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JOHN SAUL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



VERBENAS. 



The following list embraces all the most popular bedding varieties. 



Aucuba, crimson, light eye. • 



Admiral Courbet, rich plum color. 



Aurora, delicate rose. 



Auricula, auricula eyed. 



America, crimson scarlet, with a white eye. 



Beauty of Oxford, dark pink. 



Boule de Niege, tine white. 



Bonnie, carmme-red, white eye. 



Canobie, carmine, white eye. 



Clio, pure white. 



Calcium, fiery scarlet. 



Day Break, bluish white. 



David Garrick, royal purple, magnificent. 



El Mahdi, dark purple, white eye, strong grower. 



Giant, scarlet, yellow eye. 



Hazel, ..shell pink. 



Imperatrice, striped red and white. 



Jewell, bright scarlet. 



John Thorpe, rosy scarlet, large truss. 



Lara, purple, white eye. 



Price 10 cents each ; 75 



Linda, cherry color, large white eye. 



May Queen, light salmon. 



Marco, dark pink, immense white eye. 



Mozart, scarlet and white. 



Mrs. Hayes, carmine-scarlet, white eye. 



Miss Harris, magenta. 



Mrs. Bancroft, white, striped crimson. 



Mrs. Langtry, indigo blue. 



Mattie, scarlet. 



Nemesis, sctrlet, yellow eye. 



Raphael, blackish-crimson, with pure white eye. 



Red Jacket, rich crimson. 



Scarlet Bedder, rich orange-scarlet. 



Silver Star, the finest white. 



Startling, pink, white eye. 



Starlight. 



Terrapin, orange, crimson-maroon centre. 



Tunis. 



■White Beauty, white, large. 



cents per dozen ; $5.00 per hundred. 



NEW VERBENAS.-" Mammoth Strain, 



Century, "brilliant scarlet, clear white centre." 

 Crystal, "pure white." 



Damson, "rich purple mauve, clear white centre." 

 Edith, 'salmon shaded carmine, centre white." 

 Emily, "royal purple, clear large white centre." 

 Fanny, " violet-rose, lar^e white eye " 

 Glow-worm, " brilliant scarlet, perfect form." 



Price 10 cents each 



Jean, " rosy pink, distinct white centre." 



Lapiz-Lazuli, " blue, perfect form." 



Miss Stout, "carmine-scarlet." 



Maltese, " lilac, shaded blue." 



Mrs. Massey, " salmon-pink, large white centre. 



Marion, 'mauve, perfect form, white centre." 



Nelly Park, "orange-scarlet, splendid." 



75 cents per dozen. 



PETUNIAS. 



The following beautiful varieties were principally raised in our establishment, and are 

 recommended as very superior. Those marked (d) are double. 



Attraction, white, purple striped. 



Alexandria (d), light lavender, fine. 



Butterfly, white, centre purple. 



Duchess, purple margined white, fringed. 



Distinction, white, purple stripe. 



Empress (</), bright purplish rose, covered with white 



spots very large. 

 Loveliness, white, margined lavender. 

 Maculata (d), purple and White. 

 Marion (d), suowy white, the edge petals bright red, 



fringed. 25 cts. 



Price 10 cents each ; $1.00 per dozen. 

 We raise many thousands of carefully hybridized double Petunias from seed annually, of which there is 

 invariably a large percentage of the finest double flowers. Also seedlings from the finest strains of fringed and 

 single. Price 10 cents each; 75 cents per dozen; $5.00 per 100. Ready in April. 



Magnificent (d), large white, purple blotch. 



Mrs. G. Dawson Coleman (d), large, deeply fringed, 



pure white. 25 cts. 

 Queen, white, striped with purple. 

 Queen of May, white, barred. 

 Snowdrift Improved (d), pure white. 

 Sunshine (d), pure snow-white, double. 25 cts. 

 Striata, white ground, striped. 

 Teresa (d), purple, fine. 

 Winifred (d), purple, fringed white. 



PERENNIAL PHLOXES. 



This tribe of plants will succeed in any good, rich soil, not over dry. To the amateur they 

 are invaluable. Perennials perfectly hardy, producing a profusion of bloom during summer 

 and fall. There is every shade of color, from pure white to rich purple and crimson. Our 

 collection of Phloxes received First Premium from the Maryland Horticultural Society for 

 several years past. 



Phlox, Admiral da Lenois, white, deep violet centre. 

 Alexandrine Bellet de Verenne, deep crimson, 



dark eve. 

 Alfred Tennyson. 



Alphonse Karr, deep crimson, fine spike. 

 Aurelie Euriez, white, deep violet eye. 

 Aurantiaca Superba, rich vermilion. 

 Aurora Borealis, deep clear rose. 

 Boule de Feu, rosy-crimson, a charming variety. 

 Commandant Rivieri, rose, changing to violet. 

 Congo, immense panicles, white, centre liiac. 

 Comte de Lambertaye, deep crimson, dark eye. 

 Chanzy, lilac rose, very fine. 

 Chas. Dickens, grand panicle, rosy-crimson. 

 Comtesse de Serricourt, white, violet eye. 

 Crystal Palace. 



Phlox, Deliverance, dark rose, carmine centre. 

 De Lesseps (new), enormous flowers, rosy-mauve. 

 Ernst Benary, rose, crimson eye. 

 Etoile du Neuilly, strip3d purple and white. 

 Eugenie la Brasseur, purplish-crimson. 

 Francis Henricq, rosy-crimson. 

 Jean Bart, crimson-scarlet, violet eye. 

 Judith, white, violet eye. 



Josephine Gerbeaux, carmine, bordered white. 

 La Candeur, pure white, grand panicle. 

 L'Avenir, dark crimson, deep eye. 

 Louis Chate. 



Lucie Genin (d), large pinicles of the purest white. 

 Lemoinii. 



Madame Rendatler, white and crimson flake. 

 M. Vulpian, violet-rose, crimson eye. 



