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JOHN SAUL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



established. When in bloom bring them into the conservatory or drawing room. After the 

 plants have done blooming dry gradually off, by withholding water from their roots; after- 

 wards remove them to a warm, dry place. 



The following are superlatively beautiful : 



Those marked thus (e) have erect flowers. 



(e) Due Decazes. A splendid flower ; white 

 ground, beautifully maculated with lilac 

 magenta 



(e) Cinderella. Pure white with pink band, 

 most beautiful. 



Ernst Banary. Dark lavender, mottled with 

 white, a beautiful flower. 



Henry Husson. White, with a lavender lip, 

 a large showy flower, beautiful. 



(e) Boule de Neige. Pure snowy white, fine 

 form, an abundant bloomer. 



Duchess of Teck. Large drooping flowers of 

 a rich magenta, shaded with maroon ; the 

 ground color is lighter at the edges of the 

 lobes. 



Excelsior. Horizontal, with lower side lobes 

 of corolla enlarged; deep glowing crim- 

 son, a very robust free flowering variety. 



(e) Lisere D'Argent. Intensely bright crim- 

 son scarlet, distinctly margined with pure 

 white ; light throat beautifully spotted and 

 freckled with carmine. 



Madame Hatti. Fine scarlet flower, throat 

 deep red shaded with purple, slightly 

 blotched with white, margin rosy scarlet. 



*(e) Matador. Very dark reddish crimson, 

 neatly bordered with white ; very rich and 

 showy. 



Scarlet Gem. Crimson scarlet, extra fine. 



Price 25 cts. each ; 



Miss Hannah de Kothschild. Large white, 

 tinted with purple ; throat purple shaded 

 mauve, lower part creamy white. 



(e) Mrs. Haines. Splendid erect flower, throat 

 purplish violet, bordered with vermilion 

 scarlet, with deep margin of rose color. 



Prince Arthur. A large deep purple flower, 

 the two upper lobes and margin light 

 purple. 



Prince Leopold. Throat purplish violet, 

 scarlet margin shaded with pink. 



The Hon. Mrs. York. Creamy white throat, 

 bordered with mauve, with a margin of 

 rich pink. 



Mogul. Tube dotted with red, purple crim- 

 son limb, very clear at the border. 



(e) Princess Royal. Tube and edges white, 

 throat mottled with dark blue, fine. 



Theresa Saul. White, with crimson lips, fine. 



Quadricolor. Rose, flaked with white, super- 

 cochineal spots ; throat lilac. 



Sauvis. Color white, with millions of tender 

 rose colored dots. 



Byron. White ground, the margin of the 

 limb is amaranth festooned with purple. 



(e) Goethe. Erect flower, vermilion rose with 

 almost black throat and white bottom. 



Schiller. Erect flower, fiery cherry sprinkled 

 with violet, very large flower. 



$2.50 per dozen. 



*NEW GLOXINIAS.— (Class 2.) 



Agnes M. Saul, (Saul.) Light crimson scar- 

 let, fine large flower, very fine. 



Artevelde. Flowers enormous, velvety vio- 

 let, edge of the throat blackish purple. 



(e) Ami Thibaut. Creamy white covered 

 with spots all over, feigning frosty ara- 

 besques. 



Alphonse Karr. Throat yellow, limb rich 

 cochineal. 



Bradamante. Very large flower, pure white 

 tube, light rose lobes bordered with rich 

 rose and blotched with white. 



B. S. Williams. Flowers very squat, very 

 intense fiery vermilion. 



(e) Clemence Delahaye, white tinted with 

 flesh color, lobes marked with cerise and 

 margined with rose. 



(e) Clio. Crimson lobes, mouth shaded vio- 

 let, throat freckled. 



(e) Cornelei. Dark violet, lobes striped and 

 spotted, and margined with white. 



(<?) Cardinal de Richelieu. Creamy yellow 

 throat spotted with purple and ornated 

 with a rich violet and large velvety crim- 

 son. 



(e) Conquest. Lobes of corolla, bright peach 

 margined with white ; throat light pink 

 and spotted, very distinct. 



(e) Albo-Marginata Myriostigma. White 

 spotted with carmine, and bordered with 

 pure white. 



Cecile d'Elchingen, bright crimson bordered 

 with rose, a very large and fine flower. 



(e) Boule de Feu, a fine large flower of the 

 most intense and brilliant red color. 



Francis Saul, (Saul.) Blue, with a deep 

 purple throat, a large finely formed flower. 



Gloria Mundi. Enormous flowers, velvety 

 lake rose. 



Feu Eternal. 



Harry Veitch. Violet, throat lavender. 



(e) Henri Fleche, magnificent flower, of fine 

 form ; color magenta, brilliantly shaded 

 with red at the mouth ; edges of the lobes 

 widely bordered with snowy white. 



Livingston. Rich velvety amaranth crim- 

 son, shaded with soft purplish violet and 

 margined with rosy lilac ; white creamy 

 throat shaded with rose at the mouth ; a 

 splendid flower. 



