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JOHN SAUL’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
LANTANAS. 
These are exceedingly valuable plants for bedding out during the summer. 
They thrive 
in our hot, dry, sunny weather, when so many of our other plants suffer. 
Lantana, Aurantiaca, beautiful orange. 
Aurora (new), dwarf habit, deep orange flowers. 15 
cents. 
Bayard. 
Comtesse de Morny, yellow, changing to rose. 
Crocea Superba, orange and red. 
Comtesse de Biencourt, bright rose and orange 
centre. 
Distinction, rich orange-yellow, fading into rose. 
Fabiola, rose, yellow and orange. 
Favori, sulphur-white, passing to pure white; com- 
pact, immense truss. 
Lantana, Francienne, lilac-rose, profuse bloomer. 
Hector (new), bright canary. Distinct and pretty, 
dwarf. 15 cts. 
Innocence, pure white, dwarf habit. 
Audicn (new), chrome yellow, very dwarf, beautiful. 
5 cts. 
Jean Bart, buff and crimson. 
Le Lis, a pretty dwarf variety, flowers white. 
Ninus, yellow, changing to pink. 
Princess Louisa, yellow, merging into rosy-crimson. 
Raphael, orange, rose and purple. 
Toison d’Or, a deep chrome-yellow. 
Price 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen (save where priced.) 
MONTHLY OR TREE CARNATIONS. 
Carnation, A. Alegatiere, bright scarlet, petals 
smooth on edge, pod not inclined to burst; very 
dwarf habit and profuse bloomer. 
Anna Webb, deep crimson maroon. 
Astoria, yellow, striped with red. 
Black Knight, a deep shade of crimson maroon, 
almost black; sceuted. 25 cts. 
Bonnie Doon, bright magenta-pink. 
Butter Cup, golden yellow, with a slight streak of 
carmine; nearest approach to pure yellow. 
Chas. Sumner, in the style of La Purite, of a very 
dwarf habit. rosy pink. 
Columbia, the best of the variegated flowers, very 
full and perfect, 2 to 244 inches in diameter; deli- 
cate flesh, dashed with scarlet. 
Dawn, soft delicate pink, or rose color to pure white 
at the eye. 
Duke of Orange, beautiful orange-yellow, striped 
and edged with carmine, strong grower. 
Edwardsii, pure white, large, fine form. 
E. G. Hill, it is known as the best bright scarlet 
carnation, very large free bloomer, strong grower. 
Carnation, Elmwood, bright scarlet, fragrant, well- 
shaped, similar to La Purite. 
Fascination, white, very fragrant, lightly shaded 
and striped with carmine, large flower, very double, 
on long stems. f 
Field of Gold, pure yellow; there is no stripe, but 
a pure out-and-out yellow. 
General Garfield, bright scarlet. 
Grace Wilder, delicate pink, free bloomer. 
Grace Fardon, rich pink, free. 
Hinze’s White, finest white, extra. 
King of the Crimson’s, adark rich crimson-maroon. 
- Louise Zeller, very pure white. 
Louise Lenoir, fine dark maroon. 
La Febore. 
La Purite, carmine, dwarf, free bloomer. 
Lady Emma, scarlet, dwarf, compact habit. 
L. L. Lamborn (new), this is a trifle earlier than 
Wm. Swayne, considerably more dwarf, being well 
adopted for low benches, a pure waxy white, needs 
no stakeing; unsurpassed by any in profusion and 
quality of blooms. 
Mary Dacre, white, tinged with pink. 
Meteor, dazzling red, very fine. 
Mrs. Carnegie (new), white, striped and pencilled 
rosy-carmine. 
Peter Henderson, vigorous growth, good winter 
bloomer, pure white flowers. 
Portia, intense bright scarlet, grows long stems and 
very productive. 
President Degraw, white, very large and fringed. 
President Garfield, rich vermilion, free and fine. 
Pride of Penshurst, flowers large, full and fine, rich 
golden-yellow. a strong, vigorous grower, good habit 
and free bloomer. 30 cents. 
Pride of Kennett (new), a great acquisition; rich 
crimson, nearly same as -/acqueminot rose, isa strong 
grower, profuse bloomer, and very healthy; grows 
long stems, large and fragrant. 
Philadelphia, bright scarlet. 
Prince of Orange, orange-yellow, fine. 
Quaker City, dwarf and compact growing variety, 
large, perfectly pure white flowers. 
Robert Craig (new), a good variety, color bright scar- 
let, very free flowering, and dwarf habit. 
Snowden, ‘the flowers are of the purest white, 
borne in unequalled profusion.” ; 
Scarlet Gem, a rich. dazzling scarlet, of dwarf habit, 
and remarkably free flowering. 
Sunrise, light buff, flaked with bright red, large and 
of good shape, fragrant. 
Silver Spray (new), large, pure white, fringed, an 
extra fine variety. 
Seawan, dwarf crimson, a very free bloomer. 
The Century, a rich, glowing carmine, full and 
double, clove fragrance. 
The Queen (new), fine yellow. 30 cts. 
W. Coles, similar to Z G. Hill, though more dwarf; 
flowers a trifle lighter; very vigorous and free- 
blooming. ee 
Wm. Swayne, (new), this has the good qualities 
combined of Peter Henderson and Snowden, but is 
much larger than either, a strong grower, early 
and continuous bloomer, pure white. 
Price 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per dozen (save where priced). Strong plants, in autumn, 25 cts. each; $2.00 per dozen. 
