34 JOHN SAUL’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
*Princess Margaret. <A very fine variety. The leaves when first expanded are creamy 
white, slightly shaded with green of a tint quite unlike any other Dracena in culti- 
vation, with a few oblique stripes «f deep green, with a pale crimson midrib, 50 cts to 
*Dracena Frederici. It hus a compact, yet graceful habit of vigorous growth. Its 
leaves assume a rich rosy crimson color, and is a grand decorative plant. One of 
the most valuable, as it colors beautifully in a small state........... ween ee. 50 cts. to 
*Macarthuri, Of very compact growth and bright colored foliage. -They are very ele- 
gant both in form and coloring, the latter being especially brilliant and attractive, 
rendering this variety one of the most distinct in cultivation...... Se eee mere ORCES LO 
*Rosea-picta. A plant of robust habit and bold aspect. ‘he leaves are beautifully 
cvlored with a delicate rose tint which deepens by age to a bright carmine, finely 
contrasting with the ground color, which is a deep olive green...............50 ets, to 
*Terminalis Alba. This is D. terminalis, but with white variegation. The ground 
color bright green with bold pure white variegation, the upper leaves being white, 
in some cases large sectional patches are colored white, while leaf-stalks are also 
edged with white; colors very early........... seco Macteceane= oo apnsoees chose 50 cts. to 
=Bausei. Leaves recurv ed, dark bronze, the margin crimson, narrow in the lower 
leaves, becoming broader and more dev eloped on the upper ones , the youngest and 
uppermost being broadly and brilliantly edged with deep rose...............+. 50 cts. to 
*Wisemanii. A handsome stoveshrub, with the leaves of a bronzy hue, red at the mar- 
gins, and breaking out into white in the younger growth...... .....c...00. s<e00)CtS.; £0 
*Robinsoniana. ‘the gruund color is a light olive green, very much striped with 
bands of bronzy crimson an] oe white; the petioles are margined with 
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*Elegantissima. The leaves are of a | deep. bronze, with a metallic lustre, and very dis- 
tinctly margined with bright crimson, in the young leaves crimson of a lighter 
shade. entirely predominates. soser NE Neh BLT ais. 52 
*Speciosa. The leaves are broadly striped o or r marsined with a ‘yellowish creamy white, 
stained and edged with light rosy pink; the ground color isa rather light but 
pleasing olive green...... “oreocasbaqusceceuasonyesee Peoncd, co cbeacourcoasase Hossce esac UGS OD 
*Hybrida. The older leaves are of a deep green color, margined with bright rose; as 
the plant attains age, the latter formed leaves become entirely suffused with deep 
rose and creamy white, the foot-stalks being also of deep rose .....-.....20002. 60 cts: to 
Mooreana. The habit is compact and especially suitable for decorative purposes. The 
bare of the leaf-stalk and the mid rib are of a bright reddish crimson color, which; 
in the leaf itself, changes to a glossy bronze.. sk Slims eet OS CeCe 
Amabilis. This is a ‘magnificent variety. The ground color of the leaf is bright glossy 
green, becoming beautifully marked and suffused with pink and creamy white, the 
young leaves being occasionally of quite a rosy COlOP.......ceeseeee eee pane eae 50 cts. to 
Baptistii. The leaves are green, 1 to 14 foot long, four inches broad, margined and 
irregularly and obliquely striped with narrowish creamy white flakes, passing 
through pale pink to deep rose...... .........c0- .sose secoissesieds SORES Sore noes dO secinnn sO UTOES 6 ie 
Excelsa. Large leaves of an erect arching habit and of a deep bronzy hue, margined 
with deep magenta crimson. This bright color is continued throughout the edge 
of the leaf, breaks out into streaks and patches...... sods cpe sen sene res Senso ...50 cts. to 
Fraseri. Leaves margined with bright rosy lake. The principal part of the leaf is of 
u blackish purple with a glaucous bloom, a ey stripe of deep magenta runs 
down into the edge of the petioles..:--.-...cc.susessecueeceueeeee ee eeeen cence SEO URC L Sam 
Guilfoylei. A most superb species. The ground color is bright green; fully one-half 
the leaf, however, is striped with white ‘and bright rosy red, the latter color mostly 
forming the bordersim addition: <..+..ccs<c.oce-"---seneeee Case Soaven cen ee eee IG CtSeete 
Magnifica. This is a very handsome plant ; leaves nearly two feet in : length and eight 
“inches in breadth, when the plant is well grown. The foot-stalks are > reddish pur- 
ple, and the leav es are rich bronzy brown suffused with Dinko... eee eee ene 50 cts. to 
Metallica. The leaves are sixteen inches long. These, together with the sheathing 
leaf-stalks, are of a uniform rich coppery purplish hue when young, becomiaee a 
dark purplish bronze wh. n mature............ ... Seer ake Sse Aas rane: -oe0e. 00 CES. 
Nigro-RKubra. An exceedingly beautiful plant; leaves upwards of eighteen inition f in 
length, ground color rich brown, the centre crimson, shaded with rose.....50 cts. to 
Regina. This isa plant producing very large and broad leaves, the ground color ts bright 
green, but fully one-balf of the leaf is variegated with creamy white........50 ets. to 
Shepherdii. This takes on its distinctive coloring gradually on the older leaves, the 
young ones being green, and showing paler green stripes on those parts which 
take on at a later period the peculiar bronzy orange hue. It is very free grow- 
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Braziliensis. A robust growing species, with ‘large, ‘broad green foliage nese pateee ee es 
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