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JOHN SAUL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Each. 

 Croton, Fasciatus, (Hendersonii), the ground 

 color is a very deep green, the principal veins 

 being marked by bright yellow lines, interlac- 

 ing near the edge, where, and especially near 

 the point, the surface is chiefly yellow, with 

 irregular small green spots. The midrib forms 

 a brownish-yellow band.. 50 



Hanburyanus, the leaves are about 15 inches 

 in length and 1}A inches in breadth. The 

 ground color, a bright olive green in several 

 shades, is, in many leaves, quite subordinate 

 to the rich golden yellow and rosy crimson 

 that suffuse the whole plant. All the leaves 

 are beautifully marbled and blotched with 

 these tints 50 



Hawkeri, it is of dwarf and compact habit. 

 The coloring of the plant is very effective. 

 The middle and lower portions of the leaves, 

 together with the footstalks, are light creamy 

 yellow which spread over the greater part of 

 the leaves, tbe extremities with the edges of 

 tbe leaves only are bright green 50 



Lancifolius, the leaf is dark green, the midrib, 

 margin and primary veins pale yellow, which, 

 as the plant attains its character, becomes re- 

 ticulated with bright rosy pink ; the whole of 

 the leaf presenting a very charming mosaic 

 appearance 50 



Mortii, the leaves are of a very dark green 

 color, being marked out by a band of golden 

 yellow a quarter of an inch wide, and ali the 

 principal veins also being broadly marked 

 with yellow ; these latter markings meet near 

 the edge, where there is a variegation of 

 broken reticulated golden lines 50 



Stewartii, one of the most distinct. Crotous of 

 the broad leaved kinds: the habit is dwarf 

 and bushy, and this variety colors when in a 

 very small state. The leaves dark green, irreg- 

 ularly banded and margined with rich orange, 50 



Williamsii, this is one of the red-tinted sent s, 

 very strongly flushed with violet crimson. 

 The leaf has a central band and costa of yel- 

 low, from which the pinnate veins of the same 

 color branch out on either side. These veins 

 all chanse to deep crimson and the whole 

 plant becomes flushed with a glowing tint of 

 crimson, shaded with violet 50 



Each. 

 Croton, Macarthuri, the color is constant, butthe 

 markings on the different leaves are as varied 

 as the forms assumed by the leaves them- 

 selves. The habit is excellent, and the varie- 

 gation, fully one-half of which is yellow, is 

 very striking. The midribs are yellow, and 

 the bright green ground of the blades are 

 spotted, blotched, flaked, and barred in in- 

 finite variety 50 



Nevillise, when first expanded iheir midribs 

 are bright golden yellow, and the blades light 

 olive green barred and marked with yellow. 

 In the mature leaves, the yellow is changed to 

 crimson shaded with orange and the green 

 much deepened, the whole being suffused with 

 a metallic hue peculiar to this plant 50 



Princess of Wales, (Glorious), this is one of 

 the long leaved drooping forms of Croton. The 

 leaves are from 1% to 2 feet in length, some- 

 times plane and sometimes strongly undulated. 

 The ground color is green, and the variegation 

 ci eamy-yellow, very variable in character. In 

 some there is a creamy-yellow midrib, with a 

 band on each side; the others, the midrib is 

 bright green 



Prince of Wales, the leaves, which are about 

 24 inches long and from half an inch to one 

 inch broad, are much undulated. The mid- 

 ribs are light yellow with a broad band of the 

 same color on either side; the remainder of 

 the blade is light olive-green profusely spotted 

 and marbled with yellow ; a beautiful Croton.. 



Queen Victoria, the ground color of the leaf 

 is rich golden yellow, beautifully mottled 

 with green ; the midrib and the primary veins 

 are of a rich magenta color, changing with age 

 to a vivid crimson; the margin of the leaf is 

 unevenly banded with carmine, often extend- 

 ing as far as the midrib : 50 



Variabilis 'Falcatus), a robust variety. It 

 has long leaves, marbled and blotched with 

 different shades of yellow, orange and crimson. 

 The leaves both in color and shape, arji very 

 variable; some are straight, others recurved, 

 falcate or often distorted, their surface being 

 either smooth or undulated 50 



Extra size plants of the above Crotons can be 

 supplied at extra prices. 



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BERTOLONIAS. 



'Bertolonia, Guttata, leaves dark green, pro- 

 fusely dotted with rose colored spots, a charm- 

 ing plant 



*Rodeckii, ground color bronze, speckled with 

 white spots, nerves fine green, edged with 

 creamy white; a gem 



*Superbissima, (Jewel plant), bionzy-crimson, 

 foliage exquisitely spotted with white; a gem, 



50 



*Bertolonia,Van Houteii, has the leaves of a rich 

 olive velvet ground color, traversed broadside 

 by large bars of beautiful magenta red, and 

 dotted all over with thousands of spots of the 

 same color. This description will however, 

 give onl y a slight idea of the real beauty of this 

 plant 



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GOODYERAS, 



^Goodyera, Dawsoniana, a very beautiful plant. 

 The haves black ish-grcn on the upper side, 

 and very glossy, with lines of beautiful golden 

 purple traversing from the base of the apex; 

 flowers white 2 00 



: Goodyera, Discolor, a beautiful plant, grows 

 about six inches high ; foliage a beautiful dark 

 velvety color, with white markings through its 

 entire length; flowers white 50 



LAURESTINUS.-Viburnum Tinus. 



*Laurestinus, Splendens, a variety of Lauresti- 

 nus, with magnificent large flowers. A good 

 grower and free bloomer 



i: Laurestinus, Pure White, 

 variety are pure white 



the flowers of this 



PHYLLANTHUS ROSEA-PICTUM. 



This variegation is exceedingly rich ami varied, no two colored leaves showing precisely the same markings 

 with like tints. Many of tbe leaves are bright crimson, which is also the color of the stem during the early stage 

 of growth; sonic are a light cretin color, tinged with a delicate blush, others again have a dark bronzy hue, 

 shaded with crimson; some are dark green with blotches and spots of rose, while others are tri-colored, white 

 with different shades of rose and green. 30 cents. 



HIBISCUS CARDIOPHYLLUS, (New). 



I have the pleasure of offering ibis extremely beautiful Hibiscus, which I have received from southwestern 

 Texas. In habit it resembles an Abutilon, My plants were bedded out the past summer and succeeded admira- 

 bly, flowering profusely during the season. The flowers are bright scarlet, over two inches across, which make* 

 it a very striking plant. A sterling novelty. 30 cents. 



