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Page 79.—Annual Catalogue for 1900 of Maule’ 

KEDS. Address all orders to WM. HENRY MAULH, No. 1711 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U. 
HAWHKH’'S BEARD. See Crepis. A dwarf annual. | 
HIBISCUS. 
Marsh Mallow. Very | 
desirable plants of me- 
dium to large size, 
blooming freely and 
producing flowers of 
vreat size, brilliance 
and beauty. Some va- 
rieties are annual and 
some perennial. Of | 
easy and simple cul- 
ture. | 
Africanus. Large 
annual, with flowers 
three to four inches | 
across; creamy yellow, 
with purple centre. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
Crimson Eye. 
Perennial, but bloom- 
ing freely the first year. 
Hardy., White flower | 
six inches across, with 
N crimson centre. A pro- 
fuse bloomer. Pkt. ,10c. 
Lunaria biennis. An old-fashioned 
Flowers purple, blue | 
Also called 

Hisiscus, AFRICANUS. 
HONESTY. 
flower, with curious seed pods. 
or white. Blooms best the second year. 
Moonwort. Packet, 5 cents. 
ICELAND POPPY. Blooms the first season 
from seed, although a hardy perennial. See Poppy. 
ICE PLANT. Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. | 
A pretty little trailer for baskets or massing ; six inches | 
high or less. 
Flowers white. 

Leaves covered with crystalline drops. 
Very effective. 
Packet, 5 cents. | 
IPOMCGA. 
Moonfiower. See 
Climbers. Also see | 
novelties. 
LADY’S 
SLIPPER. See 
Balsam. Also see 
novelties. | 
LARKSPUE. 
Quick growing an- 
nual and _ peren- 
nial plants. For 
the perennial sorts 
see Delphinium. | 
The annuals have 
a wide range of 
bright colors. The 
flowers are borne 
in great profusion. 
Sow the seed when 
the trees begin to 
open their leaves. 
Thin to stand one 
foot apart. | 
Double Dwarf 
Rocket. Finest 
mixed. One foot. | 
Packet, 5 cents. 
Tall Double Rocket. Mixed. 2 to 3 feet. Pkt, dc. | 
Finest Mixed Warieties. Packet, 5 cents. 
LAWVATERA. Tall, bushy annual, suitable for | 
backgrounds, producing single flowers. Colors rose, 
white, etc. Three feet. Sow seed where plants are to | 
remain. Packet, 5 cents. 
LAYIA. Layia ele- 
gans. An elegant little 
hardy annual, suitable 
for cut flowers. Bright 
yellow, somewhat on 
the daisy order. Valu- 
able for the border, as 
it is a very free bloom- 
er. Packet, 5 cents. 
LEPTOSYNE. 
Leptosyne maritima. 
An annual growing 
one foot high, with 
feathery foliage. 
Flowers single; gold- 
en yellow; lasting. 
Blooms in five weeks 
from the sowing of 
the seed. Excellent 
for cutting. Pkt., 5c. 
LINARIA. A 
splendid genus of 
plants well worthy of 
cultivation; they are 
easily grown, and are LAVATERA. 
profuse bloomers. The flowers are very pretty and 
suitable for cutting. They like a sunny position and 
dry, rather than damp soil. 
Alpina. Alpine Snapdragon. 
summer through with deep violet blooms having 
orange throat. Hardy perennial. Planted early will 
bloom the first year. Six inches high. Packet, 10 cts. 
5 Hybrida Mixed. 
Annuals, quick to} 
bloom. Many colors. 
One foot. Pkt., 5 cts. 
LIMNANTHES 
DOUGLASI. A_ 
showy California plant 
of spreading habit, , 
producing yellow and 
white flowers, which 
are sweet scented and 
borne in great profu- | 
sion. Packet, 5 cents. 
LINUM. Scarlet 
Flax. One of the most 
effective and showy 
bedding plants ; of long 
duration, having fine 
foliage and delicate 
) stems. Flowers one 
inch across, and borne 
in great profusion. My 
- strain is the grandijior- 
um coccineum, a bril- 
liant scarlet, Pkt., 5c. 
LARKSPUR. 

Covered the whole 


LEPTOSYNE. 
| pink and white flowers. They 
| having 
See Carnations. 
| Japanese Hibiscus of 
| of several feet. 







LOBELIA. 
LOBELIA. Of these beautiful and useful plants I 
offer three strains or varieties, They differ essentially 
in form and habit, and are similar only in flower shape. 
Erinus Compacta. Round, compact plants, four 
to six inches high, covered with bloom; suitable for 
beds, ribbon gardening, etc. Handsome, deep rich blue 
color. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, $1.75. 
Erinus Warieties Mixed. Indispensable for 
vases and baskets, as they are of trailing and extremely 
graceful form. Blue, white, rose. Pkt., 5c.; 02., 60c. 
Cardinalis. An extremely brilliant scarlet 
bloomer, two feet high. Hardy perennial, of easy cul- 
ture, Packet, 10 cents. 
Faney Varieties Mixed. Packet, 5 cents. 
LUPINUS. Lupines. Strong annuals, one to 
three feet high, with upright racemes of beautiful blue, 
are botanically allied to 
Sweet Peas, and are desirable. Mixed. Packet, 5 cts. 
LYCHNIS. Very 
desirable garden plants, 
botanic rela- 
tionship with the 
pinks. Of easy culture. 
Chalced onica. 
Burning Star. Scarlet. 
An old favorite. 
Hardy. Three or four 
feet high. Pkt., 5 cts, 
Haageana. Hy- 
brids of mixed colors, 
from white to pink 
and scarlet. One foot 
high. Very pleasing 
and effective. Pkt., 5c. 
MARGUERITES. 
MANIHOT. A 
robust habit, bearing 
flowers three to six 
inches’ across. The 
plants attains a height 
They 
bloom freely from August until frost. 
white, with a garnet eye. Startindoors. PkKt., 10 cts. 
MARVEL OF PERU. FourO’Clock. A well- 
known and deservedly favorite flower. It always finds 
enthusiastic admirers at Briar Crest, even among new, 
more fashionable plants. Produces large, convolvulus- 
like flowers; white, yellow, crimson, striped, etc. 

LycHNis. 
Color cream 
lar. The flowers open suddenly late in the afternoon. 
Sow in open ground and thin to ten or twelve inches. 
Tom Thumb Warieties Mixed. These make 
very handsome dwarf, compact, bushy plants. The 
foliage is golden variegated, and the blooms are nu- 
merous and in many brilliant colors. Packet, 5 cents. 
Hybrid Fine Mixed. A good mixture of many 
colors. These attain a height of about two feet. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents. 

Marve of Peru. (Four O'Ctock.) 
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The | 
roots may be preserved through the winter in the cel- | 
| MARIGOLD. § Tageles. Popular free - blooming 
plants, with handsome double flowers of rich colors, 
Tne African Marigold are taller; the French more com- 
| pact in habit of growth. Sow seeds in open ground 
when danger of frost is over. Thin or transplant to 
stand one foot apart. If early bloom is desired, start 
the seed in boxes or frames. 
Eldorado.  Afri- 
can; feet high, 
flowers 2 to 3 inches in 
diameter. Large, 
| bushy plants, bearing 
| 7a to 100 flowers at one 
time. The brilliant 
colors run through all 
| shades of yellow, from 
| light primrose to deep 
orange. Packet, 5 cts. 
New French 
Compact. Gold 4% 
striped; very compact 
and dwarf in growth, §@ 
attaining a height of 
only 6 or 8 inches. It 
forms a veritable bou- 
quet, as each plant is 
studded with hand- 
some flowers, generally 
striped regularly with 
chestnut brown, on a 
bright yellow ground. 
Packet, 5 cents. MARIGOLD. 
MATTHIOLA. Matthiola bicornis. Night SmeL- 
ing Stock. An annual plant of the stock-gilliflower 
group, very fragrant at night aud after showers. Start 
in greenhouse. Packet, 5 cents. 
MATRICARIA. See Feverfew. 
MEXICAN PRIMROSE. See novelties. 
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| MIGNONETTE, GOLDEN MACHET. 
MIGNONETTE. Reseda odorata, A well-known 
fragrant favorite. Fine for pot or garden culture. Can 
be had during the whole year by sowing at intervals. 
My Mignonette trials at Briar Crest show the excell- 
ence of this plant for bedding purposes and for bee 
pasturage. The air near the Mignonette beds is filled 
with a spicy odor and the flower clusters are visited by 
thousands of honey bees. 
Parson’s White. Long spikes. PKt., 5c.; 


0z., 35c. 

Golden Queen. Spikes bright golden yellow. 
Very attractive and fragrant. Pkt, 5 cts.; oz., 45 cts. 
Sweet Scented. Smallspikes. Pkt., 5¢.; 0z., 15¢e. 
Machet. Dwarf, vigorous, with massive red, flow- 
ers, deliciously scented. The best sort for pot culture, 
Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 40 cents. 
Golden Machet. An improved and stronger type 
of Machet. Very desirable. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 60 cts. 
New Red Giant. An elegant new Mignonette, 
about a foot high, of vigorous growth and great excell- 





lence. Flowers showing much red. Deliciously fra- 
| grant. Unexcelled for bedding. Pkt., 10 c.; 0z., 60c. 
MIMOSA. Sensitive Plant. Its leaves close and 
| droop when touched. Hence its name. Very interest- 
ling. Two feet high. Start indoors. 2 
Pudiea. Pinkish flowers. Packet, 5 cents 
MEMULUS. Monkey Flower. Showy, profusely 
flowering plants, comprising numerous varieties; the 
flowers white, sulphur and yellow, spotted with crim- 
son, scarlet and pink. Fine for the greenhouse or open 

garden. One foot. 
| Mosechatus. The well-known musk plant. Six 
| inches; yellow. Packet, 10 cents. 
| Mixed Va aties. All colors and markings. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
Ipome@a, See novelties. 
Beautiful and brilliant. 
MOONFLOWER. 
| MORNING 
GLORY. See climbers, 
Convolvulus. 
MUSH PLANT. 
See Mimulus moschatus, 
MYOSOTIS.  For- 
get-me-not. See novel- 
ties. Succeed best in rich, 
| moist soils. Sow in shal- 
| low drills and thin out 
to six inches. An ex- 
quisite and favorite bor- 
der plant, 
Alpestris. Dwarf, 
blue, flowering freely 
the first year, Pkt., 5c. 
Palustris., True 
blue, white and yellow 
| eyes, Flowering best 
| the second year. One 
| foot. Packet, 5 cents. 

Mimucus. 

