18 JOHN SAUL’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
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Princess of Wales, (Glorious). This is one of the long leaved drooping forms of Cro- 
ton. The leaves are from 13 to 2 feet in length, sometimes plane and sometimes 
strongly undulated. The ground color is green, and the variegation creamy-yel- 
low, very variable in character. In some there is a creamy-yellow mid- rib, witha 
band on’exch side; in others, the mid-rib is bright green. aot OO 
Macarthuri. The color is constant, but the markings on the ‘different leaves | are as 
varied as the forms assumed by the leaves themselves, The habit is excellent, and 
the variegation, fully one-half of which is yellow, is very striking. The mid-ribs are 
yellow, and the bright green ground of the blades are spotted, blotched, flaked, 
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Variabilis. (Falcatus.) A robust variety. It has long leaves, marbled and blotched 
with different shades of yellow, orange and crimson. ‘The leaves both in color and 
shape, are very variable; some are straight, others recurved, faleate or often dis- 
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Fasciatus, (Hendersonii.) The ground color is a very deep green, the principal veins 
being marked by bright yellow Jines, interlacing near the edge, where, and espe- 
cially near the point, “the surface is chiefly yellow, with irregular small green spots. 
The mid-rib forms a brownish yellow, band-s-.-e.- eee ene eee eer 50 cents to 1 00 
Queen Victoria. The ground color of the leaf is rich golden yellow, beautifully mot- 
tled with green ; the mid-rib and the primary veins are of a rich magenta color, 
changing with age to a vivid crimson ; the margin ef the leaf is unevenly banded é 
with carmine, often extending as far as the mid- =Hib 1.1 eee 50 cents to 1 00 
Challenger, (Imperator. ). The variegation is very striking. The mid-ribs are at first 
creamy white, which gradually becomes suffused with red, finally deepening to 
bright crimson carmine. The ground color is light ereen, but much blotched 
and streaked with light yellow that takes a rosy tint as the mid-rib deepens in 
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Extra size plants of the above Crotons can be supplied at extra prices. 
BERTOLONIAS. 
*Superbissima. ‘‘ Jewel plant, bronzy crimson, foliage exquisitely spotted with white.”’ 
*Van Houteil.. Has the leaves of a rich olive velvet ground color, traversed broad wise 
by large bars of beautiful magenta red, and dotted all over with thousands of spots 
of the same color. This description will however, give only a slight idea of the 
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*Rodeckii. Ground color bronze, pee ie with white ee nerves fine ee, edged 
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Guttata. Leaves dark green, profusely “dotted with rose colored spots, a charming 
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*GOODYERAS., 
Dawsoniana. A very beautiful plant. The leaves are blackish green on the upper 
side, and very glossy, with lines of beautiful golden purple transversing from the 
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Discolor. A beautiful plant, grows about six inches high; foliage a beautiful dark 
velvety color, with white markings through its entire “length, flowers white ...... 0 50 
LAURESTINUS.—Viburnum Tinus. 
*Splendens. A variety of Laurestinus, with magnificent large flowers. A good grower 
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PHYLLANTHUS ROSEA-PICTUM. 
This variegation is exceedingly rich and varied, no two colored leaves showing precisely 
the same markings with like tints. Many ‘of the leaves are bright crimson, which 
is also the color of the stem during the early stage of growth; some are a light 
cream color, tinged with a delicate blush, others again have a dark bronzy hue, 
.  sbaded with crimson ; some are dark green with blotches and spots of rose, while 
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