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JOHN SAUL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



Each. 

 Clematis, Graveolens (s), a very distinct species, 

 of rapid growth, a most profuse bloomer, color 

 yellow— very distinct, quite hardy 25 



Jackmanii, a" lovely hardy climber, with large 

 flowers of a deep purple light viulet ; a profuse 

 bloomer 50 



Jackmanii Superba, similar to preceding with 

 larger flowers 1 00 



Jean d'Arc, flowers white, large and perfect, 

 with three pale blue stripes on each petal. 

 The plant is of a vigorous habit 40 



La Nymphe, flowers very large, pure white, 

 with rosy stamens, fine 50 



La Mauve, (new), light mauve shaded with 

 violet 1 00 



Lilicina Floribunda (new), pale lilac, deeply 

 veined; flowers the size of Jackmanii, but 

 having six petals, perfect shape, fine 1 00 



Lady Caroline Neville, color delicate blush 

 white, with a bioad purplish band in the cen- 

 tre of each petal 50 



Lanuginosa, a beautiful species, with lightazure 

 flowers, which form an admirable contrast to 



the oiheis 40 



Candida, flowers large, pure white, beautiful, 50 

 Nivea, a variety of the last, with large, white 

 flowers, a very fine and distinct sort 40 



Louis Van Houtte, double white, rose azure 

 stamens -a beautiful flower 40 



Lady Boville, very free flowering, bright blue, 50 



Lawsoniana, a large and very fine flower, of a 

 flue rosy purple, a free and continuous bloomer, 40 



Lord Gifford, large flowers, eight sepals, rich 

 purple, fine 75 



Lord Napier 



Lord Neville, a really first-class variety, flowers 

 very large and well formed ; rich dark plum, 

 edgings of sepals being finely crimped 75 



Mad'lle Eliza Schenk, a large and fine Clema- 

 tis of a rich blue 50 



Marie Boisselot, an immense flower, pure 

 white, the finest white Clematis 1 00 



Moritkata Oke, a beautiful new variety, satiny 

 French white, closely set and slightly cupped, 

 flowers very perfect in shape 75 



Mrs. Hope, satiny mauve, bar rather dark tint, 

 sepals broad and overlapping, forming a full 

 slightly reflexed flower 50 



Mrs. Moore, very large flowers, white, barred 

 in centre with mauve 50 



Mad. Granger, flowers large purple violet with 

 maroon midrib, redder than anv other Clema- 

 tis '. 50 



Mad. Van Houtte, a splendid variety; white 

 suffused with a bluish mauve colored tint 50 



Montana (.?), a Himalayan species, flowers 

 white 30 



Mrs. Baker, white, with dark carmine ribbon, 

 a large and beautiful flower, free bloomer 40 



Mrs. James Bateman, a very large lavender 

 blue 40 



Marie Lefebvre, flowers from six to seven 

 inches iu diameter, delicate violet white 

 with purplish lilac band in the centre of each 

 petal 40 



Mad. Thibaut, an immense flower; white, a 

 broad band of rose in the centre of the 

 petals 50 



Each. 

 *Clematis, Otto Froebel, this variety is re- 

 markable for vigor, and the flower is of im- 

 mense size and perfect in form, the sepals being 

 sufficiently broad to be well imbricated. The 



color French white 50 



Purpurea Elegans, flowers large, fine form; 

 color deep violet purple, well contrasted by its 

 light colored filaments and pinkish brown 



anthers 50 



President G. Huot, eight sepals, fine ivory 



white; rose anthers, extra 75 



Princess Beatrice (new), amaranth-purple, a 

 magnificent variety with broad overlapping 

 petals of great substance, from 6 to 8 inches in 

 diameter, and nicely frilled, color silvery lilac 



with pale stamens, quite distinct .". 1 00 



Princess of Wales, large flowers of a deep rich 

 violet purple, with red bars down the centre 



of petal ; a beautiful variety 40 



Rubella, flowers of a rich velvety claret, the 

 deepest color of any Clematis, generally has 



six petals to each flower 50 



Reine Blanche, a lovely white flower, delicately 



margined, with sepals, fringed 50 



Robert Hanbury, magnificeut large flowers; 8 



sepals, bluish lilac color, fine 75 



Samuel Moulson, mauve, with a reddish tint 



on the bars 40 



Star of India, flowers from four to five inches 

 in diameter; color rich violet purple, with a 

 rosy purple band in the centre of each petal... 40 

 Symeiana, delicate shade of pale mauve or 



lavender blue; a striking variety 50 



Thomas Tenant, white, with pale rose chang- 

 ing to ivory white, very handsome...... 50 



Tunbridgensis, flowers four to six inches in 

 diameter, dark blue, and ribboned on the cen- 

 tre of each petal with purple 50 



Thomas Moore, deep rich violet tinted puce, a 

 very large flower, occasionally nine inches in 



diameter 50 



Viticella, flowers purple, very fine 25 



Venosa, a reddish purple, reticulated with 



white 40 



Grandifiora (new), a magnificent variety, 

 free grower and free bloomer; color 

 mauve, marbled and veined with white ; 

 very large flower with six and seven 



petals 50 



Alba (new), free grower and profuse 



bloomer, color pure white 40 



Rubra Grandifiora, a vigorous free grow- 

 ing variety, flowers profusely, color a 



violet red 40 



Kermesina (new), a large fine flower; 



rich amaranth purple 75 



Velutina Purpurea, very profuse bloomer, color 



blackish mulberry 40 



Vesta, the flowers are five inches across, and 

 consisting of eight or more spreading sepals of 

 a dead white color, with a creamy tinge over 



the centre bar 50 



Venus Vitrix, flowers double, of beautiful form, 



a delicate lavender, extra fine 75 



Victoria, a distinct and handsome variety, flow- 

 ers large, composed of five or six petals, deep 



reddish mauve 50 



12 very fine, my selection, $4.00. 



CLASS II. 



The following varieties flower in spring and early summer, from the old or ripened wood of 

 the previous year's growth, have been raised from Patens. 



Clematis, Albert Victor, a thick velvety texture, 

 flowers large, deep lavender, with brown ribs 



down the centre petal 40 



Avalance, flowers large double white, extra 1 00 



Belle of Woking, large double mauve, beauti- 



ful 



Countess of Lovelace, sepals a bluish lilac, 

 within which is a rosette of small sepal-like 

 bodies of deep bluish lilac, forming a full dou- 

 ble flower 



Duchess of Edinburgh, without doubt the best 

 of the double whiles yet known, most deli- 

 ciously scented, very free blooming 



50 



50 



Clematis, Excelsior, flowers large, finely shaped 

 and occasionally double, the outer p'etals re- 

 sembling the guard petals of a Hollyhock, color 

 rich deep mauve 50 



Fortunei, a very fine species from Japan, flow- 

 ers double, white and fragrant 40 



Standishii, one of the most beautiful flowers, 

 of a kind of violet blue, with crimson and car- 

 mine shining through it 40 



Fair Rosamond, the flower is fully six inches 

 across. White with a bluish cast, having a 

 light wine red bar up the centre of each 

 sepal 40 



