32 JOHN SAUL'S DESCRIP TI VE CATALOGUE 



BOUVARDIAS. 



For autumn and winter blooming plants, the Bouvardias are well known to every florist. 

 Thev are of the easiest culture, giving their rich colored flowers in great profusion. 



Each. 

 Alfred Neuner. This is equal, if not superior, in profuse blooming quality to the valu- 

 able single white variety, Davidsonii, of which this double white one is the sport. 



The flowers are composed of three perfect rows of petals of the purest waxy white. ..$0 25 

 Flavescens, (new.) Flowers like Jasminiflora, but of a canary yellow, a very desirable 



novelty, 25 



Sanguinea, (new.) Color crimson vermilion, a very fine new variety 25 



Lady Hyslop. Flowers similar to Elegans, of a bright rose color 25 



Alba Odorata. Pure white centre of great substance, and very richly fragrant 25 



Humboldti Corymbiflora. The blossom is the largest hitherto known in the group ; the 



flower tube three inches in length, snow white and exquisitely fragrant 25 



Umbellata Alba. Broad pure white petal lobes ; it is in the style of B. Davidsonii, but 



much neater in its leaf growth 25 



Leiantha Dazzlins: scarlet 25 



Floribundi. Flowers orange scarlet, very distinct and fine 25 



Hogarth Splendid raceme, rich scarlet, vigorous grower, fine habit 25 



Longiflora. Snow white, long tube, beautiful 25 



Hendersonii. Delicate waxy flesh color, a sport from Hogarth , 25 



Elegans. Color a scarlet carmine, flowers and trusses of immense size 25 



Laura. Bright pink 25 



Jasminoides. A beautiful species in the way of B. Longiflora, with larger terminal and 



auxiliary racemes of equally fragrant snow white flowers 25 



Davidsonii or Vreelandi. The finest of all white Bouvardias, and of the free growth of 



its parent Hogarth , - 25 



Rosalinda. Bright rose, large and fine 25 



Rosea Multiflora. Of free growth and profuse flowering, color bright rose 25 



DRACJENA Dragon Tree. 



Our rich collection of Dracaenas has been awarded the first premium by the Maryland Hor- 

 ticultural Society for several years, and first premium at the " Cincinnati Exposition." For 

 decorative purposes these plants are now extensively grown, their broad dark tropical foliage 

 and graceful habit render them very appropriate. 



Each. 

 *Laingi, (new.) The leaves are from 8 to 10 inches long and from 2 to 2 J inches broad. 

 The latest formed are pale green with broad bands and margins of creamy white 

 faintly tinged with rose. The older leaves are deeper green bordered with crim- 

 son and white; the wings of the footstalks of the leaves are also crimson $2 50 



*Superba. This is, without doubt, the most slender and graceful growing variety ever 

 offered. For table decoration and pot culture it is unsurpassed. The leaves are 

 pendulous, arching, from 12 to 18 inches long, from 1 to 1£ inches broad, linear 

 lanceolate, dark bronzy green, margined and striped with bright crimson. The 



young leaves are rosy crimson 2 00 



*Princess Margaret. A very fine variety. The leaves with their foot-stalks are about 

 eighteen inches in length. When first expanded they are creamy white, slightly 

 shaded with green of a tint quite unlike any other Dracaena in cultivation, with a 

 few oblique stripes of deep green, with a pale crimson mid-rib. The light colored 



portions of the leaf become suffused with delicate rose 75 cts. to 1 50 



*Dracaena Frederick It has a compact, yet graceful habit of vigorous growth. Its 

 leaves assume a rich rosy crimson color, and is a grand decorative plant. One of 



the most valuable, as it colors beautifully in a small state 75 cts. to 1 50 



*Macarthuri. Of very compact growth and bright colored foliage. They are very 

 elegant both in form and coloring, the latter being especially brilliant and attrac- 

 tive, rendering this variety one of the most distinct in cultivation 75 cts. to 1 00 



*Rosea-picta. A plant of robust habit and bold aspect. The 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 green 75 cts. to 1 00 



*Terminalis Alba. This is D. terminalis, but with white variegation. The ground 

 color bright green with bold pure white variegation, the upper leaves being white, 

 in some cases large sectional patches are colored white, while leaf-stalks are also 

 edged with white, colors very early , - 75 cts. to 1 50 



