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Page 83.—Annual Catalogue for 1900 of Maule’s Four-Leaf Clover GUARANTEED SEEDS, 
PRIMULA. Primrose. Cowslip. Favorite early 
bloomers of highest merit. For the Chinese primroses 
see greenhouse plants on another page. The primula 
group also includes 
Auricula and Polyan- 
thus. Culture not dif- 
ficult. Sow seeds in- 
doors or under glass, 
and transplant to 
shaded situations, in 
rich soil. 
Primula Veris. 
Cowslip. Fine mixed. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
Primula _ VWul- 
garis. True English. 
Primrose. Yellow. 
Popular. Also called 
Polyanthus. Pkt., dc. 
Primula Auric- 
ula. Fragrant. | 
Many rich colors. A 
hardy primrose, 
blooming early and 
often in summer, 

Packet, 5 cents. | 
PYRETHRUM.) 
Golden Feather. | 
like or aster-like flowers, of several 
started under glass or in the 
he flowers will probably 
About two 
PRIMULA AURICULA. 
Hardy with daisy 
colors. Seeds may be 
open ground. In either case t er 
be finer the second season than the first. 
feet high. Flowers 
three or four inches 
across, of bright col- 
ors, including red, 
pink, white, etc. They 
bloom during a long 
period. : 
Single Hybrid. 
Mixed colors. Packet, 
10 cents. 
Golden Feather. 
Grown for its yellow 
foliage; 6 to 9 inches 
high. Packet, 10 cts. 
Roseum. Persian 
insect powder plant. 
The insect powder is 
made from the flowers, 
which are dried after 
the pollen has formed. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
ROSE SEED. See 2 
Little Midget or Baby 
Roses in novelties. 


PYRETHRUM. 
EVERLASTINGS, 
EVERLASTINGS. 
The so-called everlasting 
flowers get their name from 
the peculiar character of 
their rays or petals. They are 
justly popular, not only for 
their summer display in the 
§ garden, but because they will 
? retain their beauty for years, 
~ if cut as soon as they come 
) into full bloom, tied in small 
bunches and allowed to dry 
slowly 1n the shade, with the 
heads downward to keep the 
stems straight. I offer the 
best everlastings that are 
known. | 
ACROCLINIUM. | 
Graceful annual border | 
plants, one foot high. Valu- 
able for winter bouquets and | 
decorations. Finest mixed | 
rose and white. Pkt., 5 cts. | 
AMMOBIUM. A pretty 
and useful little white flower 
for bouquets. Stiff and an- 
gular in appearance ; hardy 
annual ; eighteen inches. | 
Alatum Grandi- 
florum. The largest flowering sort, produces an 
enormous crop of pure white flowers. Packet, 5 cents. 
BACHELOR’S BUTTON. See Globe Ama- 
Tanth. Also known as Gomphrena. 
GLOBE AMARANTH. bBachelor’s Button, A 
tender annual. Seeds rather slow to germinate, and 
should be started early, in window box or hot bed and 
transplanted. Colors white, purple, striped, ete. Un- 
der good treatment a single plant will produce several | 
hundred flowers. The flowers should he cut just before 
they are fully ripe, for the best permanent bouquets. | 
Very pretty. About two feet high. | 
Nana Compacta, 
Mixed. Only a few inches 
high. A mass of bloom. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
Mixed Colors. Allthe 
best colors. Packet, & cts. 
HELICHRYSU™,. 
Straw Flower. Large, full 
double flowers, of various 
colors, from white and 
bright yellow to scarlet, 
shaded and tipped. Exceed- 
ingly handsome bouquets 
for winter. Annual. Easy 
culture. Two feet or less 
Dwarf Double 
Mixed. All colors. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
Tall Double Mixed. 
Allcolors. Packet, 5 cts. 
HELIPTERUM. A 
half dwarf annual, bearing 
yellow everlasting flowers. 
Fine. Packet, 5 cents. 
Address all orders to WM. HENRY MAULKE, No. 1711 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. A. 
GLoBE AMARANTH. 


HELICHRYSUM. 
| Perfection. 
ORNAMENTAL 
| flowers. 
| leading varieties in a single packet. 
ET. Hardy peren- 
nials bearing purple 
or white overs. | 
Plants two or three 
feet high. Flowers fra- 
grant. A rich, light 
soil is required, and | 
the plants should be | 
moved after blooming. | 
Double fine mixed. 
Packet, 5 cents. 3 
STEVIA. 
greenhouse plants. 
SWEET WIL- 
LIAM. Dianthus 
barbatus. A _ well- 
known, free-flowering 
plant which has been 
greatly improved of 
late years. It produces 
masses of lovely, bril- 
liant blossoms through 
a long period. It makes | 
a splendid effect in 
beds. The colors are rich and varied. The plant is 
perfectly hardy, and comes up with increased vigor 
year by year. 2 
Fine Double Mixed. A splendid strain of 
sweet william; all colors. Packet, 5 cents. 
Fine Single Mixed. 
Various beautiful shades 
and markings. Pkt., 5 cts. 
Auricula Flowered : 
See | 

Sweet RockeT. 



A handsome 
class, each flow- 
er having a 
clearly defined 
eye. Mixed col- 33 
ors. Pkt., 5 cts. 
Mammoth 
Holborn 
Glory. A beau- 
tiful new strain 
with large flow- 
ers and bushy 
compact habit of 
growth. Single 
florets have 
measured over 
one inch across, 
Embraces many 
shades and 
markings. 2} ft. 
high. Pkt., 10c. 
Sweet WILLIAM. 
A very pretty annual, | 
about one foot high, 
belonging to the ever- 
lasting group. Flowers 
white, pink, crimson, 
ete. Select light, rich 
soil, in a_ sheltered 
Situation. Seeds re- 
quire careful starting, 
but the bloom well re- 
pays all trouble. Flow- 
ers bell-shaped; beau- 
tiful when dried. Suit- 
able for pot culture. 
Finest mixed, embrac- 
ing all the best and 
most prolific varieties. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
STRAW FLOW- 
ER.See Helichrysum. 
XERANTHE- 
MUM. Beautiful, 
free-blooming annual, 
one foot high, highly 
Large, double, globe-shaped 
Seeds germinate easily in open ground. Set 
ten inches apart. Fine mixed;all colors. Pkt., 5 cts. 
FINEST MIXED EVERLASTINGS. All the 
Packet, 10 cents. 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 
The ornamental grasses are indispensable for garden 
or lawn, being beautiful and graceful in summer, in the 
green state, and equally desirable when dried for inter- 
ior decoration during the winter season. I offer a few 
of the best. 
EULALIA. Japonica Zebrina. Zebra 
Grass. A robust perennial grass from Japan, forming 
handsome clumps. Six feet. Hardy. Beautiful 
plumes. Leaves variegated ; crosswise bars. Pkt., 10c. 
GYNERIU™. 
Argenteum, Pam- 
pas Grass. Half 
hardy perennial, a 
native of South 
America. Very beau- 
tiful. Roots require 
winter protection, or 
to be lifted and kept 
in greenhouse or cel- 
lar, Taller than Eu- 
lalia, Gynerium 
blooms the second 
season from _ seed, 
and its white, silvery 
plumes well repay 
the trouble taken in 
its proper culture. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
HORDEUM. 
Jubatum., Squirre!- 
tail grass, A fine or- 
namental variety. 2 
feet. Packet, 5 cts, 

RHODANTHE. 
prized as an everlasting. 

XERANTHEMUM. 
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SWEET ROCK- | 

RH O DANTHE. | 

| About 
GRASSES AND AQUATIC 
TRITOMA. Red 
Hot Poker. Torch 
Flower. Hardy peren- 
nial plant, producing 
tall spikes of orange 
red flowers; three to 
four feet. Blooms from 
August until late 
autur Very showy 
and striking in beds or 
ma 
 Uvaria. 
from yellow t 
Packet, 5 cents. 
VALERIAN 
Hardy heliotrope. A 
showy border plant 
producing lar 
corymbs of bea 
flowers suitable for | 
quets or decoratior 
Very fragrant, res 
bling heliotrope. * 
to three feet. 
be largely grown 


SSeS, 
Varies 
arlet 
A. 

VioLA, THE CzAR. 
succeeds alinost everywhere. <A desirable perennial. 
Mixed. Rose, red and white. Packet, 5 cents. 
WIOLA. Violet. The popular sweet violet. 
blooms very early in the spring. 
but repays winter protection, coming earlier. 
let can easily be grown from seed. 
The Czar. Rich 
blue. Very large flow- 
ering. Packet, 10 cents. 
Fine Mixed. All 
the new and old varie- 
ties. Packet, 10 cents. 
WALLFLOWER. 
A hardy or half-hardy 
perennial bearing long 
spikes of exquisitely 
fragrant flowers. It is 
very ornamental in the 
border or in forming 
groups. Blooms in 
spring. Sow thinly in 
shallow drills in early 
spring. When well 
Started transplant to 
twelve inches apart. 
Double Mixed. 
twelve colors. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
Single Mixed. 
Fine mixture. Very de- 
sirable. Packet, 5 cts. 
SI 
It 
It is perfectly hardy 
The vio- 

DousBLe WALLFLOWER. 
S. 
JOB’S TEARS. 
Coizx Lachryme. 
Broad leaves and hard, 
shining seeds of pecu- 
liar appearance, givir 
the plant its name. 
Annual, Two feet. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
PAMPAS GRASS. 
See Gynerium Argen- 
teum. 
PURPLE FEA- 
THER GRASS. 
Beautiful and already 
popular. See novelties. 
ZEBRA GRASS. 
See Eulalia Japonica. 
ORNAMENTAL 
GRASSES. Mixed. 
Embracing many va 
rieties of ornamental 
grasses additional to 
: those listed. Packet, 
(Pampas Grass.) 10 cts.; ounce, 25 cts. 
AQUATICS. 
It is quite possible to raise water lilies from seeds; 
and the greater the care the greater the reward. Peo- 
ple having control of shallow ponds, access to streams 
or rivers, may well experiment in this direction. Small 
artificial ponds or pools can be constructed for the ¢ 
pose, or tanks can be made of wood. Half barrels filled 
with water will answer very well for summer, but per- 
manent operations are most successful where the frost 
cannot exercise a hostile effect. Many of the water 
lilies are perfectly hardy, and are not hurt by the win- 
ter, and itis only necessary to establish them in order 
to enjoy a wealth of beautiful and fragrant blossoms 
year after year. Some of the water lilies produce flos 
ing flowers; others raise the bloom quite into the 
The flower colors run through a wide range, includ 
white, pink, blue, yellow, ete., with rich fragrance 
general terms it is only needful to plant the seeds 
rich soil, in pans or 
boxes, and to cover this 
rich soil with sand (to 
hold the soil in place), 
and then to sink the pan 
or box in shallow water. 
Cow manure and earth 
(the former well rotted) 
make a good medium 
for the growth of the 
lily roots. 
NELUMBIUT M. 
Lute a. American 
Lotos. Hardy. Pkt., lic. 
NELUMBIU™. 
Speciosum. Egyp- 
tian Lotos. Deep rose. 
Hardy. Packet, 15 cts. 
NYMPH XA. 
Odorata,. Common 
fragrant pond lily. 
Hardy. Packet, 15 cts. 






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NYMPHAA ODORATA, 

