WM. HENRY MAULE, 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
Flower Seeds—129 
Miss M. M. Harrison, Laurel, Md.—1 
wish to tell you that last year I planted 
+s pound of your Mixed Sweet Pea Seed, 
and was rewarded with the most beauti- 
ful blooms I have ever seen. I had 
them in profusion from the middle of 
June until September, of every shade 
imaginable. | 
Mrs. I’. Hill, Pueblo, Col.—From your | 
Marguerite Carnation seed I have beau- 
tiful flowers, deep red with a white cen- 
tre; every one admires them, and hardly 
believe I raised them from seed. 
Mary A. Smith, Chuckey, Tenn.—I 
have some lovely dahlias in bloom from 
the seed you sent me; every one wants 
seed from them, 
PENTSTEMON. 
Favorite perennials growng 2 to 3 feet 
high. “Flowers white, pink, scarlet, blue, 
etc., spotted and marked. b 
Perennial Pentstemon. Safely 
hardy in some situations, but generally 
called half hardy. Will bloom freely 
the first year, if planted early. A good 
assortment of mixed colors. Pkt., 5 cts. 
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PETUNIA, SINGLE FRINGED AND 
Bette EToice. 
PETUNIA. 
See Novelties. No annual flower is 
more widely used than the petunia. It 
begins to bloom early, and lasts the whole 
season, until killed by frost. It succeeds 
best in a rich soil and sunny situation. 
Some petunias are of a trailing habit and | 
some are quite erect. Many are deli- 
ciously fragrant. 
Adomis. A new dwarf petunia of 
great merit as a bedder on account of 
its very free blooming habit. The plant 
attains a height of 10 to 12 inches. The | 
color is a velvety shade of light purplish 
crimson, with clear white throat; a 
handsome combination. Packet, 10 cts. 
PETUNIA, GENERAL DopDs. 
General Dodds. Velvety 
dark 
red, nearly black; a color almost un- 
known among petunias. Blooms all 
summer; handsome and ornamental, 
contrasting finely with other flowers. Of 
easy culture. Packet, 10 cents. 
White Pearl. Similar to Adonis, 
except that the flowers are a pure, satiny 
white. Packet, 10 cents. 
Simgle Fringed Varieties. 
perb mixture. Fine large fringed flow- 
ers. Many colors. Packet, 20 cents. 
Single Large Flowered. Very 
large flowers. Beautifully blotched and 
veined, but not fringed. Packet, 20 cts. 
Belle Etoile. Beautiful. large-flow- 
ered, striped and blotched petunias of 
the most symmetrical shape and form; | 
sure to please. Packet, 10 cents. 
Su- 
| spots in the throat. 
PHACELIA. 
PHWACELIA. 
A highly interesting hardy California 
annual, much branched and of spread- 
ing habit. Flowers excellent for bou- 
quets. Blooms in about 8 weeks from 
planting and continues flowering until 
late fall; 9 inches high. 
Campanularia. Blue with white 
Packet, 10 cents. 
White. Packet, 5 cents. 
PHLOX. 
The annual and perennial phloxes are 
not rivaled among. garden flowers in 
Alba. 
_brilliancy of bloom. They become per- 
fect masses of color. They are strong 
growing, healthy plants, with pretty fo- 
liage, and belong in every garden. I 
offer the old-fashioned favorites as well 
as the newest types. The annual phloxes 
are all of the Drummondii type, and en- 
joy wide esteem. The perennial sorts 
should be taken up and the roots sepa- 
rated and set in new soil at least once in 
three years. (See Novelties.) 
Double Wellow. Annual. Valu- 
able. About 65 per cent. of the flowers 
are double. A greater percentage of 
double flowers are produced when 
planted in light, sandy soil. Pkt., 15 cts. 
PHLOXx 
FIMBRIATA, 
STAR OF QUEDLINBURG AND GRANDIFLORA. 
Coceinea. Large: brilliant scarlet. 
Annual. Packet, 10 cents. 
Fimbriata. Fringed. Many shades. 
Annual. Packet, 10 cents. 
Star of Quedlinburg. (Cuspe- 
data). Large flowers, with curiously 
pointed and toothed blossoms, of all 
shades and markings. Annual. Pkt., 
10 cents. cs 
Double White. Annual. A pro- 
fuse bloomer of great value, as it comes 
at a seas6n when white flowers are espe- 
cially desirable. About 65 per cent. pro- 
duce double flowers. Packet, 15 cents. 
New Dwarf, Fireball. Annual. 
Brilliant scarlet. 8 inches. Pkt., 10 cts. 
New Dwarf, Snowball. Annual. 
Pure white. Eight inches. Pkt., 10 cts. 
New Dwarf, Superb Mixture. 
Annual. 
ings. 6to8inches. Packet, 10 cents. 
Grandiflora Mixed. Annual. 
Best large-flowered varieties in superb 
mixture. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, $1.00. 
Splendid Mixed. Annual. Very 
fine mixture of various annual types. | 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 75 cents. 
Perennial Hybrids. Perennial. 
Two to three feet. The great, rich heads 
or flower masses are simply magnificent. | 
The most admired sorts and the best 
bloomers. Mixed. Packet, 19 cents. 
All shades, colors and mark- | 
| ing the whole season. 
| summer flowering bulbs. = 
| Grows somewhat taller 
| than 
PLATYCODON MARIESI. 
Large Flowering Chinese Bell Flower. 
One of the best hardy perennials, producing very showy flowers dur- 
They form large clumps, and are excellent for 
planting in permanent 
borders or among shrub- 
bery; easily raised from 
seed. 
Mariesi. Large, open, & 
bell-shaped flowers of a Se. Sp 
rich violet blue, almost 2 
rivaling the splendid 
Jackmanii Clematis in 
Packet, 10 cents. 
Grandiflora Mixed. Z 
above. An excep- 
tionally large flowering 
variety. Large steel-blue 
or purple flowers. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
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PORTULACA, GRANDIFLORA. 
Poppy, SINGLE SHIRLEY, AND DOUBLE 
CARNATION. 
POPPY. 
See Novelties. A showy and easily 
PORTULACA. 
A favorite annual for beds, edgings, 
rock work, ete. Thrives best in rich light 
cultivated annual. Quite hardy. <A seine 2 
favorite everywhere. Flowers of vari- Jonm OF ee soil. Blooms profusely 
ous sizes, Shapes and colors, both single Bane Nea See untilautumn. Only 
and double. Always conspicuous and te heat to eee wne) 2 . 
brilliant. Adapted to any and every oes Flowered Mixed. All 
garden soil. Average height, 2 feet, | C0l0Ts; many striped and variegated. 
Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 50 cents. 
Grandiflora. Double-flowering 
portulaca. Colors of most brilliant 
shades, including white, yellow, salmon 
and carmine. Seed saved from perfect 
double flowers, resulting in gorgeous: 
masses of color. Bloom remains open 
allday. Packet, 10 cents. 
PYRETHRUM. 
Feverfew. (Matricaria is also called 
Feverfew.) The pyrethrums are hand- 
some, herbaceous garden plants, about. 
2 feet high, bearing daisy-like or aster- 
like flowers 3 or 4 inches across, of bright 
colors, including red, pink, white, etc_ 
Blooming period long. 
Roseum Grandiflora. Hardy 
perennial. Most popular sort. Pkt., 10c. 
Golden Feather. Pyrethrum 
Seeds should be sown where the plants 
are to remain. 
Fairy Blush. Beautifully fringed, 
pure white, tipped with rosy cream, 
shaded at base with lightlemon. Very 
double, and of great size, some measur- 
ing 10 to 12 inches in circumference. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 30 cents. 
Double Dwarf Pzony Flow- 
ered. Flowers of enormous size, per- 
fectly double, resembling a pzeony, and 
ranging through many shades of pur- 
ple, red, pink, yellow and white. Al- 
ways admired. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 25 cts. 
Crimson Himg. Large, double 
flower, of intensely crimson hues. Very 
beautiful. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 25 cts. 
Carnation. Double carnation-like 
flowers. Large size and of the brightest 
colors Mixed COED FRE DC: 5 Ob: 7 208; aureum. Grown for its yellow foliage, 
NBeaTaTCe Maesag coins P KSingle which is fern like and graceful; 6 to & 
inches; adapted to ribbon gardening or 
borders, Effective in connection with 
coleus or centaurea, dusty miller. It isa 
perennial, though commonly treated as 
anannual. Packet, 10 cents. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 50 cents. 
Glaucum, Tulip Poppy. Beau- 
tiful vivid scarlet, blooming abundantly. 
Form like tulips. Packet, 5 cents. 
Miss Sherwood. An extremely 
showy new annual poppy, with flowers 
4 to 6 inches across. Satiny white, 
shaded on the fringed margin with deep 
salmon rose. Plant 214 feet high; easily 
grown. Unsurpassed for gaudy splen- 
dor. Packet, 10 cents. 
Mardy Perennial. Unrivaled 
Jas. Sampson, Grass Valley, Cal.—I 
am well pleased with your pansy seed 
I planted last fall. They have now 
started to bloom; I picked one that 
measured 234 inches across. 
W. H. Neall, Morton, Pa. — From a 
for permanent beds. Flowers 6 to 9 | Small packet of pansy seed purchased 
inches across. Plants 3 to 4 feet high. | at your place, I have the remarkable 
Finest mixed. Packet, 5 cents. | yield of 1,700 blooms to date. 
Wietorias. Semi-dwarf in habit, | I. W. Gangawer, Bethlehem, Pa.—I 
with double, prettily fringed rose colored | bought some sweet pea seeds from you 
flowers. A superior type in every way, | last spring, and as they were the finest 
the flowers being borne high above the | shades and largest I have ever grown, Ff 
foliage. Packet, 5 cents. think it worthy of mention to you. 
Teeland Poppy. A hardy peren- | They bloomed in such an abundance 
nial, blooming the first season. The | that every one that saw them wanted 
flowers resemble crushed satin, and are | to know whether I had a special way of 
fragrant. They bloom freely during a | planting them. If you want to use this: 
long period. Satisfactory as cut flowers, | unsolicited testimonial at any time, & 
if cut as soon as they open. Mixed col- shall not object to your dsing so, as } 
| ors. Packet, 10 cents. Was so much pleased with them. 
