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JOHN SAUL’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
GESNERIAS. 
These are bulbous-rooted plants which bloom magnificently during the winter months. 
Each. Each. 
Gesneria, Alba rosea, rosy, creamy-white, throat | Gesneria, Jasminiflora, flowers of the purest 
carmine on yellow ground........ apoccereccenecoonance 50 | white, freely produced, beautiful.................... 30 
*Donkelaari, a remarkably fine plant for win- | *Leopoldi, dwarf, compact, erect habit, umbels 
ter blooming, color rich vermilion................. 1 00 | of a rich vermilion; an exceedingly beautiful 
Guatemalensis, a free grower and bloomer, | DIANE ose See cena cnctoncete 50 
flowers orange........ Eis5sbehsa Sdatecdecsaees eoeaeenaeeetes 50 | Oblonga, very free grower and free bloomer, 
*Hendersonii,the finest of all; a true Gesneria; | FLOW EES ONAN GO i ee ccsesacece ee ece ee reecenenenesameneeste 50 
pale green-velvety leaves, with large truss of _  Refulgens, another superb winter flowering 
brilliant scarlet flowers, three inches long in | plant; color of flower between vermilion and 
large trusses........ BeBe erBacrerctnEccent RSA cnces ences 1 00 | amaranth, a charming plant.............scccesceeeeee 50 
*Lucani, flowers rich crimson, avery fine plant, 50 | 
TYDAA.—A Section of Achimenes. 
The group of Tydza includes the late autumn and winter flowering varieties, producing a 
long and brilliant succession of bloom, and include the most florid colors found in the other 
sections, of pure rose, amaranth, rosy-crimson, scarlet, cerise, rose-oranye, tinted scarlet and 
white shaded with rose, elegantly spotted or barred in nearly the whole section. 
Tydza, Agar, white, suffused with carmine and dotted 
with bright chamoy. 
Ailsa. 
Belzebuth, crimson, covered all over with black 
spots, like the skin of a leopard. 
Cecelia. 
Celine Van Eckhaute (new). 
Commandeur J. B. Sella, tube violet-carmine, 
lower lobes spotted violet, upper lobes carmine, 
dotted with blood-red. 
Coquette. 
Elliptica, Multiflora, dark purple, with white spots. 
Gigantea, majestic growth, flowers vermilion and 
golden-yellow. 
Lady Digby, brilliant crimson, beautifully spotted. 
Leon Duval, lively carmine, shaded with violet, 
limb lilac, dotted with crimson. 
Madame Drion-Permez, carmine tube, limb yel- 
lowish, dotted with blood-red. 
Tydza, Elaine. 
Madame Halphen,a fine flower, lower lobes lightly 
tinted with blue and spotted with carmine; the 
upper lobes shaded with carmine-rose. 
Madame Heine, carmine tubes, lower lobes white, 
marked with spots of black, shading off carmine; 
upper lobes bordered with amaranth. 
Madame Lavallee, tube rose color, lower lobes 
white, spotted with purple-carmine, upper lobes 
margined with carmine. 
Quadricolor. 
Robert le Diable, dark vermilion, covered with 
large jets, black fantastic figures. : 
Souvenir de Madame Joignot (new), bronze-green 
leaves, the Achimene-like flowers being of a rich 
carmine-purple. 50 cents. 
Thalie, large flower. tube vermillion, limb lemon 
yellow, with large vermillion spots and flakes. 
Torenza. 
Ukara. 
Price 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. 
ACHIMENES. 
Achimenes, Admiration, deep rose with light throat. 
Amb. Verschaffelt, white, netted superbly with 
light pansy, orifice covered with golden rays. 
Ami Van Houtti, very fine blue, centre yellow. 
Argus, rich plum, orange eye, spotted carmine. 
Aurora, rich scarlet, yellow eye. | 
Baumanni Ceerulea, violet blue, centre white. 
Coccinea Purpurea, purple and scarlet. 
Carl Nauen. 
Coquette, clear violet purple. 
Celestial, violet-blue. 
Dentonia, large blue. | 
Diadem, magenta-carmine, yellow eye. 
Docteur Buenzod, carmine-violet, throat yellow, 
spotted with crimson. 
Excelsior, plum color, large and fine. 
Firefly, very brilliant crimson. 
Frau Brunow. 
Grandiora, Carl Wolfarth, bright violet, very 
arge. 
Louis Van Houtte, violet, with carmine reflex. 
Grandis. 
Georgiana discolor, scarlet, with yellow eye. 
Gibsoni. 
Hofgartner Mastrand, vermillion and purple, yel- 
low throat. | 
Achimines, Latifolia. 
Harry Williams, bright cerise, yellow eye. 
Loveliness, magenta, centre golden-yellow. 
Lon. Macrantha, beautiful blue, very large. 
Longiflora, fine blue, light centre. 
Lady Littleton, rich magenta. 
Lon. Mad. Marthe, blue, orange centre. 
Magnet, orange, spotted crimson. 
Masterpiece, large, rose-violet, centre white. 
M.de Roguemont, amaranth, veined with carmine. 
M. Miellez, white throat, striped with lilac. 
Mauve Perfection, rich mauve. 
Margarita, pure white. 
Pardina, orange-yellow, dotted with nasturtium-red. 
Patens Major, dark purple. 
Parsoni, copper-red, pointed with yellow. 
Pink Perfection, satiny-pink, large and fine. 
President Mallet. 
Rosea Magnifica, violet-red, spotted lemon centre. 
Rose Queen, bright rose. 
Semilosse, dark purple. 
Scarlet Perfection, bright, scrubby. 
Treviriana Splendens, deep carmine. 
Unique, rosy-pink, orange eye. 
Violacea Semi-pleno, violet, semi-double. 
Violetta, rich violet purple. 
Price 20 cents each; $2.00 per dozen. 
PLECTOPOMAS. 
Plectopoma, Aurore, pretty salmon-rose, throat yel- 
low, spotted with salmon-rose. 
Great Eastern, large light rose flowers, whitish 
macule, pointed with carmine. 
Plectopoma, Gibsonii, fine dark blue flowers, 
Gloxinzeflora, large white flowers, throat golden- 
yellow blotched with scarlet. 
Rollisonii, fine pale blue flowers. 
Price 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. 
