24 JOHN SAUL'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



PAMPAS GRASSES.— Gynerium Argenteum. 



Per plant. 

 Argenteum. The well known Pampas Grass, with long graceful foliage, which gives 



forth in autumn its beautiful silvery plumes 25 



*Album Variegata. White variegated Pampas Grass. This beautiful grass has all the 

 grace and elegance of G. Argenteum, and flowering quite as freely; add to this its 



graceful foliage striped with silvery white 50 cts. to 1 00 



*Aurea Yariegata. Gold Variegated Pampas Grass. Another beautiful variety, simi- 

 lar in its graceful habit to the last, but in this the foliage is striped with a deep 



yellow; a charming variety 50 cts. to 1 00 



*Carrnineum Kendatleri. This new Gynerium is a really majestic and very beautiful 

 plant. The panicles, measuring more than two feet in length, are of a bright car- 

 mine rose color; if kept dry in winter, they gradually assume a light violet tint. 



The habit of this new Gynerium is magnificent 50 cts. to 1 00 



*Elegans Niveo-vittatis. Another very elegant Pampas Grass, handsomely variegated, 1 00 



*Roseum Variegated. Foliage finely variegated with stripes of rose 1 00 



*Wesserlingi Variegatum. A very beautiful variegated Grass 1 00 



*Jubatum. This new variety of Pampas Grass from Chimborazo, is the earliest flower- 

 ing of the family, and very free. This early flowering will make this fine variety 

 intermediate between the Arundo Conspicua and the ordinary Pampas Grass 1 00 



NEW POINSETTIA. 



Pulcherrima Plenissima, (new Double Poinsettia.) This magnificent plant is remarka- 

 ble for its floral bracts, the size of the heads in which they are produced, and their 

 marvellous brilliancy of color. They are gathered into clusters, which fill up the 

 centre, so that the whole inflorescence is full and rosette-like, and of a most vivid 

 and brilliant scarlet color 30 cts. to 75 



Pulcherrima Major. A great improvement on the old species, both in the size of the 

 individual bracts, and also in the far larger heads, which are of a bright scarlet, 

 tinted with violet cerise 30 cts. to 50 



Rosea-Carminata. In fine variety, the head of bracts are larger, smooth, and of a 



brilliant rosy carmine 30 cts. to 50 



IHEFFENBA CHI A. 



Brasiliensis. A handsome variety, the leaves averaging eighteen inches in length, by 

 eight or nine inches in width ; the ground color of the leaf is deep green, and the 

 whole surface is mottled with small blotches of greenish yellow and white A 

 beautiful plant 30 cts. to 75 



Bausei. It is a stocky-growing broad-leaved variety, with yellowish green leaves, 

 which are irregularly edged and blotched with dark green, and also spotted with 

 white, the marking being particularly effective 30 cts. to 50 



Bowmanii. Very large bright green leaves, blotched and marked with golden green ; 



a grand specimen plant 30 cts. to 50 



"Weirii. It is of dwarf habit, the foliage of a bright green color, thickly blotched and 



spotted with pale yellow. This is one of the finest of the Diffenbachias....30 cts. to 50 



Baraquiniana. A fine vigorous plant with white stems, leaves green, spotted and 



blotched with pure white 50 



Picta. A very beautiful foliage plant, leaves a deep green, mottled with white ; 



beautiful...! 30 cts. to 50 



MABANTA. 



Massangeana. A very distinct dwarf species. The variegation consists of three dis- 

 tinct colors. The mid-rib veins and middle portion of the leaf are silvery white, 

 faintly tinged with bluish green, then a broad band of blackish hue, the whole 

 being surrounded by a belt of bright green, margined with a thin line of a lighter 

 shade ...50 cts. to 75 



