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JOHX SAUL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



NEW AND SCARCE CANNAS. 



Each. 

 Canna. President Faivre, foliage splendid, 



bronze-maroon, large crimson flowers 20 



Bannetti Excelsa, foliage large, shaded purple, 

 flowers orange-red 20 



Creole, very dark foliage, grows about six feet 

 high, a fine variety 20 



Glorie de Provence, foliage large, fine plant, 

 flowers canary-yellow 20 



Henri Vilmorin, large dark green leaves, bril- 

 liant orange blossoms 20 



Luke Blackburn, "a dark rich crimson-ma- 

 roon, growing only three feet high," one of 

 the darkest and dwarfest 50 



Ehemanni (see Novelties) „. 



My selection, 10 cents each 



20 



20 



Each. 

 Canna, Musaefolia Sanguinea, muselike leaves 

 ribbed, of a rich bronze or chocolate and crim- 

 son tint 



Marechal Vaillarrt, orange flowers, large leaves 

 of a dark bronze-crimson 



Ornement du Grand Rond, very tall with large 

 bronzy-green foliage, flowers scarlet 20 



Oriflamme, leaves green, with violet veins, sal- 

 mon-orange flowers 20 



Prince Imperial, large beautiful foliage 20 



Premices de Nieces, medium height, fine green 

 leaves, golden flowers 20 



V. Lemoine, fine broad green foliage, flowers 

 orange-scarlet _ 20 



SI.0O per dozen (save where priced). 



SUMMER VINES OR CLIMBERS. 



Antigonon Leptotus, a beautiful plant of climb- 

 ing habit, with numerous racemes of rose- 

 colored flowers, showing a still richer tint in 

 the centre. The profusion of its bloom is such 

 as to give the resemblance of Roses at a dis- 

 tance, hence one of the Mexican names is 

 'Rosa de Montana," or Mountain Rose, 25 c. to 

 Cobaea Scandens, a very rapid growing vine, 



flowers purple 20 



Clittoria Alba, a pretty white variety 30 



Ccerulea, a climbing plant of moderate growth, 

 which flowers freely during summer; flowers 

 in clusters of deep mazarine blue, pea-shaped 



flowers 



Ipomaea Noctiphyton (Callaniction Grandi- 

 flora) (Evening Glory), an exceedingly vig- 

 orous grower, which opens during night ; 



flowers very large, pure white 



Insignis, crimson flowers, fine for planting out 



(luring summer 25 



Michauxii, rosy-crimson 25 



Nortoni 



Schottii 20 



50 



25 



20 



Ipomaea Siniata, white, cerise centre, fine rapid 

 giower for outdoors during summer 



Lophospermum Scandens, rapid grower, flow- 

 eis rosy-crimson 



Maurandya Barclayana, a very elegant vine, 



flowers purple .". 15 



Alba, a fine white variety 15 



Rosea, flowers of bright rose 15 



Madeira Vine (Boussingaultea Basseloides), a 

 vine of rapid growth with fragrant white 

 flowers §1 per doz. 



Manettia Cordata, a climbing plant, which suc- 

 ceeds admirably bedded out during summer. 

 The flowe:s are orange-scarlet and given in 

 the greatest profusion 



Physianthus Albans, a fine climber, with white 

 flowers 



Pharbitis hispida Dickensonii, fine azure blue 

 Morning Glory 



Pilogyne Suavis, a rapid growing vine, flowers 

 small, very sweet 



Solanum Jasminoides, flowers rosy-purple, free 



growth 20 



2-5 



15 



10 



15 



GREENHOUSE VINES OR CLIMBERS. 



Allamanda Hendersonii or Wardleiana, a 

 distinct and beau til ul species which blooms 

 quii e small and continues flowering nearly the 

 whole year; the flowers are circular, of great 

 substance, color of a rich deep vellow, fine 



habit .". 30 



Nobilis, a distinct and beautiful new species, 

 flowers equally as large as the finest form of 

 A. Hendersonii, of a pure rich yellow, but 

 which are greatly superior in form to others 

 in cultivation, by their large firm lobes being 



more widely imbricated 30 



Cathartica, "fine rich yellow, free 30 



Nerifolia, flowers smaller but most profuse, 



yellow 30 



Bougainvillea Glabra, this is the freest grower 



and bloomer of the genus ; color a rosy-pink... 40 

 Bignonia Venusta, a beautiful free growing 



winter climber, flowers orange 40 



Chamberlaynii, fine yellow 50 



Speciosa, a very splendid species, flowers white, 



shaded lavender 50 



Cissus Amazonica, amazonian 25 



Discolor, foliage, beautifully shaded with sil- 

 ver, crimson and purple 25 



Porphyrophyllus, large and fine foliage 25 



Campsidium Filicifolium, a free growing slen- 

 der woody climber, from the Fiji Islands. 

 The leaves from their size and form, are 

 strongly suggestive of fronds of some small 



growing pinnate Asplenium 20 



Hardenbergia Comptoniana, pretty greenhouse 



climber, with rose and purple flowers 40 | 



Hexacentris Mysorensis, a beautiful climbing 



plant, flowers yellow and crimson 50 | 



Myrsiphyllum Asparagoides (Smilax), beauti- 

 ful climber for wreaths, &c 10 to 20 I 



Mandevillea Suavolens, greenhouse climber, 



with lovely white fragrant flowers 25 I 



Passiflora Alba, white passion flower 



Alata, petals reddish-crimson, blue filaments, 

 sweet scented 



Arc-en-ciel, "very large flowers; raised part 

 pure white, centre ciiron-colored, outer circle 

 dark, inner circle white shading to blue 



Buist's Hardy, blue, free bloomer 



Constance Elliott. See Novelties. 



Cardinalis, scarlet flowers, greenhouse climber, 



Coerulea, ccerulean blue, a beautiful old va- 

 riety nearly hardy, requires only slight pro- 

 tection 



Decaisneana, lilac-purple, large, fine variety... 



Incarnata, this variety is perfectly hardy in this 

 latitude. In very severe winters it is killed to 

 tlie ground, but on the return of spring, it puts 

 out with great vigor, growing luxuriously, 

 and flowering profusely during the summer 

 months; similar in color to Ccerulea 



Imperatrice Eugenie, rosy-lilac, filaments of 

 the corona violet and white leaves, three 

 lobed, dark green 



Lawsonii, very fine blue 



Loudonii, crimson, fine 



Pfordti, bluish-purple, free 



Princeps, flowers rich crimson, a very fine 

 greenhouse climber 



Schmittii, bright carmine 



Trifasciata, leaves dark green, tri-lobed, each 

 lobe having a broad central band of rose, a 



very distinct Bassiou flower, flowers white 



Rhyncospermum Jasminoides, a lovely winter 

 blooming climber, with white fragrant Jas- 

 mine-like flowers 



Floribunda, free flowering 



Variegated, variegated leaves 



Stigmaphyllum Ciliatum, a pretty vine with 



yellow flowers 



Tacsonia Van Volxemii, scarlet Passion flower, 



25 



2c 



20 



