JOHN SAUL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



HELICONIAS. 



Each 



*Heliconia, Aureo-Striata, a plant of noble as- 

 pect, resembling some dwarf Musa, the leaves 

 are striated with green and yellow, and be- 

 come recurved at tbe top. The leaf deep green 

 with the course of the parallel-curved veins, 

 which run out from the costa to the margin, 

 traced out by yellow lines producing a very 

 striking variegation 2 50 



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*Heliconia, Triumphans, very ornamental plant 

 with bright green leaves, lined with greenish- 

 black. It is a robust species having the habit 

 of a Maranta Zebrina with shining foliage and 

 Avhich succeeds well in apartments. It is a na- 

 tive of Sumatra < 2 50 



*AGLAONEMA PICTUM. 



This is a brilliant Aroid, with a fine rounded stem. The leaves vary in form, sometimes elliptical, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, are rounded at the base and almost suddenly acuminate at the top, from 4 to 7 inches long, and 2 to 2% in 

 width; they are of a lovely deep velvety green, beautifully mottled with large spots and irregular markings of a 

 whitish blue. The mid-rib is prominent and slightly channelled on the upper face. When it. is in flower it is still 

 more attractive. The spathe is remarkable for its curious pockeHike form and its knotty spadix. $1.50. 



*SCHISMATOGLOTTIS LAVALLEEI. 



"In announcing this lovely plant we are convinced that it will become popular among lovers of fine-foliaged 



Elants. It may be distinguished at a glance from all other species in cultivation. The texture of the leaf is flexi- 

 le, the mid-rib is slightly prominent on the upper surface, and of a beautiful bright green, on which are scattered 

 numerous silvery white spots, producing a most pleasing effect." §2.00. 



*CROSSANDRA UNDULjEFOLIA. 



This is a dwarf, shrubby plant, rarely exceeding a foot high, with spreading ovate-lanceolate evergreen leaves. 

 It flowers freely in the summer, and continues in bloom for several weeks. The flowers are produced successively 

 along an erect spike 2 to 3 inches long, formed "into a four-sided kind of storbilus by numerous opposite acutely 

 keeled hairy bracts," in which the calyx of the flowers is concealed; the corolla is bright orange-yellow tinted 

 with rose. §1.00. 



NEW BEGONIAS. 



= Begonia, Ville de Namur, this beautiful foli- 

 aged Begonia is in style of Louise Chretien, 

 hut superior. The finest that have been in- 

 troduced for some years 1 00 



*Manicata Aurea Maculata, this very beauti- 

 ful Begonia, has its fine foliage blotched and 

 spotted with yellow, similar to the well known 

 Earfugium grande, a grand foliage plant 1 00 



Socotrana, a species of remarkable interest 

 both iu its scientific and in its horicultural 

 aspect discovered in the island of Socotra. 

 B. Socotrana is a plant of very neat habit with 

 erect stems 8 to 12 inches high, furnished with 

 orbicular peltate leaves 4 to 7 inches iu diame- 

 ter, and producing a profusion of bright rose 

 pink flowers of which the males are fully two 



inches in diameter. Its great recommenda- 

 tion is its very tree blooming character, and 

 its flowering in the depth of winter when 

 other Begonias are at rest, thus prolonging 



the season of these beautiful plants 50 



'Begonia, Gosoensis, a beautiful new foliage 



begonia 1 00 



Diadema, a species of incomparable beauty and 

 moreover a distinct type. From the short, 

 fleshy stem branch out numerous leaves, 

 erect, of a delicate green, and marked with 

 white elongated blotches. The leaves are 

 perfectly smooth and shiny. The ground is a 

 clear green, whereon nunierouswhite strains 

 are scattered, without regularity, in bands or 

 longitudinal lines 50 



*HIBISCUS CHRYSANTHUS. 



A very distinct new species from Natal; very large flowers, yellow, purple-crimson at base. 

 April. 



*GEISSOIS RACEMOSA. 



A beautiful new plant from New Caledonia. As a decorative plant it will be found very distinct and striking. 

 $2.50 each. 



*SELAGINELLA GRANDIS. 



A handsome erect-growing species, with large, broad, recurved, grass-green fronds, much branched, the divi- 

 sions half an iuch broad, densely clothed with distichous, imbricating, subfalcate. $1.00. 



HYDRANGEA ROSEA. 



This pretty Japanese Hydrangea is of free growth and a profuse bloomer. Flowers bright rose. 50 cents. 



*CIENKOWSKIA KIRKII. 



A rare and beautiful plant; has fleshy roots, flowers during summer. $2.50 each. 



*COLOCASIA NEO-GUINENSIS. 



A new aroid, it is remarkable for its tufted habit, tbe shortness of the leaf stalks, and its short-stalked inflores- 

 cence, and the beautiful green tone of its smooth and shiny leaves, spotted with creamy white, It will form an 

 interesting addition to collections of Aroidaceous plants, and probably may prove valuable for the embellishment 

 of the out-door garden in summer, like C. Esculent a, now so much cultivated. 75 cents. 



$1.50. Ready in 



