JOHN SAUL'S CATALOGUE OF FLOWER SEEDS. 5 



per pkt. 



EXACUM affine. New biennial species from Sokotora, forming small, compact 

 bushes about 6 inches high and having dark green, ovate three nerved leaves 

 and terminal clusters of violet purple, beautiful Cyclamen-scented flowers. It 

 may be cultivated as a temperate stove plant or as a half-hardy annual, and 

 will, when sown in the autumn, produce its flowers very freely and incessantly 

 from February till November; when sown in spring it will flower during the 

 summer and will continue in full bloom through the winter, being in conse- 

 quence a desirable addition to the winter-flowering decorative plants. A 

 charming novelty $0 75 



GODETIA Cayanillesi. New species from Chili, 15 to 18 inches high ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, flowers nearly 1 inch in diameter, of a brilliant dark blood-red color, 



which does not exist amongst the whole collection 30 



Lady Satin Rose. " This charming hardy annual is admitted to be the most 

 unique introduction ; whether grown in groups in the garden or in pots in cold 

 frames for ultimate conservator} 7 decoration, it is unequalled for brilliancy and 



general beauty." 50 



Duchess of Albany. New White. The plants are one foot high, branching 

 from the bottom, and producing large clusters of (Enothera-like flowers of a 

 beautiful glossy, satiny-white, each about 4 inches across when fully expanded. 



Profusely covered with trusses of flowers which entirely hide the foliage 25 



Princess of Wales. A vivid and brilliant form. The flowers are of a charming 

 ruby crimson, the outer edges of the petals penciled and shaded with a soft 



mixture of pale rose and silver grey 10 



Lady Albemarle. It grows to the height of one foot, forming nice shrubby 

 little plants, profusely covered with flowers of a rich glossy crimson ; each 

 flower when fully expanded measures over 3 inches across 10 



IMPATIEXS Sultani. Very pretty new Balsam introduced from Tropical Africa, 

 of neat dwarf habit of growth. The flowers, which are produced most pro- 

 fusely and in perpetual succession, are of the richest carmine red, and appear 

 in axillary corymbs, the spur is narrow, about 1| inches long and flesh-colored. 

 Although it is a stove plant, it may be planted out with great advantage in the 

 open border during the summer months, and will by its profuse and continuous 

 bloom prove a first-class ornamental plant, which cannot be too highly recom- 

 mended. Figured in "The Garden," 1882 25 seeds 50 



STATICE Suworowi. By far the finest of annual Statices, and, indeed, one of the 

 showiest annuals we possess, similar in habit to St. Spicata, but greatly superior 

 to it. Its branching flower-spikes, of a very bright rose with a crimson shade, 

 appear successively from 10 to 15 on each plant, and attain each fully 15 to 18 

 inches in length, and from a half to one inch in breadth. The foliage, lying 

 flat on the ground, is comparatively small and almost completely hidden by the 

 flower-spikes. A whole bed of this lovely plant in full bloom affords a really 

 magnificent sight, being onty one mass of flowers 50 seeds 75 



LAYATERA arborea variegata. Variegated-leaved variety reproducing itself true 

 from seed. The leaves are greyish-green irregularly marbled with dark green 

 and pure white spots ; very effective ornamental plant » 75 



PAP AVER "Danebrog." New single flowering Poppy of striking effect. The 

 flowers are of a brilliant scarlet color, bearing on each of the four petals a large 

 silvery white spot forming thus a white cross on scarlet ground similar to the 

 Danish or Swiss national banner. Very desirable and showy novelty 50 



DAHLIAS, Single. Having imported and flowered the past season all the finest 

 single Dahlias in cultivation, seed have been eaved from the same with great 

 care. The colors consist of shades of mauve, pink, cerise, orange, crimson, 



white, yellow, purple and striped varieties 25 



Paragon Strain. Saved from my fine varieties of "Paragon." Many ex- 

 tremely chaste and most beautiful varieties 25 



Double. Our collection of this magnificent flower is unsurpassed in this country 



or Europe. Saved with care — mixed 10 



Pompone. Mixed. Saved with great care from our prize collections 10 



Dwarf Bedding". From our fine collection 10 



GAILLARDIA, Jfew Double— (Lorenziana.)— The «« Garden," speaks of it as fol- 

 lows : u A variety of a popular hardy plant, remarkable for the florets of the 

 head being tubular and colored orange and red. The flowers are some 2 inches 

 or 3 inches across, semi-globose and dense; therefore very showy. It is a valu- 

 able and beautiful addition to hardy border flowers." 20 



