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JOHN SAUL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Each. 

 Spirea Palmata Elegans. An improve- 

 ment on Palmata. very fine 1 00 



Ulmaria Flora Pleno. Double 



white 25 



Venusta, (lobata.) Beautiful crim- 

 son flowers 25 



Sweet William. Auricula eyed, beauti- 

 ful. $1.50 per dozen 10 



Silene. Double scarlet 20 



Tephrosea Virginica 25 



Yinca Aurea Maculata. Blotched Yinca, 10 

 Major Aurea Marginata. Foliage 

 margined with golden yellow 10 



Each. 

 *Thalictrum Adiantioides. A very ele- 

 ganthardy perennial, from twelve 

 to eighteen inches in height, of a 

 neat branching habit; in delicacy 

 of structure it rivals the finest 

 species of exotic Adiantums or 

 Maiden-hair Fern, by the exqui- 

 site beauty of its leaf fronds 50 



Wahlenbergia Grandiflora, (Campanula 



Grandiflora.) 25 



Coerulea. Blue flowered 25 



Alba. White 25 



Yery fine hardy perennials. 



BAMBOO, GRASSES, &c. 



Arundo Donax Yariegata. This is the Eulalia Japonica Yariegata. See Nov- 



most stately and graceful of all known elties. 



variegated grasses of the garden. Zebrina. See Novelties. 



Leaves 1& to 3 feet in length, marked Isolepsis Gracilis. Bright green wiry 



with broad silver stripes or margins leaves for baskets 



their whole length 25 cts. to 50 Gynerium Argenteum. Pampas grass... 5 



Bambusa Fortunei Yariegata. Beauti- Panicum Yariegatum. Beautiful trail- 

 fully variegated Palm-like leaves; it ing grass for baskets 20 



is a very ornamental plant; in the sum- Phalaris Arundinacea Yariegata. Rib- 

 merit requires abundance of moisture, 25 bon grass 20 



Erianthus 'Ravennae. A tall reed-like Stenotaphyrum Glabrum Variegatum. 



grass, hardy 25 A fine new silvery variegated grass, 



Gymnothrix Japonica. Japanese grass, 25 fine for edging vases, &c 20 



HYDRANGEAS. 



Acuminata. This exceedingly beautiful new variety has large heads of pink flowers, 



withstands the sun well 25 



Giauca or Nivea. A native species, flowers white 25 



Hortensis. The well-known garden variety has immense heads of beautiful pink flowers, 25 

 Elegantissima. A very beautiful new variegated Hydrangea, foliage striped, 



spotted and splashed with yellow, very handsome 50 



Imperatrice Eugenie. Large heads of pink flowers, tinted with blue 25 



Tricolor. Tricolored foliage 



Variegata. Leaves green, margined with yellow 50 



Variegata Speciosa, (new ) In this striking variety the margins of the 



leaves are green, with a broad white band passing through the centre 25 



Involucrata Yera. A beautiful and distinct new species 25 



Otaksa. Flowers large bright pink, tinged with blue, last a considerable time, a 



splendid plant 25 



Paniculata Grandiflora. A highly ornamental shrub, with enormously large dense 

 flower heads, opening pure white and tinted with rose in their mature bloom, 



flowers profusely during summer, and perfectly hardy 25 



Stellata Flora Pleno. A magnificent new Japanese variety, flower heads very large, 



double, of a bright pink 25 



Thunbergii Flora Percis. A distinct species, much smaller foliage, and flat cymes of 



pretty blue flowers 25 



Thomas Hogg. This belongs to the Hortensia section of the family, but it is a far more 

 free and abundant bloomer than any other; the flowers are of the purest white, of 

 very Arm texture, and continues in flower for a great length of time 25 



EVERGREENS, &c. 



Aucuba Japonica. The mottled leaves 

 of this fine evergreen have long formed 

 one of the most familiar objects in cul- 

 tivation, but the scarlet berries have 

 appeared but of late in consequence of 



the absence until recently, of male 

 plants. There are quite a number of 

 fine varieties recently introduced, dif- 

 fering in the form or variegation of 

 the leaf 



