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JOHN SAUL’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
GARDENIAS.—Cape Jasamine. 
The Cape Jasamine is well known for its delicious fragrance, as well as the beauty of the 
flowers, which are large, white and double. . 
Each. 
Gardenia, Citriodora, single white, very frag- 
rant 
*Globosa, a native of Natal, a free flowering 
shrub ,having lanceolate glabrous leaves. The 
large ‘white funnel-shaped fragrant flowers 
are terminal, the tube broad, an inch long, 
hairy at the ‘mouth, and with the spreading 
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Gardenia Radicans, profuse bloomer, double 
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Camellifiora, large double white........ 25 cts. to 
Florida, large double white......... waedecs 25 ets. to 
Major, very large double....... Seheseces 25 cts. to 
Majestica, very large double white..25 cts. to 
Fortunii, fortune’s large double white..25 cts. to 
SWEET SCENTED VIOLETS. 
Violet, Belle de Chatenay, new double white 
violet. The flowers are pure white, most deli- 
Calely (perfumed s...cc-s1-cas-cacces-tondecectecesaceetents 
Comte de Brazzas Blue, flowers in the way of 
Marie Louise, deep color, ViGIN f HONS cer aeroceecoocede 
Comte de Brazzas White, very large, deli- 
ciously fragrant, free, similar habit to Nea- 
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Czar (single), very large, purple, hardy and fra- 
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White (single), a pure white variety of the 
last; very-desirables 0 20.stccccesccs ie sccescaeeenceee 
De Parma, pale lilac-blue, extra large............ 
Duchess of Edinburgh, delicate lavender- 
mauve, tinted with azure, white centre, very 
large and SWCCU oii sncereectacwedecesedeseceonasanse reas 
Devoniensis, single purple, very fragrant Peeceed 
Double Blue Neapolitan, light blue.............. 
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Violet, Marie Louise, very fine double flowers, 
purple, with white centre; forces well 
Marie de Savoy, the largest of Violets, deep 
blue with a white centre; very fragrant eeercchc 
Mad. Millet, of a distinct rose color, shaded 
with lilac, very JATIN cecocecceeccececeececaccoZeccec 
New York, mauve-purple, large and fine........ - 
Princess Louise, double white, fine. -............ 
Swanley White, "a magnificent variety, flowers 
large, double, pure white, deliciously scented.. 
Schcenbrun, ever blooming, single dark blue, 
very hardy Scseutrsedsacnsecsteacets wrilencut ects Sovcdeerers 
Venice, very light: purples cccccscscceee-ccececnsceaaeeee 
Victoria Regina (Lees), this is a most beautiful 
single violet, pale blue... 2. eee 
Price 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen (save where 
priced). Large plants in autumn, 25 cents each, 
$2.00 per dozen. 
NEW AND RARE HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS. 
Abelia Rupestris, adwarf compact shrub, flow- 
ers pure white in long racemes during summer 
and fall; a beautiful shrub, quite hardy....... 
Acer Polymorphum, dwarf Japanese. Maple, 25 to 
*Atropurpureum, foliage deep purple shaded 
with claret, a beautiful variety... ..l to 
*Castcenifolia, a very distinct and handsome 
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*Dissectum, foliage similar to the above, but 
deeply: Cuts: sects es eiee ctecetcceestancacorene $1 to 
*Japonicum, of slow ‘compact growth, with 
large leaves; a very distinct and handsome 
SPOCIOSS- ce ccecscescee see reece tes taccncearoc acne steeeeee $1 to 
*Palmatifidum Atropurpurea................ $1 to 
*Reticulatum, deeply lobed leaves, reticulated 
with white and ViGlWOWivessacctsscancascs-oecerss $1 to 
*Rosea Maginatus, leaves tipped and edged 
With LOSE eee ee ddeast se ceosecen eee azece sae $l to 
*Rosea Pictus, foliage ee and ae cut..$1 to 
*Rufa Nerva.. -. SL to 
*Sanguineum, “blood “leaved, | “deeply | lobed 
leaves; a rich colored and very beautiful 
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Actanidia polygame, ‘a very fine hardy ‘climber 
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Althea Ccelestis (Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus 
Syriacus), a distinct and beautiful variety 
with single blue flowerst: ict i0.c.ecsse ss seceteees : 
Totus albus, pure white, single... 
pleno, double pure white. Seeseesnesecste 
Andromeda Arborea or (Oxydendrum) ‘Sorrel 
Tree, a rare American small tree, known to 
Europe as Lily-of the-Valley Tree, from the 
resemblance of its blossoms to that lovely 
HOWE areesctecces vase anstrccest atte evacaumeies 30 cts. to 
*Azalea Ghent, in varieties, finest from seed.50 to 
*Mollis (Japanese), in variety, very beautiful 
and hardy with flower buds............50 cts. to 
Berberis Thunbergii, a dwarf bushy shrub, cov- 
ed during winter with bright coral berries; 
mibeantital Shrub ti.t:ccovcssacus: sesevscoseenexamouees 
Integerima, another handsome dwarf Berberis, 
Chestnut, Japanese, large fruited..................00 
Chimonanthus(Calycanthus)Fragrans, blooms 
during winter, exceedingly fragrant; hardy 
in this latitude and SOUED.......:s-secceseacseseeesers 
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Cedrela Sinensis, a very beautiful hardy tree of 
rapid growth, from north of China, with large 
foliage similar to Ailanthus, and yellowish 
park. This is a very handsome new tree, 
very desirable for yardens, lawns, ceme- 
Levies: Clb. we.ceccces Sedacsives ..30 cts. to 
Clerodendron Viscossissima (Bungeana), this 
is a handsome, hardy shrub from Northern 
* China; the flowers emit a delicious perfume; 
flowers, lilac-rose, in dense terminal corymbs, 
a very desirable new SHTUD.........:.ccessseseeceses 
Climbing Hydrangea (Schizophragma) Hy- 
drangeoides, this is described as clinging 
to trees to the height of 50 feet, producing co- 
rymbs of white flowers of the size of ordinary 
Hydrangeas. It clings exactly like ivy.. ..... 
Coculus Carolinianus, a rapid growing climber, 
perfectly hardy. It produces racemes of vivid 
scarlet berries, which hang on the vines all 
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Crategus Lalzndi, “a variety of Pyracantha, 
much superior to the type, has deeper colored 
berries and a more compact and better habit... 
) Daphne Cneorum, a dwarf trailing evergreen, 
- with rosy-crimson flowers extremely fragrant, 
Jenkwa (Japan Daphne), an exceedingly 
beautiful small shrub, with long downy twigs, 
which in spring, before the leaves appear, bear 
violet colored fragrant flowers about an inch 
long: one of the most beautiful of early flow- 
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Desmodium Japonicum, a pretty dwarf Japan- 
ese shrub, which is quite hardy. Its drooping 
branches are entirely hidden by millions of 
its white flowers, which are freely produced 
from August to beginning of winter.. 
Pendulifiorum, similar to the last, with purple 
flowers .. 
Dimorphanthus Mandchuricus, “this has “been 
introduced from Mandchuria, and therefore 
is perfectly hardy. Its handsome multifid 
leaves are about a yard in length and as 
much in breadth, similar to Aralia 
Japonica... ..30 cts. to 
Euonymous Sieboldtii, “a very peautiful species, 
ever green in this latitude; flowers in August 
or September, followed with pretty berries, 
orange-colored, whitish pods.......se....20 cts to 
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