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JOHN SAUL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



LAGERSTRAMEA.— Crape Myrtle. 



Each. 



Lagerstramea, Indica Alba, white Crape Myr- 

 tle, a very beautiful shrub 



Indica Rosea, rose or pink, the variety gener- 

 ally grown 



Purpurea, a bright purple, a vigorous grower 



and free bloomer 



Magenta, color abright magenta 



2.-> 



Each. 



Lagerstramea, Indica New Crimson, bright, 

 deep crimson, no variety hitberto introduced 

 approaching it in color"; a profuse bloomer. 



giving immense heads of its rich flowers 25 



The Crape Myrtle is well known in this latitude 

 and South as our most beautiful summer flowering 

 hardy shrub. North, it will need protection. 



NEW AND RARE HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS. 



Abelia Rupestris, a dwarf compact shrub, flow- 

 ers pure white in long racemes during summer 



and tall ; a beautiful shrub, quite hardv 20 



Althea Coelestis (Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus 

 Syriacus). a distinct, and beautiful variety 



with >ingle blue flowers 40 



Andromeda Arborea or (Oxydendrum), Sorrel 

 Tree, a rare American small tree, known in 

 Europe as Lily-of-t he- Valley Tree, from the 

 resemblance of its blossoms to that lovely 



flower 50 



*Azalea Ghent, in varieties, finest from seed, 50 to 1 00 

 Mollis (Japanese), in variety, very beautiful 



and hardy 50 cts. to 1 00 



Acer Polymorphum, dwarf Japanese Maple. .25 to 50 

 *Atropurpureum, foliage deep purple shaded 



with claret; a beautiful variety SI to 1 50 



*Dlssectum, foliage similar to the above, but 



deeply cut $1 to 1 50 



Rosea Pictis, foliage deeply and finely cut..$l to 1 50 



*Palmatifidum Atropurpurea $1 to 1 50 



*Reticulatum, <ieeply lobed leaves, reticulated 



with white and yellow $1 to 1 50 



Rosea Marginatus, leaves tipped and edged 



with rose $1 to 1 50 



*RufaNerva $ 1 to 1 5J 



*Sanguineum, blood leaved, deeply lohed 

 leaves ; a rich colored and very beautiful 



Maple 1 50 



*Japonicum, of slow compact growth, with 

 larg<: leaves; a very distinct aud handsome 



species ".... Si to I 50 



*Castoenifolia, a very distinct and handsome 



Maple 1 50 



Aralia Seiboldi, a very handsome evergreen With 

 large, shining, green leaves, nearly or quite 



hardy ; a fine decorative plant 25 cts. to 50 



Berberis Thunbergii, a dwarf bushy shrub, cov- 

 ered during winter with bright coral berries; 



a beautiful shrub 50 



Integerima, another handsome dwarf Berberis, 50 



Chestnut Japanese, large fruited 50 



Callicarpa Purpurea, it blooms in August; these 

 are succeeded by a crop of small berries, which 

 are of a bright" lilac-purple, and which con- 

 tinues up to winter. 25 



Cedrela Sinensis, a very beautiful hardy tree of 

 rapid growth, from north of China, with large 

 foliage similar to Ailanthus, and yellowish 

 bark. This is a very handsome naw*tree, very 

 desirable for gardens, lawns, cemeteries, &c, 

 its fine large, shining foliage being most dis- 

 tinct, and the tree, withal, hardy 30 to 50 



Chimonanthus Calycan thus) Fragrans, blooms 

 during winter, exceedingly fragrant ; hardy in 



this latitude and South.... 50 



Clerodendron Viscossissima (Bungeana), this 

 is a handsome hardy shrub from Northern 

 China; the flowers emit a delicious perfume; 

 flowers lilac-rose, in dense terminal corymbs, 



a very desirable new shrub ..." 30 



Climbing Hydrangea (Schizophragma, Hy- 

 drangeoides), this is described as cinging to 

 trees to the height of 50 feet, producing co- 

 rymbs of white flowers of the size of ordinary 



Hydrangeas. It clings exactly like ivy 25 



Coculus Carolinianus, a rapid growing climber, 

 perfectly h inly. It produces racemes of vivid 

 scarlet berries, which hang on the vines all 



winter 25 



Crataegus Lalaendi, a variety of Pyracantha, 

 much Biinerior to the type, has deeper col- 

 ored berries and a more compact and better 

 habit 25 



Daphne Genkwa (Japan Daphne), an exceed- 

 ingly beautiful small sbrub, with long downy 

 twigs, which in spring before the leaves ap- 

 pear, bear violet colored fragrant flowers 

 ab nit an inch long ; one of the most beautiful 

 of early flowering shrubs ... 50 



Desmodium Japonicum, a pretty dwarf Japan- 

 ese shrub, which is quite hardy. Its drooping 

 branches are entirely hidden by millions of 

 its white flowers, which are freely produced 



from August to beginning of winter 25 



Penduliflorum, similar to the last, with purple 

 flowers 25 



Dimorphanthus Mandchuricus, this has been 

 introduced from Mandchuria, and therefore is 

 perfectly hardy. Its handsome multifid leaves 

 are about a yard in length and as much in 

 breadth, similar to Aralia Japonica....30 cts. to 50 



Enkianthus Japonicus, a pretty new Japanese 



shrub.. 75 



Eurya latifolia Variegata, a beautiful variegated 



shrub, nearly hardy 1 00 



Sieboldtii 1 00 



Gelsemium Sempervirens Pleno, double flow- 

 ered Carolina Jasamine; an exceedingly beau- 

 tiful climber ; rich yellow flowers 50 



Gordonia pubuscens, flowers from July to the 

 end <>f September, beautiful white magnolia- 

 like flowers 50 



Hypericum Patulum, flowers in bunches, pale 

 yellow and of great substance, resembling 

 much in appearance the beautiful Gardenia 



Javinica 25 



Japonicum, a pretty dwarf plant, flowers golden 



vellow.. 50 



Triflorum, very large golden-yellow flowers, 

 one of the very finest Hypericums 1 00 



Idesia Polycarpa, a very beautiful new Japanese 

 tree. The flowers are of a yellowish-green. 

 They are deliciously fragrant, their odor 

 resembling that of a'Vanda These are fol- 

 lowed by numerous orange berries, about as 

 large as a small cherry. Tree quite hardy 50 



Japanese Persimmon (Dyospyros Kaki), fine 



varieties 50 



Ligustrum Japonicum Tricolor, a very fine 

 variegated shrub, centre of leaf green, broadly 

 margined with silver 25 



Lonicera Quihoui, a new Japanese species with 



small foliage very distinct and pretty shrub... 25 

 Planteriensis (new), climbing species 25 



Magnolia grandiflora 50 cts. to 2 50 



Many other beautiful Magnolias. 



Muhlenbeckia Complexa, an exceedingly pretty 

 trailing plant, with small round leaves thickly 

 set upon the branches, having very much the 

 appearance of a Maiden Hair Fern 25 



Neviusia Alabamensis ("Snow 'Wreath"), a 

 new native shrub of great beauty. It occurred 

 in thickets under a long escarpment of rock, 

 and, when in full bloom, looked like a snow 

 wreath. In its native place it had a southern 

 exposure at the base of a high cliff, and at an 

 elevation above the tops of the trees below : at 

 that place I have seen virgate wreaths of it 3 

 feet long covered with bloom 30 



Othera Japonica, a beautiful Holly like ever- 

 green from Japan, hardy south 75 



Osterostyros Obassa, a new Japanese shrub 50 



Philodendron Amurensis, a pretty medium- 

 sized tree from the Amour, pinnated foliage, 

 produces the Siberian Cork. " In autumn the 

 coloration of the leaves, which is bright red, is 

 very fine. It retains its foliage very late 50 



