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JOHff SALI/S DESCR1PTITE CATALOGUE 



NEW SALVIAS 



Each. 



Salvia, Amabilis, deep violet, shaded porcelain- 

 blue and white. Very free bloomer 10 



Bethelii (Involucrata), bright rosy-pink tipped 



with white, extra tine 10 



Cacalifolium, flowers rich blue 10 



M. Issanchon (new), flowers pure white, calyx 



white striped, very fine 10 



Mrs. Mitchell, crimson-purple, very distinct... 10 



Rutilans (new), magenta flowers, fine 10 



Each 

 Salvia, Nigrescens, flowers of a blackish-violet 

 and lavender colored calyx 



Splendens Bruantii, a dwarf growing variety, 

 producing fine large flowers of a velvety-red 

 color 



Hoveyi (Ianthina), habit and general char- 

 acter of S. Splendens, but with dark blue 

 flowers 



Mrs. Stevens, flowers a deep crimson 



10 



10 



NEW ABUTILONS. 



Abutilon, Incentlie (new), bright crimson pur- 

 ple, veined carmine 25 



A. Besson (new), bright red, compact habit, 



full bloomer 20 



Canari, rich canary 25 



Chinois (new), beautiful orange salmon, large 



profuse bloomer 20 



Comtesse de Grefnhe (new), a superb white 



flower 20 



Edouard Layeillon (new), deep rich golden 



yellow, flushed with rose 20 



Firefly, compact habit, flowers brilliant red 20 



King of Roses (new), flowers rich deep rose, of 



great substance 20 



Louise Deleaux, purest white, dwarf habit.... 25 

 Le Rhone, orange-crimson striped withmaroon. 25 



Abutilons, Lustrous (new), freely produces 



well-shaped bright red flowers 20 



Mdlle. Anaire, flowers large, purest white 



Modeste (.new), bright red, veined with crim- 

 son, tine 20 



Ne Plus Ultra, rosy crimson, veined light 20 



Purity, dowers of the purest white 20 



Royal Scarlet Flower, (new), very bright 20 



Scarlet Gem, produces its brilliant red flowers 



when only a few inches high 25 



Solfatarre, sulphur yellow 25 



Toison d'Or, color deep bright yellow, a very 



tine variety 15 



Thompsoni plena, double flowers, orange- 

 shaded and streaked with crimson 15 



NEW EULALIAS. 



Eulalia, Japonica Variegata, leaf long, varie- 

 gated. The flower stems are from 3 to 4 feet 

 high, very reed-like, and produce loose panicles 

 of flowers. The panicles are hairy and erect 

 untildried, when they become elegantly curled, 



closely resembling "Ich dien" feathers 



Japonica Zebrina, the variegation in this 

 lovely grass is across the leaf instead of 



longitudinally. It grows from four or five 

 feet in height, is a most strikingly graceful 

 plant. Its flower spikes are equally beautiful 



and valuable as E. Japonica 25 



*Eulalia, Gracillima Univittata, a new and 

 extremely beautiful Eulalia; long narrow 

 graceful foliage variegated with white 1 00 



PAMPAS GRASSES.— Gynerium Argenteum. 



^Pampas Grass, Album Variegata, white varie- 

 gated Pampas Grass. This beautiful grass has 

 allthegraceandeleganceof G. Argenteum,and 

 flowering quiteas freely; add to this its graceful 



foliage striped with silvery white 1 03 



Argenteum, the well-known Pampas Grass, 

 with long graceful foliage, which gives off in 



autumn its beautiful silvery plumes 25 



*Stenackeri fol Variegata 1 00 



*Wesserlingi Variegatum, a very beautiful 

 variagated grass 1 00 



: Pampas Grass, Elegans, a very vigorous and 



beautiful variety 50 



*Elegans Niveo-vittatis, another very elegant 

 Pampas Grass, handsomely variegated 1 00 



*Aurea Variegata, gold variegated Pampas 

 Grass. Another beautiful variety, similar in 

 its graceful habit to the last, but in this the 

 foliage is striped with a deep yellow ; a charm- 

 ing variety 50 cts. to 1 00 



*Monstrosum, very robust in growth 50 



*Roi des Roses, foliage striped with rose 1 00 



NEW POINSETTIAS. 



Poinsettia, Alba, flowers white 



Pulcherrima Plenissima (new Double Poinset- 

 tia}, this magnificent plant is remarkable for 

 its floral bracts, the size of the heads in which 

 they are produced, and their marvellous bril- 

 liancy of color. The whole inflorescence is full 

 and rosette-like, and of a most vivid and bril- 

 liant scarlet color 25 cts. to 



50 



Poinsettia, Pulcherrima Major, an improve- 

 ment on the old species, both in the size of 

 the individual bracts, and also in the far larger 

 heads, which are of a bright scarlet, tinted with 



violet cerise 25 cts. to 



Rosea-Carminata, in this fine variety the heads 

 of bracts are larger, smooth, and of a brilliant 

 rosy carmine 25 cts. to 



50 



50 



FlCUS.-India Rubber Tree. 



Ficus, Australis, foliage, a pretty ornamental 



plant 



Elastica, India Rubber Plant. Fine large shin- 

 ing foliage; a fine decorative plant 



Variegata, see Novelties. 

 Macrocarpa, a free growing shrub, with smooth 

 terete steins and coriaceous glossy ovate-oblong 

 entire leaves, five to six inches long and three 

 inches broad 30 cts. to 



Ficus, Lucida, leaves bright green, shining 30 



Parcelii, a splendid decorative plant with beau- 

 tifully variegated foliage. The leaves, which 

 are of large size, thin texture and coarsely ser- 

 rated on the margins, are of a bright green 

 color, profusely but irregularly blotched with 



creamy-white and dark green 40 



Rubiginosa 40 



YUCCAS. 



Yucca, Alcefolia Variegata, we received a special 

 premium for a fine specimen of this plant from 

 the Maryland Horticultural Society. Leaves 

 green, broadly striped and banded with yel- 

 low; a beautiful variegated plant 50 cts. to 1 00 



•Yucca, Quadricolor. the foliage of this is long, 

 recurved and beautifully variegated; a very 

 fine plant 1 00 



