colorsvery beable aeceneeeeeaeee seca ete ean 
NEW CLEMATIS.--(Class 2.) 
Clematis Countess of Lovelace, sepals a bluish 
lilac, within which is a rosette of small sepal- 
like bodies of deep bluish lilac, forming a full 
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Clematis Duchess of Edinburgh, without doubt 
the best of the double whites yet known, most 
deliciously scented, very free blooming............ 
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50 | Enchantress, flowers large double white........... 
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