42 JOHN SAUL’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
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Excelsior. Flowers large, finely shaped and occasionally double, the outer petals 
resembling the guard petals of a Hollyhock, color rich deep mauve..........c. 00. -#0e* 
Fortunei. A very fine species froméJapan, flowers double, white and fragrant......... 
Florida Standishii. One of the most beautiful flowers, of a kind of violet blue, with 
crimson and carmine. shining throuchiite. cc. .sct-se.-scere-- os eee eset eee eee eee 
John Gould Veitch. A magnificent ‘‘ Double Blue Clematis ”’ It isa profuse bloomer, 
the flowers being very double, of a large size, and of a beautiful light. blue ........ 
Lady Londsborough. Color a delicate silvery lavender with a white stripe down the 
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Lucie Lemoine. - Fine double white, the flowers are compcsed of seventy-five to ninety 
petals. In the first period of its flowering the blooms are semi-circular in shape, 
resembling a gigantic double white Zammi arses sssa=seeceneacie poesia se teeeett eae eee 
Miss Bateman. A magnificent plant; the blooms are large, of good shaped and pure 
white, banded with creamy white down the centre of each PGE tee ceese eee eee eeeee 
Stella. Very showy. The flowers are of a light violet or deep mauve, with ¢ a distinct 
bar in the centre of each sepal of a reddish plumilcolorsisccsn ee ceaeke gee e- eee eee 0 
The Queen. A free habit and remarkably handsome foliage, and flowers of a delicate 
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NEW CLEMATIS.—(Class 2.) 
*Countess of Lovelace. Sepals a bluish lilac, within which is a rosette of smaller sepal- 
like bodies of deep bluish lilac, forming a full double flower ........ ...cccec0. ccoeeeceeeee 
Duchess of Edinburgh. Without doubt the best of the double whites yet known, most 
deliciously scented, very free blooming; tccs-ssen pe secere cess onsen ae seen aeese eee eee 
Lord Derby. A large flower with eight sepals ; color pale lavender, very showy....... 
Sir Garnet Wolseley. Nearly six inches across, of a slaty-blue ground, having in the 
young state a very effective dash of bronze, and in the matured condition a showy 
and distinet bar of plum red: 1))cc) eo: eedesce eseee cee eee ee ey eee 
Mrs. George Jackman. The flowers are large, six inches across, flat, light sepaled, 
much overlapping so as to form a close and well filled flower, and sometimes pro- 
ducing a second row of petals; the color is a satiny white with a creamy bar........ 
*Maiden’s Blush. Flower large, eight sepals; color delicate rose with cream centre... 
GESNERIAS. 
These are bulbous-rooted plants which bloom magnificently during the winter months. 
*Leopoldi. Dwarf, compact, erect habit, umbels of a rich vermilion; an exceedingly 
beautiful plant (ioc) -o<csoces tesoceectineosoeee cee ce i tacos cee eeeeee eines seats ae sense eee nee 
*Regalis. Large, splendid and elegantly arranged foliage, flower trusses sparkling 
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Exonieusis. An intense orange scarlet; the leaf is of a dark velvety texture, studded 
with minute red hairs like plush’... .....ccoecesnsscseiserececetencen seeetern eneeetasenc sce eaaerenies 
Refulzens. Another superb winter flowering plant; color of flower between vermilion 
and amaranth a Chanmins, planite...-1s.«-csdes.\-vecsetee ee ecetses ieceeestereee aen eer eee 
Splendens. Crimson, with yellow tube. spotted, very beautiful heibaead weaties Ronee keeeeeeenes 
Jasminiflora. Flowers of the purest white, freely produced, beautiful. .......... .sseeeeee see 
*Purpurea Maculata, (new.) Purple, spotted with dark red. ...........ssscceescosee -ceee ones 
*Pyramidalis Ruberrima, (new.) Deep crimson, beautifully spotted, very fine............ 
Verticillata. Flowers spotted, very free and handsome....... .......0.2-ssccsseces sescccees senses 
MISCELLANEOUS GESNERIACEOUS PLANTS. 
Each. 
Cyrtodeira Chontalensis. Leaves light Drymonia Turialvew. <A beautiful bold 
green, purple underneath, flowers lilac leaf, very thick, with a silvery metal- 
with a yellow Sta ae a charming lic appearance, and as easily cultivated 
plaritsv...s<n bat ven Resear rices saneae NOOO as a Begonia. Also a good flowering 
Lietzia Brasiliensis. th very curious PLAN traccp nsec vegwen c<naeeves sent ee eter ee neneEe 
new plant; flowers blue, beautifully Rosanowia Citrina Rosea. Pretty flow- 
BpOtted ; Very CiStinct....0ereseesseceseses 0 75 ers, half yellow and half rose........... 
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