JOHN SAUL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Each. 

 Pelargonium, Princess of Wales, very hand- 

 some, with elegant frilled petal margins, 

 trusses large size, ground color pure blush, 

 each petal alike marked with a rich dark vel- 

 vet crimson scarlet margined blotch 50 



Queen of Stripes, color" elegant blush white, 

 the petals being finely striped or barred with 

 brilliant carmine-rose, each of the upper ones 

 being marked with crimson lines surmounted 

 with an intense crimson blotch 50 



Each. 

 Pelargonium, Panorama, violet, dark blotch... 50 



Queen Victoria, the flowers of this handsome 

 variety have peculiarly crispy petals of a rich 

 vermilion color, margined with pure white, 

 the upper ones blotched with maroon; ex- 

 tremely attractive 



Wm. Pfitzer, rich crimson with very dark 

 blotch; cuitre white; beautiful 



Waldeck-Rousseau, white centre, petals car- 

 mine violet, large tine trusses ; beautiful 



DECORATIVE PELARGONIUMS. 



The varieties here offered are largely grown for Co vent Garden Market, London. 



Pelargonium, F. A. Dickson, upper petals 

 bright cherry, lower pink, profuse bloomer, 

 a very fine variety 



Integrity, very free compact habit, free bloomer, 

 color orange scarlet.white centre, purple blotch, 



Lady Isabel, a beautiful mauve with puce spots 

 all round 



Mabel, dark maroon top, narrow edge, a heavily 

 painted flower, fine free habit and bloomer...". 



Mrs. H. Buck 



Pelargonium, Miss Mailer, a decorative plant.. 



Miss Weatherill, rosy crimson suffuse! with 

 orange white centre", small blotch, beautiful 

 pure white, fine free bloomer 



Memeris, free, but compact habit, an early and 

 profuse bloomer, rosy crimson, light centre, 

 purple blotch, fine pot plant 



Scarlet Gem, very bright crimson scarlet, with 

 light margin, tine free habit, early and profuse 

 bloomer 



50 



50 



50 



50 



NEW PLANTS. 



*ALOCASIA SANDERIANA. 



A remarkable handsome and truly grand Arad, and one of the finest stove plants. It has erect petioles, which 

 are brownish green, and striately mottled ; on the young leaves the color is bright glossy green, and on the older 

 leaves the surface has a nietalic"blue reflection. The leaf-blade is arrow-shaped, the front portion with about 

 three triangular lobes on each side, the basil portion with one or two smaller lobes ; the thick costa and the stout 

 cross veins are white, conspicuously bordered with ivory-white, the margins also being white. This is certainly 

 the most beautiful of all the Alocasias, and a most magnificent foliage plant. Keady in May. 



-AMASONIA PUNICEA. 



"This is unquestionably one of the most beautiful plants that have been brought under the notice of Horti- 

 culturists for many years. The inflorescence is very brilliant, being particularly striking from having a series of 

 the richest vermilion-crimson Poinsettia-like bracts, the lowermost of which are four inches long, are very per- 

 sistent, remaining in perfection two months. From the base of each bract are produced pendulous flowers, in 

 twos and threes of a creamy white color, offering a striking contrast to the rich coloring of the other parts of the 

 inflorescence." 



"Not only an extremely handsome plant, but absolutely distinct from every other plant in cultivation." The 

 Garden. Ready in May. 



*IPOMCEA THOMSONIANA. 



A beautiful new species, in habit much resembling the well-known /. Horsfallice, the flowers, however, which 

 are borne in clusters, are pure white and much larger, being about three inches in diameter at the mouth. It 

 has thick fleshy leaves and from its free-blooming character, cannot fail to become one of the most popular and 

 useful of stove-house climbers. §1.50 each. 



-PASSIFLORA " CONSTANCE ELIOTT." 



This charming novelty is a seedling from Passiflora cserulea, and has been awarded a first-class certificate by 

 the Royal Horticultural Society. It is hardy, a free grower, and produces in the greatest profusion sweet scented, 

 pure ivory-white flowers, almost without a trace of the bluish tinge peculiar to the type. The inner surface of 

 the sepals and the petals is white; the coronal threads being ivory-white, tinged with yellow towards the tips. 

 50 cents. 



PRIMULA ABCONICA. 



A new pretty and interesting Primula, with flowers of a soft lilac shade, flowering continuously and profusely 

 from spring till autumn. 5lt cent-. 



;: IBERIS SEMPERVIRENS PLENO. 



There can be nothing prettier than the double white Candytuft for edging, beds, borders, rockworks, &c, and 

 it is of particular value to the florist. The flowers form a close bouquet of the purest white and cover the dwarf 

 compact and beautifully rounded bush. The plant is well adapted for pot-culture, but its beauty will be more 

 perfectly dev< Loped if planted out in the garden. The flowers appear in great profusion from April until June. 

 $1.00. 



ANTHURIUM FERRIERENSE. 



A splendid hybrid obtained from A. Ornatum and A. Andreanum. The slender, erect foot-stalks of the leaves 

 support a tine, bright gre in heart-shaped expansion, fully twelve Inches long and six inches broad. The scape is 

 stout and erect, attaining a length of twenty-four to thirty inches. The spathe, which is remarkably showy and 

 attractive, is of cordate form five to six inches across of a bright, rosy carnume, without anvof the reticulated cor- 

 rugations characteristic of a. Andreanum. The Bpadiz is about live inches long, ivory-white to two-thirds of its 

 length, with the upper third fawn color. §2.50 to £5.00. 



