WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
VioLA, BUTTERFLY. 
VIOLA. 
The popular fragrant sort, 
Per- | 
Violet. 
blooming very early in the spring. 
fectly hardy perennial. It will bloom 
earlier if protected during extremely 
Severe weather. Easily grown from 
seed. The double violets are multiplied 
by division of the roots. See the Plant | 
Department. The following are single: 
Whe Czar. Rich blue; very large 
flowers. Packet, 10 cents. 
Butterfly. Handsome new type, 
delicately sweet scented. Sometimes 
called bedding pansy. Double the size 
of the older sorts. Lovely lilac color, 
with dark eye. Flower of peculiarly 
graceful shape, lightly poised on the 
atem. Packet, 10 cents. 
Fine )iixed. All the newand old 
varieties. Packet, 10 cents. 
WIETE ROCKET. 
See Candytuft; also Sweet Rocket. 
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WALLFLOWER. 
A hardy or half-hardy perennial bear- 
ing long spikes or heads of exquisitely 
fragrant flowers. It is very ornamental 
in the border or in forming groups. Sow 
thinly in shallow drills in early spring, 
Yellow, brownish, purple, ete. 
Single Parisian. This variety is 
extremely early. Sown in cold frames 
in March, this plant is in full bloom 
before the end of September. The mag- 
nificent golden yellow flowers are ex- 
ceedingly welcome for bouquets as well 
as for bunching, especially at that late 
season when the florist’s shop usually 
contains nothing but Chrysanthemums. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
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WattFLower, Dousle MIxeED. 
Double Mixed. The best double 
German sorts. Packet, 10 cents. | 
Simgle Mixed. Fine mixture. | 
Very desirable. Packet, 5 cents. 
W JLETLAYVIA, 
Same as Phacelia. 
WIELD CUCUMBER VINE. 
Eechinoeystis Lobata. A fast | 
growing annual vine, of the gourd fam- 
ily. Grows 20 or 30 feet in a season, 
Excellent for trellises, fences and arbors. 
White fragrant flowers; prickly seed 
pods. See Novelties. 
WiISTARTA. 
A hardy perennial shruw.,” climber, of 
great value on arbors, trees or buildings. 
Bears great panicles of purple or white 
blossoms in profusion in spring. One of 
the most satisfactory of the hardy climb- 
ers. I offer a mixture of the best blue 
and white Chinese sorts. Packet, 10 cts. 
XERANTHEMUM. 
Beautiful, free-blooming annual, 1 foot 
high, highly prized as an everlasting. 
Large, double, globe-shaped flowers. 
Seeds germinate easily in open ground. 
White, purple, yellow. Fine mixed; all 
colors. Packet, 5 cents. 
YELLOW FLOWERING PEA, 
See Crotalaria. 
ZEA JAPONICA, QUADRI-COLOR. 
ZEA JAPONICA, 
Quadri-Color. This is a four- 
colored Japanese maize—green, white, 
pink and rose. Itis exceedingly effective 
and graceful as a foliage plant, either for 
centres or backgrounds. Packet, 5 cts. 
ZEBRA GRASS. 
See Eulalia japonica. 
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ZINNIA, GIANT FLOWERING. 
ZINNEA. 
Youth and Old Age. Hardy annual 
bedding plants; 1 to 2 feet high. Suited 
to all situations and soils. The bloom is 
always gay and profuse, and the color 
range endless. No flowers are more 
Flower Seeds—133 
showy. Sow seed in open ground, und 
transplant or thin out to 1 footapart. I 
urge my friends to try some of the fol- 
lowing named varieties, keeping the 
sorts separate from each other for best 
effects. (See Novelties.) 
Giant Flowering, Mixed Col- 
ors. ‘This mixture inciudes all the best 
and largest types, and cannot be ex- 
celled in beauty of flower or range of 
color, ‘The shades include scarlet, crim- 
son. rose, yellow, etc. Packet, 10 cents. 
Tom Thumb Searlet Gem. 
Forms compact bushes about a foot 
high, covered all summer with small, 
intensely scarlet flowers. Excellent for 
bedding. Much admired on my grounds. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
Dwarf Snowball. A new and ex- 
tremely pretty dwarf white zinnia, suit- 
able tor edging and bedding or for 
cemetery planting. Only 8 to 12 inches 
high. Packet, 10 cents. 
Zebra. Large, perfectly double flow- 
ers, a8 evenly imbricated as a camellia. 
Fiowers variously striped and mottled, 
presenting all colors and shades known 
in the zinnia. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 75 cts. 
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ZINNIA, CURLED AND CRESTED AND ZEBRA 
Curled and Crested. Large, full 
flowers, the petals twisted, curled and 
crested in fantastic and graceful forms. 
Colors, orange, purple, pink, deep rose. 
Two feet. Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, $1.00. 
WMaageana. Single flowers of rich, 
golden color. Blooms freely the whole 
Packet, 5 cents. 
La Franee. A double zinnia with 
beautiful rose-colored flowers. Pkt., 10c. 
General Jacqueminot. A mem- 
ber of the dwarf, double-flowering group, 
of a deep, velvety crimson color—the 
richest in hue of all the zinnias. Plant 
18 to 24 inches high; a lavish bloomer. 
Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 
Queen Victoria. <A pure white 
zinnia, robust and free blooming, with 
splendid double flowers 3 inches across. 
Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 
Double Mixed. Embracing all the 
variously colored tall and dwerf double 
varieties. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 75 cts. 
summer. 
Not a tame garden of wild flowers, but a wild garden of tame flowers. | number of years I have sent out this mixture, and have received many 
A mixture of the choicest seeds, mostiy annuals, tobe sown hap-hazard, | testimonials of the pleasing results obtained. To guess the identity of 
in a promiscuous way. The results are both surprising and charming. | unknown plants ina flower bed, before they bloom, is like workinga 
It savors just enough of chance and guess-work to be interesting. Fora | puzzle. Unlikea lottery there are no blanks. Everything is a prize. 
Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents; ounce, 30 cents. 
