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JOHN SAUL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Each. 

 Gladiolus, Variabilis, white, with or without 



blotch, flamed lilac 50 



Virgin alis, long spike, very pure white, bor- 

 dered and blazed with carmine tender rose.... 30 

 Zenobia (Osira), rose, tinted with violet, flamed 



carmine, white blotch 15 



Zampa, beautiful tender rose, spotted carmine, 

 dark carmine leather 30 



Each. 

 Gladiolus, Urania, very pure white, largely 

 blazed with carminate bright rose, very flue 



and brilliant variety 25 



Vesta, pure white, with purple carmine blotch 



on yellow ground 10 



Venus, pure white flamed with cai'miue rose... 25 

 Virgil, bright glowing crimson, very handsome, 30 

 Vulcan, scarlet purple, shaded violet purple.... 15 



Priee, those quoted at 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen. 

 " " " 15 " 1.50 " 



" " " 20 " 2.00 " 



" " «' 30 " 3.00 " 



♦Mixtures, various shades of red, 50 cents per dozen ; $2.50 per 100. 

 " colors, 75 cents per dozen ; $4.00 per 100. 

 " white ground, extra fine, 75 cents per dozen ; $5.00 per 100. 

 " rosy " " 75 " " 5.00 " 



" lilac and violet, " $1.25 " 7.00 " 



" yellow, " 1.25 " 7.00 " 



At these prices not prepaid by mail. 



GLADIOLUS, SPECIES, &c. 



CLASS II. 



Gladiolus, Christophe Colomb, rich salmon, 

 with blotches of deep purple on a golden yellow 

 ground 50 



♦Charles Martel (new),pale rose, lightly tinged 

 with lilac, lower petals blotched with black, 

 margined with yellow 1 00 



Enfant de Nancy, deep blood color, lower pe- 

 tal dark crimson; an entirely new color in 

 dladiolus 50 



Incendie, large flowers, bright vermilion, rose 

 throat; twoof thelower petals purplish scarlet, 75 



Insignis, very brilliant scarlet flowers, a Cape 

 species 25 



John Thorpe, fine flowers, bright red, with 

 blotches of hVry red on a sulphur color ground, 

 all the lower petals streaked with yellow.. 75 



Lemoinei, upper petals of a creamy white tinted 

 with salmon, the lower spotted with deep pur- 

 plish crimson, bordered with bright yellow 

 and salmony red 25 



25 



1 09 



: Gladiolus, Murillo, dark wine color, lower 

 petals velvety red 1 00 



Marie Lemoine, upper divisions ef a pale 

 creamy color flushed with salmon-lilac, the 

 lower divisions spotted with purplish violet 

 and bordered deep yellow 



*Meissonier (new), very grand flowers, car- 

 mine rose, lower petals carmine and yellow,... 



Purpureum Auratum, a distinct (.'ape species, 

 flowers yellow, blotched with purple 



Rochambeau, very fine salmon, lower petals 

 deep ro-;e, blotched purple 



Saundersonii, another fine species from the 

 Cape of Good Hope, a brilliant scarlet, white 

 centre, the brightest of all Gladiolus 50 



The Bride (Colvillii Albo), the finest pure white 

 Gladiolus, nearly or quite hardy 10 



*Wm. E. Gumbleton (new), large expanded 

 flowers, purple-red, streaked with carmine, 

 purple blotch, edged with yellow, fine 1 00 



10 



75 



*LILIUMS. 



Among the hardy bulbous-rooted Plants, the Lilies are the most beautiful. Nearly all are 

 perfectly hardy. (Postage charged on Lilies ; in many cases where the variety is cheap and 

 bulb large, postage would be nearly as much as its value.) 



50 



2() 



15 



30 



^Lilium, Auratum, white ground, rayed with 



golden-yellow and spotted with red. ..25 cts. to 



Bulbiferum Auranticum, orange-red, with 



black dots 



Batemaniee, a warm apricot, soft and highly 



attractive, unspotted 



Callosum 



Candidum, large white Lily, grows about four 



feet high ; this is the well-known white Lily, 



Pleno Monstrosum, a double variety of the 



last 



Catoesbei, a rare native Lily 25 



Chalcedonicum (Scarlet Turk's Cap), grows 



three or four feet high, flowers brilliant scarlet 75 

 Columbiana, grows \y 2 to 2 feet high, flowers 

 small, petals turned strongly backward, orange- 

 yellow spotted with purple, an exceedingly 



heat and interesting dwarf Lily 25 



Coridion, bright yellow with black dots 25 



Concolor, a slender graceful species, color bright 



crimson 25 



Croceum, brilliant orange color 25 



Major, a large variety of the last 50 



Dalmaticum, purple flowered Turk's Cap, very 



distinct 1 



Fulgens (Atrosanguinea or Lavuricum), Um- 

 bcllatum, grows two or three feet high, flow- 

 ers erect, brilliant red, dotted with black 



Erectum, very erect, brilliant red, spotted 



black 



Immaculatum, orange, with large black 



spots 



Fulgidum, very brilliant red, spotted black... 

 Incomparable, brilliant red, spotted black... 



on 



Lilium, Fulgens Grandiflorum, a large flow- 

 ered variety, with black spots 20 



Fulgens Maculatum, brilliant red, large spot- 

 ted 20 



Giganteum, Giant Lily of the Himalayas, flow- 

 ers white 2 50 



Hansoni, bright yellow, spotted with crimson.. 1 50 

 Humboldti (Bloomerianurn), a fine California 

 species, color rich orange-yellow, with spots of 



deep blood-red, grows tive to six feet high 50 



Japonicum Brownii, very large flowers of the 

 purest white on the inside, purple on the 



outside 1 50 



Eximium, very large flowers of the purest 



white, a fine variety 25 



Harrisii, a variety of Eximium, a profuse 



bloomer. The small bulbs will bloom freely, 50 

 Longiflorum, stem two feet high, flowers 



pine white 20 



Takesima, vigorous grower and free bloomer 



of the purest white, like the last 30 



Kamschaticum, (Sarana), black Lily 1 00 



Krameri, an exceedingly elegant Lily, with 

 large trumpet-shaped blossoms of a beautiful 

 soft rose color; the lobes of the flowers grace- 

 fully recurved 1 00 



Leichtlinii, canary-yellow, with crimson spots, 1 50 

 Martagon Flora Alba (Turk's Cap Lily), a 



pure white Turk's Cap Lily, very beautiful 1 50 



Pardilinum, a fine California Lily, four to five 

 feet high, yellow centre, densely spotted with 

 crimson, reflex of petals deep orange, very fine, 25 

 Pyrenaicum, flowers yellow, spotted with 

 black 30 





