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JOHN SAUL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



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Davallia Elegans dissecta, a very beautiful 



Fern, foliage finely cut 50 



Asplenium Nobilis, this is a graceful Fern, with 

 light, lace-like pinnae and arched fronds, which 

 somewhat resemble those of A. Viviparum or 

 A. Lineatum 



Lastrea Richardsii Multifida, the plant has 

 fronds 3 feet high, including the stipes, which 

 are a foot long, numerously developed from a 

 short decumbent caudex." Its bright green 

 color, its small pinnules, and the broad crested 

 apices with their numerous narrow divisions, 

 give this plant a singularly elegant character, 

 and mark it out as a very ornamental, useful 

 Fern for the decoration of the hothouse 



Osmunda Japonica Corymbifera, a very dis- 

 tinct and beautiful Japanese Fern of dwarf 

 habit. The fronds are clustered : their stipes 

 are erect or sub-erect, quite smooth, slender, 

 and of a bright rosy-pink color. They rise to 

 a height of about 4 inches, and support leafy 

 expansions of deltoid or triangular outline 

 that bend away almost horizontally from the 

 common centre in all directions. The com- 

 pact dwarf habit of the plant, the distinct 

 cristation of the pinnae, and the peculiar soft 

 color of the fronds, which otters a pleasing 

 contrast to every other Fern, combine to give 

 this Osmunda an unique character 



*Pleopeltis Fossa, this interesting new Fern is, 

 no doubt, a native of the Eastern Archipelago. 

 Its pretty arching habit of growth and com- 

 paratively small size make it a very suitable 

 object for suspending from the roof of the 

 Stove Fernery, and its durable leathery ever- 

 green fronds, with their elegant sinuate and 

 lobate margins, give it a peculiar distinctness 

 of character 1 50 



1 50 



Each. 



*Gymnogramma Schizophyllum, a very beau- 

 tiful and distinct Stove Fern. The frond is 

 about two inches broad, very finely cut. A 

 remarkable peculiarity in this Gymnogram is 

 seen in the furcation* of the rachis at about 

 two-thirds of its length, and where it is pro- 

 liferous, every frond producing a young plant 

 at the point "of furcation. The very elegant 

 contour of this Fern, its moderate size and 

 graceful habit, its delicately-cut pinnules and 

 pleasing color, render it one of the most attrac- 

 tive of Ferns 1 00 



Microlepia Hirta Cristata, a very beautiful new 

 crested Fern from the South Sea Islands. Its 

 habit is exceedingly graceful; it is of free 

 growth, admirably adapted for specimens, bas- 

 kets, &c .". 30 cts. to 50 



Nephrolepsis Bausei, one of the most distinct 

 and handsome of its kind, raised by Mr. Bause, 

 of Mori and Nursery, South Norwood, from 

 whom we have acquired the stock. The fronds 

 are numerous, erect, exceeding a foot high, 

 leafy from their base, and of a soft bright 

 green. The plant has a peculiarly graceful 

 appearance, from the pinna? of the "fronds be- 

 ing bi-pinnatifid instead of entire, as is the 

 case with others of the same genus. This, 

 and its dense dwarf habit, render it a valuable 

 addition to our list of Stove Ferns; we also 



recommend it as a most useful basket Fern 1 50 



Duffi, a beautiful and distinct Fern. The fronds 

 are densely crowded, from 15 to IS inches long, 

 pinnate and much crested. The pinnae, which 

 are small, are produced in pairs, one overlay- 

 ing the other, those above being largest. The 

 compact elegant habit of this Fern and its 

 bright attractive color, render it a most desir- 

 able acquisition 30 cts. to 50 



GLEICHENIAS. 



*Gleichenia, Dicarpa, the color of the younger 

 and fresher-looking fronds is a dark green, 

 with a kind of metallic or bluish tint, and the 

 under side is glaucous. When fully grown the 

 pinnae are fully 5 inches long 2 50 



*Rupestris Glaucescens, a very distinct form 

 of (y. Rupestris. The lronds are of a much 

 thicker texture and very glaucous on the sur- 

 face, changing with age" to a bright glaucous 

 green. A very effective variety 



*Semivestita, a very pretty compact free 

 growing species, makes a handsome specimen 

 plant 2 00 



*Gleichenia, Flabellata, a distinct and fine spe- 

 cies, makes a strikingly beautiful plant 2 50 



*Dichotoma, a very handsome species, makes 

 a nice specimen plant , 2 50 



*Mendelii, this is one of the most distinct and 

 free growing kinds. It makes a handsome ex- 

 hibition plant, and will also be found very 

 useful for decorative purposes. It is a very 

 compact growing species, requiring cool treat- 

 ment. The pinnae are of a thick texture, and 

 very glaucous on the under side 



*Speiuncae, a distinct and beautiful species, 

 makes a charming specimen plant 



ARALIAS. 



*Aralia, Amboinense, (Sciadophyllum pulch- 

 rum), a very ornamental plant with large, 

 bright green shining foliage. A grand deco- 

 rative plant 1 50 



*Elegantissima,a beautiful plant with straight 

 erect stem, furnished at short intervals with 

 digitate leaves on long foot stalks, mottled wi;h 

 white on a dark green ground; the 1- aflets, 

 from seven to ten in number, are filiform, 

 deeply and unequally serrate and gracefully 

 pendulous. The color of the foliage is a deep 



green shaded with brown 1 00 



♦Veitchii, a very elegant plant from the South 

 Sea Islands, producing very narrow digitate 

 leaves, considerably undulated ; upper surface 

 deep green ; under, dark crimson. One of the 

 most beautiful decorative plants in cultivation, 1 00 



Aralia, Guylfoylei, the leaves are made up from 

 three to seven stalked oblong-elliptic bluntish 

 leaflets; these leaflets vary in size from two to 

 three inches long, and evenly margined with 

 creamy white, the surface being in addition, 

 occasionally splashed with gray 25 cts. to 



Filicifolia, a plant of the first rank, graceful in 

 habit, and well furnished with foliage, alto- 

 gether one of the most valuable decorative 

 plants. The stem and l?af stocks are purplish, 

 marked with oblong white spots; the leaf 

 stocks are sheathing at the base, expanding 

 into a broad leafy limb 



Reticulata, a very distinct species of free 

 growth ; a fine decorative plant 



Sieboldtii 25 cts. to 



PHYGELIUS CAPENSIS. 



This pretty Penstcmon-like plant I have found quite hardy, it having passed several winters out doors with- 

 out protection. It grows from 3 to 4 feet high and has numerous semi-herbaceous stems, each terminated by a 

 long branching raceme of flowers which are brilliant scailet. It is a most persistent flowerer, beginning in May 

 or June and continuing up to frost. This is one of the most ornamental hardy plants in cultivation.— Garden. 

 50 cents. 



SALVIA GREGGII. 



A pretty new species which T have introduced from Texas. This has long spikes of brilliant cherry; a contin- 

 uous bloomer, very compact habit, and nearly or quite hardy in this latitude 25 cents. 



