John Saul's 



latively brilliant, as if a delicate tint of orange floated over the intense scarlet, 



)ld species. If 

 existence, this 



imparting a more dazzling appearance than is possessed by the old species. If 

 the designation, 'A Cone of Fire,' is applicable to any plant in 



is the one. 



*NEW WHITE HYDRANGEA, "THOMAS HOGG." 



This, the finest of all Hydrangeas, was sent to the United States by Mr- 

 Thomas Hogg, from Japan. It has been exhibited in flower at the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society's weekly meeting in Boston, where it took the 

 Society's silver medal for new plants; and also, at the New York Horticul- 

 tural Society's monthly meeting in May. In the report of that meeting, the 

 "American Agriculturist" says: "We think it safe to say, that no orna- 

 mental plant ever introduced exceeds this in value." 



It belongs to the Hortensia section of the family, but is a far more free and 

 abundant bloomer than any other ; for the Florist, and for all decorative pur- 

 poses it will be invaluable ; the flowers are of the purest white, of very firm 

 texture, and continues in flower for a great length of time. It will no doubt 

 prove quite as hardy as the old Hortensia. Price, $2.50 each, (Ready in 

 April.) 



*BEAUTY OF OXTON.— New Regal Pelargonium. 



A splendid novelty, the flowers of similar form to those of Pelargonium 

 Queen Victoria, but of quite a distinct color. The upper petals are of a very 

 rich maroon color, darkly blotched ; under petals very dark crimson, shaded 

 with maroon ; light centre tinted with rose; all the petals are attractively and 

 regularly margined with white, and beautifully fringed. The flowers are large 

 and very full, the extra number of petals giving them the appearance of being 

 semi-double. Price, $2 each. (Ready in April.) 



-PELARGONIUM QUEEN VICTOKIA.— Colored Plate in 1875. 



To say that this is handsome conveys but an inadequate idea of it, for it is 

 the most marvellously beautiful and novel variety ever offered. 



The flowers have peculiarly crispy petals ; they are not really double, but 

 from their fulness of form and extra number of petals have the appearance of 

 being so. The color is a rich vermilion, all the petals broadly margined with 

 pure white, and the upper ones blotched with maroon. The contrast of the 

 broad white margin with the vermilion ground color makes the flower extremely 

 pleasing and attractive. Price, 75 cents each. 



^PELARGONIUM CAPTAIN RAKES. 



This Pelargonium belongs to the French type of flower, and, on account of 

 the blooms being semi double, the petals do not readily full when cut for bou- 

 quet-making This fact alone will render it simply invaluable, wherever cut 

 blooms are required, at all seasons of the year. It is of a vigorous, free branch- 

 ing habit, producing large and ample dark green leaves. The trusses of bloom 

 are borne well up above the foliage, and are both numerous and large, whilst 

 the individual flowers are large and full, upper petals deep fiery crimson, flaked 

 with purplish black and bordered with carmine ; lower petals clear, bright, 

 fiery crimson. Price 75 cents each. 



^PELARGONIUM TRIOMPHE DE ST. MAUDE. 



Fully sustains its character as one on the best high-colored varieties in cul- 

 tivation. The habit is just what one looks for in a Pelargonium — close and 

 short-jointed; it is profuse of bloom and the flowers are large and of massive 

 substance. These can be grown much more easily, as a general rule, than the 

 more delicate higher-bred varieties. Triomphe de St. Maude is a fine con- 

 servatory plant while it is a telling exhibition variety. $1 each. (Ready in 

 April.) 



