OF NEW, RARE AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 
. John Saul.—(Colored plate in 1878). This heautiful flower, which originated in 
our establishment, we consider one of the very best in cultivation. The habit is 
compact and very {ree flowering, producing large trusses of charming flowers. The 
color is a rich glowing vermilion, with light centre and light margin to the petals,$0 4 
Triomphe de St. Maude. One of the best high colored varieties in cultivation. The 
habit close and short-jointed ; it is profuse of bloom, and the flowers are large and 
of maszive substance 
Le 20 Fevrier. In the style of Prince of Pelargoniums; color brilliant orange ver- 
milion blotched with maroon on upper petals, lower petals light color, nicely 
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*Mad. Gustave Henri. Beautiful rosy carmine, with white centre, blotched with 
purple, semi-double. Fine truss and habit—a beautiful flower.......0....sec0scececeeeece 
Madame Evard, A most distinct variety; the tlowers are very full, with beautiful 
crispy petals of an exceedingly bright purplish crimon color, richly ies with 
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*Madame Thibaut. White, richly blotched and marbled with rose; the upper petals 
‘marked with crimson marvon ; large white centre; immense trusses of very large 
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M. Ph. Zeller. A distinct and showy variety, producing very large and full flowers, of a 
rich fiery crimson color, bordered with rose and spotted with very dark blackish red, 0 
Queen Victoria. This is the handsomest variety ever offered. The flowers have 
peculiarly crispy petals ; they are not really double, but from their fullness of form 
and extra number of petals have the appearance of being so. The color is a rich 
vermilion, all the petals broadly margined with pure white, and the upper ones 
blotched with maroon...... 
Striata Elegans. This is one of the large flowered exhibition group of Pelargoniums. 
The flowers are a magenta rose, being flaked or barred with elegant blue mauve, 
the top petals have a black feather-like plume, unique in its combination of colors.. 0 
Theophrasta. A very beautiful Pelargonium, flowers double crimson, freely produced ; 
avery desirable variety 
PELARGONIUMS.—New Varieties with Fringed and 
Striped Petals. 
*Queen of Stripes. The flowers are of good outline and substance, petals overlapping, 
color elegant blush white, the petals being finely striped or barred with brilliant 
carmine-rose, each of the upper ones being marked with crimson lines surmounted 
with*anintcnee enminon blotch <0 eee aes eee Ae ae 
Gloria Patrie. Color purest white—nearly all white, with a few veins of crimson on 
Dees petals ; compact habit, free flowering. An exceedingly chaste and lovely 
ower 
Crispiflora. White, with rose blotches shaded lilac and blue, and beautifully fringed, 
a lovely variety in the style of Dr. André, early and profuse bloomer, fine habit... 0 
*Defiance. A very beautiful new Pelargonium For RER CORDED COE OOICOLOCAES SES anangaceaiosarnooe 
Lapis Lazuli. Another of those beautiful frilled French Pelargoniums; color blush 
white with scarlet belted blotched, elegantly frilled like Dr. André, equally beauti- 
ful with the others described, neat habit, early and profuse bloomer 
Mad. Vibert. Fine black marvon blotches, bordered fiery red, the flower entirely 
edged with rose, vigorous grower, fine habit and free bloomer; a grand flower 
*Marie Lemoine. A very beautiful variety, large truss and flower, color white, beau- 
tifully fringed ; in the way of Empereur des Pelargoniums, but of much finer form 
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*Miss Teresa M. Saul, (Saul). In habit similar to our two preceding, and of free 
growth and profuse bloomer; beautiful trusses. Color upper petals orange ver- 
milion, with dark blotch; lower petals lighter shade, centre white. The colors of 
this fine variety are exceedingly bright and distinct 
*Mrs. Potten. This is a charming variety; habit good and compact, trusses large, 
finely formed; color purest white, with very dark blotches. Received a first-class 
certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society of London 
Prince of Pelargoniums. This most beautiful variety resembles in its style the well- 
known Dr. André, by its elegantly fringed margin and equally large flowers, but 
exceeds it in effect in being a brilliant vermilion scarlet ground finely relieved by a 
blush white centre with violet veins, and flushed with rich crimson on the upper 
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