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JOHN SAUL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



MISCELLANEOUS BEDDING PLANTS. 



Each. 



Abutilons 10 



Acalyphas, in sorts 15 



Agatheea Coelestis, "blue Marguerite;" flowers 

 daisy shaped, delicate blue, -with yellow disc; 

 beds out well and flowers freely during winter, 25 



Allyssum Sweet, double flowered 10 



Antirrhinum (Snap Dragon), very useful for 

 bedding out, having long showy spikes of 

 flowers. They are of the easiest culture, grow- 

 ing and flowering freely in any soil. A very 

 choice collection named. $2 per dozen. 



Seedlings from finest strain, $1 per dozen 10 



Ageratum Blanch, very pure white 10 



Blue Tom Thumb, blue 10 



Cope's Gem, rich porcelain blue 10 



John Douglas, dwarf habit, flowers large, azure, 10 



Mexicanum, light blue 10 



White Cap, color white 10 



"White Tom Thumb, white 10 



Aloysia Citriodora, lemon Verbena 15 



Asclepias Curassavica 20 



Alternanthera 10 



Aurea Nana, this new variety is of as dwarf a 

 habit as A. Paronychoides Major, color a beau- 

 tiful golden yellow without a tinge of red 10 



Amoena, magenta colored 10 



Amabilis, magenta colored 10 



Brilliantissima 10 



Magnifica, very robust in growth 10 



Paronychiodes, bronzed, tipped with red 10 



Tricolor, rose color 10 



See JSovelries. 



Browallia Elata Coerulea Major 10 



Centaurea Gymnocarpa, leaves of a down white, 

 foiming an admirable contrast with Coleus 



and other foliaged plants. $1 per dozen 10 



Argenta Plumosa, this variety hns elegant sil- 

 very surfaced leaves, long and Fern-like. $1 



per dozen 10 



Babylonica, foliage silvery 10 



Candidissima, fine white foliage. $1 per dozen, 10 

 Clementei, of robust growth, rosette-like leaf 

 clusters trom the base, with white serrated 



leaves. $1 per dozen 10 



Cineraria Maritima, silvery foliage 10 



Maritima Candidissima, foliage and branches 



pure silvery white. $1 per dozen 10 



Caladium Esculentem, a magnificent plant 

 where large, broad tropical foliage is desirable, 



grows about four feet high 15 cts. to 25 



Celosia Huttonii, foliage rich claret crimson 10 



Cuphea Platycentra, pretty for bedding out 10 



Hyssopifolia, dwarf, compact, flowers bright 



lilac 10 



Echeveria Secunda Glauca, of a beautiful glau- 

 cous hue 15 



Metallica, large leaves of a rich metallic hue... 15 



Mexicanum 15 



Retusa 15 



Sanguinea 15 



Pretty dwarf plants similar to the House Leek. 



Euphorbia Sanguinea .. 15 



Atropurpurea 20 



Each. 

 Gnaphalium Tomentosum, silvery leaves, fine 



for bedding 10 



Gynura Aurantiaca, stems and leaves are of a 

 beautiful deep violet color, which gives an 



appearance of the richest velvet 10 



Iresine (or Achyranthus) Lindenii, leaves blood 



red 10 



Aurea Reticulata, crimson reticulated with 



gold 10 



Acuminata, crimson leaves 10 



Brilliantissima, stems and foliage exceedingly 



brilliant 10 



Collensii, narrow leaves, veined carmine and 



yellow, bright coral stems 10 



Verschaffeltii, crimson stems and leaves 10 



Wallisii, reddish purple with intense metallic 



green 10 



The above varieties of Iresine 75 cents per dozen 

 each. 



Lobelia Blue King, lovely blue 10 



Paxtonia, blue, with white eye 10 



Many beautiful varieties, each 10 



Fine for suspended baskets, vases, &e. 

 Lotus Jacobeus, a pretty plant with pea-shaped 



flowers, nearly black ; good bedder 10 



Plumbago, a superb bedding plant 



Nierembergia Frutescens, a beautiful dwarf 



beddiug plant 10 



Gracilis, a very neat flowering plant 10 



Pansy or Heartsease, from large show flowers. 



$1 per dozen 10 



From finest fancy varieties. $1 per dozen 10 



Hybrid Viola, this is the Viola with all the 

 well-defined markings of the Pansy. Slperdoz. 10 

 Penstemons, the beautiful plants have succeeded 

 admirably with us, bedded out during summer. 

 They are of dwarf, compact habit, with brilliant 

 colored flowers, varying Irom bluish purple to 



carmine scarlet, produced in long spikes 



Antoine Muzy, rosy vermilion, white throat.... 15 



Henry King, glowing scarlet, white throat 15 



Souvenir de Mathieu Pernet, magenta crim- 

 son 15 



Tresor des Massifs, scarlet, white throat 15 



White Beauty, pure ivory rose, tinted white... 15 

 A choice collection, $2.00 per dozen. 



Reullia Formosa 



Salvia 



Amabilis, violet, shaded porcelain blue and 



white 10 



Gordoniana 10 



Leucantha, blue 10 



Splendens, scarlet sage 10 



Alba (White Scarlet Sage), flowers white 10 



Heeri, flowers during winter 10 



Patens, the finest blue 15 



Vinca Rosea, pretty shrubby plant with rose- 

 colored flowers 10 



Alba, white flowers 10 



Occulata, white, with crimson eye 10 



There are no bedding plants that can equal these 

 in value and beauty. 



HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



Achillea ptarmica pleno, flowers double white... 25 

 Anemone Japonica Alba (Honorine Jobert), 

 makes a splendid bed for autumn flowering, 



large white flowers 15 



Japonica Rubra, the crimson variety. A fine 



autumnal flowerer 15 



Vitifolia, a very white flowering species 20 



Anthericum Liliago, pretty white flowers 25 



Liliastrum Major 30 



Aquilegia Chrysantha, its large golden yellow 

 long spurred flowers are produced in great 



abundance 15 



Chrysantha Coerulea, a variety of the last, 



wiili blue flowers 15 



Californica, a species of recent introduction. 



Very beautiful 15 



Wittfnaniana, this is a remarkably fine new 



species, with large purplish blue flowers 15 



Glandulosa, blue, a superb species 15 



Aquilegia Coerule, a very fine blue Columbine 



trom the Rocky Mountains 15 



Skinerii 15 



Alba Pleno, double white 15 



Olympica, large purplish blue. Very showy.... 15 



Caryophylloides, striped 15 



Vulgaris, common 15 



All beautiful hardy perennials. 

 Astilba Japonica (Spirea Japonica), a beautiful 

 flower either for forcing or open ground. 



Large panicles of white flowers 25 



Japonica Aurea Variegata, three-lobed green 

 leaflets, richly traced throughout with gold 



colored veins 25 



Aster Oblongifolius, a very beautiful blue Aster 

 from Texas, one of the latest autumn flower- 

 ing plants 20 



Horizontalis 20 



