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JOHN SAUL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Naegelia, Cerise d'or, cherry-red exterior, interior 



golden-yellow spotted with'cherry-red. 

 Cliftoni, large corolla, yellow and Vermilion spotted 



with crimson. 

 Daphne, tube and edge of the limb of a lively rose, 



centre pure white. 

 Evelynes, salmon-yellow, throat nankeen-yellow. 

 Fulgida Bicolor, upper part of flower vermilion, 

 lower part marbled white, extra tine. 



Concolor, a magnificent variety of a fine vermilion. 

 Gabriella, carmine bordered with white, throat 



pointed carmine on yellow ground, extra. 

 Leichtlini, pure yellow flower, shaded at the summit 



with deep red. 

 Eeonie, numberless lemon yellow flowers, a first-class 



Naegelia, Mastouche, carnation, bordered with nas- 

 turtium-red, inside white spotted with flesh. 



Helene, crimson, throat white pointed with crimson. 



Mad. Carriere, coral red, shaded with carmine, in- 

 terior vt- How. 



Mad. Van Houtte, bright rose, sprinkled with car- 

 mine. 



Morgenlicht, finely formed, golden yellow flower. 



Nikita, inside white spotted with vermilion, exterior 

 orange. 



Reine Marie Henriette, orange, with dottings of the 

 same color upon a cream colored ground. - 



Pierrot, pale yellow, spotted with caimine, throat 

 golden-yellow, tube carmine. 



Pollux (L. Van Houtte), flower of perfect form,' 

 dark rose tube, throat yellow, spotted with carmine. 



Price 30 cents each, 53.00 per doz. 



PLECTOPOMAS. 



Plectopoma, Bicolor, tube flesh colored, tinted on the 

 exterior with red, interior lemon-yellow. 



Candidum, snow white with broad lemon-vellow 

 blotch. 



Coralinum, verv large coral-red flowers with vellow 

 blot eh. 



Flamme de punch, large rose, flaked with punch 

 nanus and adorned with pure white hieroglyphs. 



Great Eastern, large light rose flowers, whitish-ma- 

 cule, pointed with carmine. 



Gibsonii, line dark blue flowers. 



Gloxinaeflora, large white flowers, throat golden- 

 yellow, blotched with scarlet, 



Hieroglyphicum roseum, rose color ornated with 

 hieroglyphs flowers 



Price 30 cts. eacl 



Plectopoma, George Loddiges, rose, ornated with 



white hieroglyphs, golden-yellow throat, covered 



with vermilion dots. 

 Labyrinthicum, rich vermilion with fantastic figures 



resembling geographical demarcations. 

 Rollisonii, fine pale blue flowers. 

 Ruban rose, snow white, powdered with rose and 



bordered with rose. 

 Sauvissima, size aud form unequaled, delicate rose 



spotted with crimson, 

 Triumphans, corolla lilac, interior white with fine 



amaranth spots and pretty lemon-yellow bands. 

 Viola, rose ornamented on theupperpart with a large 



white spot, sprinkled with carmine and flaked with 



citron. 

 , 83.00 per doz. 



GLOXINIAS.-Class i. 



The varieties of this genus are all verv handsome, producing abundance of magnificent 

 flowers of a most beautiful description. The tubers should be potted in ^February or March. 

 Place in a little heat to start them into growth ; water sparingly till the plants are well estab- 

 lished. When in bloom bring them into the conservatory or drawing-room. After the plants 

 have done blooming dry gradually off, by withholding water from their roots; afterwards 

 remove them to a warm, dry place. 



The following are superlatively beautiful: 



Those marked thus (e) have erect flowers. 



Gloxinia, Agnes M. Saul (Saul), light crimson scar- 

 let, large flower, very fine. 

 Artevelde, flowers enormous, velvety violet, edge of 



the throat blackish purple. 

 Boule de Neige (e), pure snowy white, fine form, 



an abundant bloomer. 

 Boule de Feu (e), a fine large flower of the most 



intense and brilliant red color. 

 Byron, white ground; the margin of the limb is 



amaranth festooned with purple. 

 Cardinal de Richelieu (e), creamy yellow, throat 



spotted with purple and ornated with a rich violet 



and crimson. 

 Cinderella (e), pure white with pink band, most 



beautiful. 

 Diademe, white, centre of lobes reticulated with 



carmine. 

 Duchess of Teck, large drooping flowers of a rich 



magenta, shaded with maroon ; the ground color is 



lighter at the edges of the lobes. 

 Ernst Banary, dark lavender, mottled with white. 



a beautiful flower. 

 Excelsior, horizontal, with lower side lobes of co- 

 rolla enlarged ; deep glowing crimson ; a very robust 



free flowering variety. 

 ■ Francis Saul (Saul), blue, with a deep purple throat, 



a large finely formed flower. 

 Gossee, rich lilac bordered with white, extra. 

 Henry Husson, white, with a lavender lip, a large 



showy flower, beautiful. 

 Henri Fleche (e), Magenta, brilliantly shaded with 



red at the mouth; edges of the lobes widely bor- 

 dered with snowy white. 

 Harry Veitch, violet, throat lavender. 

 Isoline, white flower, zonated and spotted with 



light carmine. 



Gloxinia, Lisere D'Argent (e), intensely bright crim- 

 son scarlet, distinctly margined with pure white; 

 light throat beautifully spotted and freckled with 

 carmine. 



Madame Hatti, fine scarlet flower, throat deep red 

 shaded with purple, slightly blotched with white, 

 margin rosy scarlet. 



Miss Hannah de Rothschild, large white, tinted 

 with purple; throat purple shaded mauve, lower 

 part creamy white. 



Mrs. Haines (e), splendid erect flower, throat pur- 

 plish violet, bordered with vermilion scarlet, with 

 deep margin of rose color. 



Mon Caprice (e), soft mauve, the divisions of the 

 lobes to the tubes white; very pretty. 



M'lle A. Martin, rich magenta, striped with solfe- 

 rino, lobes bordered with white. 



M'lle M. Moreau (e), rose spotied and shaded with 

 carmine, throat raved with lilac. 



Mrs. Wm. Bull, rosy red flaked and bordered with 

 white. 



Milton, indigo blue, shaded; lobes have a white 

 margin spot ed with violet. 



Ne Plus Ultra (e), flowers extra large, lobes of co- 

 rolla deep violet purple, edges lighter, throat well 

 colored, a superb variety. 



Notaire Moens, large superb flower, white, covered 

 with large carmine dots, borders of limb pure 

 white. 



Prince Arthur, a large deep purple flower, the two 

 upper lobes and margin light purple. 



Prince L-eepold, throat purplish violet, scarlet mar- 

 gin shaded with pink. 



Reine Marie-Henriette (e), a first-class variety; 

 large white flower, zonated with violet blue, begin- 

 ning of the throat striped with deep carmine. 



