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JOHN SAUL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Each. 

 Clematis, Velutina Purpurea, very profuse 



bloomer, color blackish mulberry 50 



Vesta, the flowers are five inches across, and 

 consisting of eight or more spreading sepals of 

 a dead white color, with a creamy tinge over 

 the centre bar 50 



Each. 

 Clematis, Venus Vitrix.flowersdouble, of beauti- 

 ful foim, a delicate lavender, extra fine 1 00 



Victoria, a distinct and handsome variety, flow- 

 ers lar^e, composed of five or six petals, deep 



reddish mauve 75 



12 very fine, my selection, $4.0'J. 



CLASS II. 



The following varieties flower in spring and early summer, from the old or ripened wood of 

 the previous year's growth, have been raised from Patens. 



Clematis, Albert Victor, a thick velvety texture, 

 flowers large deep lavender, with brown ribs 

 down the centre petal 40 



Avalance, flowers large double white, extra 1 00 



Countess of Lovelace, sepals a bluish lilac, 

 within which is a rosette of small sepal-like 

 bodies of deep bluish lilac, forming a full double 

 flower 50 



Duchess of Edinburgh, without doubt thebest 

 of the double whites yet known, most deli- 

 ciously scented, very free blooming 50 



Excelsior, flowers large, finely shaped and occa- 

 sionally double, the outer petals resembling the 

 guard petals of a Hollyhock, color rich deep 

 mauve 50 



Fortunei, a very fine species from Japan, flow- 

 ers double, white and fragrant 40 



Florida Standishii, one or' the most beautiful 

 flowejs, of a kind of violet blue, with crimson 

 and carmine shining through it 40 



Fair Rosamond, the flower is fully six inches 

 across. White with a bluish cast, having a 

 light wine red bar up the centre of each 

 sepal 40 



John Gould Veitch, a magnificent "Double 

 Blue Clematis." It is a profuse bloomer, the 

 flowers being very double, of a large size, and 

 of a beautiful light blue 50 



Lady Londsborough, color a delicate silvery 

 lavender with a white stripe down the centre 

 of each petal 40 



Lucie Lemoine, fine double white, the flowers 

 are composed of seventy-five to ninety petals. 

 In the first period of its flowering the blooms 

 are. semi-circular in shape, resembling a gigan- 

 tic double white Zinnia 50 



50 



75 



40 



Clematis, Lord Derby, a large flow-er with eight 



sepals; color pale lavender, very showy 50 



Mrs. George Jackman, the flowers are large, 

 six inches across, flat, light sepaled, much 

 overlapping so as to form a close and well filled 

 flower, aud sometimes producing a second row 

 of petals; the color is a satiny white with a 

 c eamv bar 



Maiden's Blush, flower large, eight sepals; 

 color delicate rose with cream centre 



Miss Bateman, a magnificent plant; the blooms 

 are large, of good shape and pure wh ite, banded 

 with creamy white down the centre of each 

 ptal 



Miss Crawshay, very large sepals, pale rose 

 tinted with lilac 1 00 



Mrs. Melville (new), pale mauve, large beauti- 

 ful flower 1 00 



Proteus (new), double rosy purple, large, a 

 grand flower 1 00 



Sir Garnet Wolseley, nearly six inches across, 

 of a slaty-blue ground, having in the young 

 state a very effective dash of bronze, and in the 

 matured condition a showy and distinct bar of 

 plum red 



Stella, very showy. The flowers are of a light 

 violet or deep mauve, with a distinct bar in 

 the centre of each petal of a reddish plum color, 



The Queen, a free habit and remarkably hand- 

 some foliage, and flowers of a delicate lavender 

 color; very beautiful 



The President (new), large fine flower, with 

 eight sepals, color rich purple 1 00 



Uranus inew) rich violet purple, middle of 

 petals mauve, eight petals; !orm perfect 1 00 



Very fine varieties, my selection, $4.00 per doz. 



50 



40 



50 



GESNERIAS. 



These are bulbous-rooted plants which bloom magnificently during the winter months. 



*Gesneria, Donkelaari, a remarkably fine plant 



for winter blooming, color rich vermilion 1 00 



Diov'ali (new), large flower, orange scarlet, lip 



spotted, free grower and profuse bloomer 75 



Jasminiflora, flowers of the purest white, freely 



produced, beautiful 30 



Miellezi, a very distinct, bluish-violet, very 



pretty 75 



Regalis, large bouquet of lively vermilion 



flowers 75 



*Gesneria, Leopoldi, dwarf, compact, erect habit, 

 umbels of a rich vermilion; an exceedingly 

 beautiful plant 50 



*Pyramidalis Ruberrima (new), deep crimson, 

 beautifully spotted, very fine 



Refulgens," another superb winter flowering 

 plant ; color of flower between vermilion and 

 amaranth, a charming plant 



Verticillata, flowers spotted.very free and hand- 

 some 50 



75 



50 



MISCELLANEOUS GESNERIACEOUS PLANTS. 



Cyrtodeira Chontalensis, leaves light green, pur- 

 ple underneath, flowers lilac with a yellow 

 centre ; a charming plant 



Drymonia Turialvae, a beautiful bold leaf, very 

 thick, with a silvery metallic appearance, and. 

 as easily cultivated as a Begonia. Also a good 

 flowering plant 



Isolomo Hirsutte, a very beautiful South Ameri- 

 can plant, with flowers of a rich orange-vermil- 

 ion ; lobe of orange-scarlet— a grand novelty... 



Lietzia Brasiliensis, a very curious new plant; 



flowers blue, beautifully spotted ; very distinct, 50 

 Rosanowia Ornata, creamy-white, covered with 



rose lines on the tube lobes, interior striped 



with dirk purple; a fine variety 50 



Citrina Rosea, pretty flowers, half yellow and 



half rose 50 



Hansteini, white shaded and spotted with 



violet 30 



Scheeria Mexicana Ccerulescens, line blue 30 



ACHIMENES. 



Achimenes, Admiration, deep rose color, with light 

 throat. 



Amb. Verschaffelt, white netted superbly with light 

 pansy, orifice covered with golden rays. 



Ami Van Houtti, very line blue, centre yellow. 



Argus, rich plum, orange eye, spotted carmine. 



Auror?. 



Baumanni Ccerulea, violet-blue, centre white, spot- 

 ted purple. 



Achimenes, Celestial, extra, violet-blue. 

 Coccinea Pufpurea, purple and scarlet. 

 Copard. 



Dentonia, large blue. 

 Diamond, white, with purple reflex. 

 Diadem, magenta-carmine, yellow eye. 

 Docteur Buenzod, carmine-violet, throat yellow 



spotted with crimson. 

 Firefly, carmine, salmon-orange centre. 



