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WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 105 
Bird of Paradise Flower 
This striking and attractive flower has lately 
become widely and wonderfully popular. The 
blossoms are of a rich golden-yellow, about 
244 inches in diameter, produced in large 
trusses, the most striking feature being the 
long, incurving stamens and pistils, of a beau- 
tiful, bright crimson color. t would be hard 
to imagine anything more conspicuous and 
showy. Seed should be soaked in warm water 
and started indoors or under glass, in a light, 
Sandy soil. Plants should be carefully hard- 
ened by gradual exposure to fresh air before 
going into the open ground. Asunny situation 
is required, in dry and very warm soil, and no 
water other than the rains will be needed after 
the plants are well established. Everybody 
Should try this wonderful flower. 
GS Packet, 10 cents, 8 packets, 25 cents. 
Nicotiana Sandere. 
A new and desirable annual plant, about 2 
feet high, laden with showy, carmine flowers 
from base to summit. Plant is of branching 
habit; flowers have the shape of the tuberose. 
Somewhat resembles Nicotiana Affinis, but 
with shorter tube and less fragrance, but far 
more showy. Flowers remain open all day. 
The seeds should be sown indoors and the 
plants set outin May. This will insure contin- 
uous bloom during summer and autumn. 
, Very easy to grow, and altogether satisfactory 
as a bedding plant. Flowers are quite large, 
and the profusion of bloom is remarkable. 
This hybrid nicotiana, though almost abso- 
lutely new, has already won a wide American 
popularity. It originated in England. 
Packet, 10 cents; 8 packets, 25 cents. 
Australian Star Flower. A Most Wonderful Keeper. 
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I: A remarkable and valuable half hardy annual from Australia, introduced to American gardeners by Weipa AT oy } 
y Luther Burbank, of California. The plant is a foot in breadth and height, blooming early and contin- (KK WA 
@ uously. The star-shaped flowers are pink to rosy carmine, borne in graceful clusters. When cut they \ \\ > 
é, retain their form and color permanently, even excelling the so-called everlastings in this respect. 
le They are, in fact, among the most wonderful keepers known. The Australian Star Flower will succeed 
8 almost anywhere, but prefers a rather sandy soil. Seed may be started indoors or directly in the open 
7 ground. Flowers fragrant and desirable. This plant is absolutely 
new to most people, but it is of such pleasing habits that everybody * 
should sow it and test it. Like all the Burbank introductions it has 
unique and marked attributes. Packet, 20 cents. 
Stokesia, or Cornflower Aster. (ss 
This is a beautiful hardy perennial plant that is slowly but 7 
steadily winning friends everywhere. It attains a height of 2 feet, 
the plant bearing twenty or thirty lovely lavender-blue blossoms 
resembling cornflowers. It blooms from July until frost, and is 
indispensable for cutting. Stokesia or cornflower aster is one of 
the choicest things that can be selected for the hardy perennial 
border, and may be grown singly or in masses. The flowers of 
Stokesia are sometimes 4 or 5 inches across, and are always 
admired. Culture easy; any sunny, open position will answer. 
Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 
Begonia, Erecta Cristata. Mixed Colors. 
This is a very interesting single-flowered strain of the tuberous-rooted 
begonia. The flowers are large and. extremely varied in color, including rare 
shades of copper red. Yellow, pink, etc., also occur. The most characteristic 
s S Z feature, however, is the curiously bearded or crested petal, as shown in the 
Yt x~ LAB HH illustration. Height, about 1 foot. Excellent for pot plants or garden bedding, 
STOKESIA, OR CORNFLOWER Aster. Ploomingallsummer. This strain is quite unique. Pkt., 15 cts.; 2 pkts., 25 cts. / 
Burbank’s Mayflower Verbena. Fragrant. 
This verbena is of bright and pleasing shades of pink, of extraordinary size, and of free-blooming habit. Its 
chief claim to popularity, however, as developed by Mr. Burbank, is its fragrance, which is supposed to resemble 
Mayflower or trailing arbutus. It was this fact which gave it its name. It is very desirable for bouquets and 
decorative purposes, and the plant is unsurpassed as a bedder. It was originated by Mr. Burbank by long- 
continued selection of sweet-scented sorts, all others being rejected. The type is now quite well established, and % 
I highly recommend it for trial to all my customers. Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 
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Pc PSB, New Snapdragon 
or Antirrhinum. 
Pink Princess. 
This new pink snapdragon is AQ*R 
one of the pest and and pkettiest SRE “ 
so far introduced, and I list it “ys 
here on account of its great PANaee 
merit. It is of medium height, 
and forms a showy, compact 
plant, with numerous flower 
Stalks or spikes. The bloom is 
prolific and continuous, but its 
main charm is the exquisite 
beauty of its clear pink color. 
It is one of the best for bouquet 
making and cutting, and is 
already known to a large circle 
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New VerReeNA, Bureank's MAYFLOWER. 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. BUARHEAGOMIBINIG Princeest 
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