24 JOHN SA UL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



PAMPAS GRASSES— Gynerium Argenteum. 



Each. 

 Argenteum. The well-known Pampas Grass, with long graceful foliage, which gives 



forth in autumn its beautiful silvery plumes $0 25 



*Album Variegata. White variegated Pampas Grass. This beautiful grass has all the 

 grace and elegance of G. Argenteum, and flowering quite as freely; add to this its 



graceful foliage striped with silvery white , 50 cts. to 1 00 



*Aurea Variegata. Gold variegated Pampas Grass Another beautiful variety, simi- 

 lar in its graceful habit to the last, but in this the foliage is striped with a deep 



yellow; a charming variety 50 cts. to 1 CO 



*Carmineum Pendatleri. This new Gynerium is a really majestic and very beautiful 

 plant. The pinacles, measuring more than two feet in length, are of a bright car- 

 mine rose color; if kept dry in winter, they gradually assume a light violet tint. 



The habit of this new Gynerium is magnificent 50 cts to 1 00 



*Elegans Niveo-vittatis. Another very elegant Pampas Grass, handsomely variegated, 1 00 



*Roseum Variegated. Foliage finely variegated with stripes of rose 1 00 



*Westerlingi Variegatum. A very beautiful variegated Grass 1 CO 



Monstrosum. Very robust ingrowth 1 00 



Stenackeri Variegata „ 1 00 



NEW POINSETIIA. 



Pulcherrima Plenissima, (new Double Poinsettia.) This magnificent plant is remarka- 

 ble for its floral bracts, the size of the heads in which they are produced, and their 

 marvellous brilliancy of color. The whole inflorescence is full and rosette-like, 

 and of a most vivid and brilliant scarlet color 30 cts. to 50 



Pulcherrima Major. A great improvement on the old species, both in the size of the 

 individual bracts, and also in the far larger heads, which are of a bright scarlet, 

 tinted with violet cerise ...25 cts. to 50 



Eosea-Carminata. In fine variety, the heads of bracts are larger, smooth, and of a 



brilliant rosy carmine 25 cts. to 50 



JD1EFFENBA CHI A. 



Nobilis. The plant is stocky in habit, and well set with spreading leaves. The leaf 

 stalks are very pale green. The blades 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 confluent white spots, which contrast strongly with the color of the 

 margin and intervening portions. Altogether a strikingly handsome plant of its 

 group 1 00 



Brasiliensis. A handsome variety, the leaves averaging eighteen inches in length, by 

 eight or nine inches in width ; the ground color of the leaf is deep green, and the 

 whole surface is mottled with small blotches of greenish yellow and white. A 

 beautiful plant ... 30 cts. to 50 



Bausei. It is a stocky-growing broad-leaved variety, with yellowish green leaves, 

 which are irregularly edged and blotched with dark green, and also spotted with 

 white, the marking being particularly effective .30 cts. to 50 



Bowmanii. Very large bright green leaves, blotched and marked with golden green ; 



a grand specimen plant 30 cts. to 50 



Weirii. It is of dwarf habit, the foliage of a bright green color, thickly blotched and 



spotted with pale yellow. This is one of the finest of the Dieffenbaehias...30 cts. to 50 



Baraquiniana. A fine vigorous plant with white stems, leaves green, spotted and 



blotched with pure white 50 



Picta. A very beautiful foliage plant, leaves a deep green, mottled with white ; 



beautiful 30 cts. to 50 



Eburnea. Distinct and very beautifully marked foliage 50 



MARANTA. 



*Lubersi, (new ) A very handsome species, foliage reticulated with yellow. Makes a 



handsome specimen plant 1 00 



Massangeana. A very distinct dwarf species The variegation consists of three distinct 

 colors. The mid-rib veins and middle portion of the leaf are silvery white, faintly 

 tinged with bluish green, then a broad band of black^b hue, the whole being sur- 

 rounded by a belt of bright green, margined with a thin line of a lighter shade 50 



