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JOHN SAUL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Each. 

 Abutilon, Darwinii, orange scarlet, veined with 



pink, opening like a parasol 10 



Tessellata, an exceediDgly beautiful varie- 

 gated variety „ 20 



Roseum Superbum, rose color, veined with a 



delicate pink 10 



Variegatum 15 



Acalypha Tricolor, foliage irregularly blotched 

 and mottled with crimson, a very distinct 



plant, fine for bedding 20 



Macrophylla, a large leaved varietv, blotched 



and mottled, fine bedding plant 20 



Macafeeana, leaves frequently cut into many 

 forms, and very highly colored bright red, 



blotched with deep brohzv crimson 20 



Marginata, leaves beautifully margined 20 



Acacia Armata, early free flowering, deep yellow, 50 



Decurrens, free, vigorous grower 50 



Suaveolens 50 



Sorts 50 



Agave Victoria Regina, this is the most beauti- 

 ful of all the Agaves. Small plants 1 00 



Americana (American Aloe) 25 cts. to 50 



Variegata 50 



lineata 50 



Montana 



Anthericum Variegatum, the foliage is of a 

 bright grassy green, beautifully striped and 



margined with creamy white 25 



Ardesia, a pretty plant, which gives a profusion 



of scarlet berries during winter 25 cts. to 50 



Alba, white berried 25 cts. to 50 



jEschynanthus Lobbianus, a trailing plant, 



flowers crimson and black, grand basket plant, 50 

 Asclepias Curassavica, a very ornamental plant 

 for summer decoration, blooming from July to 

 November, growing about three feet in height; 

 the stem terminated with heads of yellowish 



scarlet flowers 20 



Aspidistris Lurida Variegata, a large foliage 

 plant, leaves finely striped with white and 

 green. A very valuable plant, and nearly or 



quite hardy 30 cts. to 50 



Biugmansia (Datura) Knightii, beautiful large 



double white flowers 25 



Browallia Elata Coerulea Major, a plant of 

 quick compact growth, with rich blue flowers, 

 fine for bedding or winter blooming in the 



greenhouse 10 



Bryophyllum Calycinum 25 



Cedronella Mexicana 25 



Camellia Sesanqua, single rosy crimson flowers, 50 



Alba, pure white, semi-double 50 



Camellias, of this beautiful class, we grow a fine 

 collection. Price 50 cents to $1 and upwards, 



according to size 



Choisya Ternata, this is a free growing and 

 beautiful plant, a profuse bloomer, pure white 



sweet scented flowers, like orange blossoms 50 



Cyperus (Nile Tufted Grass), Laxus, an exceed- 

 ingly crraceful and distinct species 20 



Alternifolius, a tufted grass with alternate 



leaves 20 



Variegatus, a variety of the last, with hand- 

 somely variegated leaves 25 



Cocolaba Platyclada, a singular flat stemmed 



plant, has no leaves like a cactus 25 



Campylobotrys Discolor, pretty variegated foli- 



ag' 25 



Crassula Lactea, a very beautiful winter flower- 

 ing plant of easy culture, flowers freely, color 

 pure white. For cultivating in windows few 



plants succeed as well as this 25 



Cordata, another fine species for winter bloom- 

 ing; color pure white, of free growth and pro- 

 fuse flower 25 



Falcata (Roch'a), crimson flowers, beautiful 50 



Curcuma Cordata, it grows \]/, to 2 feet high and 

 the showy part of plant is the peculiar lip-like 

 br?cts with which the erect flower spike is 



thickly furnished 50 



Curculigo Recurvata, a remarkably graceful 

 Palm-like plant, suitable for decorative pur- 

 poses 25 cts. to 50 



Dalechampia Roezliana Rosea, this fine plant 

 blooms very freely, and produces its flowers 

 neaily throughout the year, but especially so 

 during winter 40 



Each. 

 Daphne Odorata Alba, white flowers, verv fra- 

 grant 25 cts. to 50 



O. Rubra, nearly white, outside of flowei shaded, 



very fragrant ; the variety usually grown, 25 to 50 

 *Mazeli (new), this beautiful Japanese Daphne 

 differs from all the preceding varieties in the 

 flowers being borne on short lateral branchlets 

 all along the branches, instead of, as usual, in 

 dense clusters at the end of the branches. 

 Flowers during winter, tube rosy crimson, pe- 

 tals white shaded with pi nk, very fragrant foli- 

 age, variegated with yellow. Small plants 1 00 



Doryanthes Palmeri (Queen's Land Lily\ 

 the flower-scape rises from the centre eight 

 feet in length, forming densely clothed pyra- 

 midal compound racemes, much like those 

 seen in various Yucca species. Flow r ers numer- 

 ous, approaching in size and form to those of 

 the well-known Vallot a purpurea from three to 

 four inches in diameter, of a rich poeony crim- 

 son hue. with a white centre. Each blossom is 

 accompanied with leaf bracts of an equally 



rich color as the flower 1 00 



Eranthemum Andersonii or Elegans, of free 

 vigorous growth, producing long terminal 

 spikes of its pure white and rich lake flowers 



during winter 25 



Eldorado, foliage golden yellow 25 



Igneum, foliage finely variegated vellow and 



black 50 



Pulchellum, flowers deep blue during winter, 



very handsome 25 



Laxiflorum, it is a plant of muchbeauty, corolla 

 spreading and of a purplish-crimson, quite 

 unique; flowers during autumn and winter... 25 

 Tuberculatum, flowers during winter, pure 



white in profusion 25 



Erythrina Crista Galli, beautiful summer flow- 

 ering plant with daik crimson coral-like flow- 

 ers. The roots, which are fleshy, cau be put 

 away in a cellar, like Dahlias, during winter. 

 There is no plant more valuable than this for 

 bcddingoutinourclimate,and very beautiful, 25 

 Madame Belangier, a very beautiful coral 



plant, dwarf compact habit , very free flowering, 30 

 Compacta (new), a fine compact growing plant, 

 flowers freely, color rich crimson. A magnifi- 

 cent plant for bedding out 50 



Eupatorium Riparum, white, blooming January 



until march 10 



Elegans, fine winter bloomer, pure white 10 



Triste (Hebechinum Macrophyllum). flowers 

 pure white, blooming in January and Febru- 

 ary. A very useful plant for florists 15 



Euphorbia Sanguinea, a good old plant, the foli- 

 age is a purplish crimson, distinct from other 



dark colored foliage plants 15 



Atropurpurea, foliage blackish purple, fine for 



bedding from its very dark color 20 



Jacquiniaeflora, invaluable for winter bloom- 

 ing, of the richest scarlet 25 cts. to 50 



Splendens, blooms dining winter, flowers scar- 

 let 30 



*Francisea Eximia, a pretty winter flowering 



plant with purplish violet flowers 50 



*Confertiflora 50 



Hoopeana, flowers violet purple, beautiful 50 



*Lindeniana new), a very lovely species, flow- 

 ers in winter, violet-purple 75 



Fabiana Imbricata, a heath-like plant, with 



pretty white flowers 29 



Fittonia Argyroneura, a trailing plant with 

 light green foliage, beautifully 1 " striped with 



whit- 20 



Ficus Repens, an admirable plant for hanging 



bask, ts, etc 10 



Mimima, small leaves 10 



Goldfussia Anisophylla, a fine growing winter 



flowering plant, color blue 20 



Grevillea Robusta,a fine decorative plant. ..25 to 50 

 Gymnostachyum Pearcei, in every respect one 



of the most beautiful of foliage plants 20 



Giganteum, in this species we have a % plant of 



equal beauty with others of the genus 15 



Verschaffeltii, stems of a reddish tinge, red leaf 

 stalks, upper surface of the leaf richly painted 

 with reticulations which vary red into bril- 

 liant scarlet 15 







