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PERILLA,. Perilia nankinensis. 
A coleus-like annual plant, with a 
metallic sheen; about 18 inches high. 
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PETUNIA, SINGLE FRINGED AND 
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PETUNIA. 
See Novelties. No annual flower is 
more widely used than the petunia, for 
both open air and under glass gardening. 
{ft begins to bloom early, and lasts the 
whole season, until killed by frost. It 
is easily cultivated, but 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. A wide range of color, 
shape and marking will be found 
among the newer sorts, 
Adonis. 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 
erimsen, with clear white throat; a 
handsome combination. Packet, 10 cts. 
White Pearl. Similar to Adonis, 
except that the flowers are a pure, satiny 
white. Packet, 10 cents. 
Single Fringed Varieties. Su- 
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. 
New Hybrids Mixed. (See Nov- 
elties.) 
PHLOx FIMBRIATA 
STAR OF QUEDLINBURG AND GRANDIFLORA. 
PHLOX. 
The annual and perennial phloxes are 
not rivaled among garden flowers in 
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 thenewesttypes. 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- 
Tated and set in new soil at least once in 
three years. (See Novelties.) 
Double Yellow. 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. 
WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
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 ail 
shades and markings. Annual. Pkt., | 
10 cents. | 
Double White. Annual. A pro- 
fuse bloomer of great value, as it comes | 
at a Season 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, All shades, colors and mark- 
ings. 6to8incbes. 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 HWybrids. 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, 10 cents. 
PENTSTEMON. 
Favorite annuals and garden peren- 
nials growing 2 to 3 feet high. Flowers 
white, pink, scarlet, blue, etc., spotted 
and marked. 
Annual Pentstemon. An annual 
variety of merit and beauty, about 2 feet 
high. Bloom measures 2 inches across. 
Flower shape similar to gloxinia, Mixed 
colors, Packet, 5 cents. 
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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PHACELIA. 
PHACELIA. 
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 fiowering until 
late fall; 9 inches high. 
Campanuilaria. Blue with white 
spots in the throat. Packet, 10 cents. 
Alba. White. Packet, 5 cents. 
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Poppy, SINGLE AND DouBLe. 
POPPY. 
See Novelties. A showy and easily 
cultivated annual. Quite hardy. A 
favorite everywhere. Flowers of vari- 
ous sizes, shapes and colors, both single 
and double, Always conspicuous and 
brilliant. Adapted to any and every 
garden soil. Average height, 2 feet. 
Seeds should be sown where the plants 
are to remain. 
Fairy Blush. Beautifully fringed, 
pure white, tipped with rosy cream, 
Very 
double, and of great size, Some measur- 
ing 10 to 12 inches in circumference. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 30 cents. 
Double Dwarf Pzeony Flow- 
ered. Flowers of enormous size, per- 
fectly double, resembling a peony, and 
ranging through many shades of pur- 
ple, red, pink, yellow and white. Al- 
ways admired. Pkt., 5 cts.; 02., 25 cts. 
Crimson King. 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 colors, Pkt., 5c.; 0z., 20c. 
Shirley. Bright, tissue-paper-like 
appearance, Mixed colors, Single. 
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 244 feet high; easily 
grown. Unsurpassed for gaudy splen- 
dor. Packet, 10 cents. 
Wiectorias. Semi-dwarf in habit, 
with double, prettily fringed rose colored 
flowers. A superior type in every way, 
the flowers being borne high above the 
foliage. Packet, 5 cents. 
Ieeland Poppy. A hardy peren- 
nial, blooming the first season. The 
fiowers resemble crushed satin, and are 
fragrant. They bloom freely during a 
long period. Satisfactory as cut flowers, 
if cut as soon as they open. Mixed col- 
ors. Packet, 10 cents. 
Hardy Perennial. Unrivaled 
for permanent beds. Flowers 6 to 9 
inches across. Plants 3 to 4 feet high. 
Finest mixed. Packet, 5 cents. 
PLATY CODON. 
Large-flowered Chinese Bellflower. 
A hardy perennial, bearing showy bell- 
shaped purple or blue flowers. Profuse 
and handsome bloomers. 
Grandiflora Mixed. 
inches. Packet, 10 cents. 
Kighteen 
Nana Compacta Mixed. 
one foot high. Packet, 10 cents. 
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PORTULACA, GRANDIFLORA. 
PORTULACA. 
A favorite annual for beds, edgings, 
rock work, ete. Thrives best in rich light 
loam or sandy soil. Blooms profusely 
from early summer untilautumn. Only 
6 inches high. 
Large Flowered Mixed. All 
colors; many striped and variegated. 
Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 50 cents. 
Grandifiora. 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 
aureum. Grown for its yellow foliage, 
which is fern like and graceful; 6 to 9 
inches; adapted to ribbon gardening or 
borders. Effective in connection with 
coleus or dusty miller centaurea. It is a 
perennial, though commonly treated as 
anannual. Packet, 10 cents. 
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PRIMULA, CHINESE PRIMROSE. 
PRIMULA. 
The genus Primula includes three 
groups that are famous among florists— 
Auricula, Polyanthus and Primrose. 
Sow seed in spring and keep young 
plants shaded during summer. 
Auricula. Primula Auricula. A 
fragrant half-hardy perennial. Many 
rich colors. An extremely free bloomer 
and a favorite; 6 inches. Packet, 10 cents. 
Polyanthus. Primula elatior. 
Showy hardy perennial, blooming in 
early spring. Pot or out-door culture; 
9inches. Single. <All colors. Pkt., 5c. 
Primrose. Primula Chinensis. ° 
Chinese Primrose. Profuse bloomers 
and among the finest and most popular 
of the winter and spring flowering win- 
dow or greenhouse plants, doing well in 
cool rooms. ‘They are 8 or 10 inches 
high, and the flowers are variously cut 
and fringed. Separate colors, as follows: 
White. Pure white. Packet, 25 cts. 
Rose. A delicate shade. Pkt,, 25c. 
Crimson, A richcolor. Pkt., 25c. 
Blue. A violet blue. Pkt., 35 cts. 
Finest Miixed. All shades and 
colors. Flowers, self colored, zoned, 
eyed and striped. Packet, 20 cents. 
Cowslip. Primula veris. <A pretty, 
spring-flowering perennial. Colors in- 
clude shades of yellow, brown, etc. Fine 
Mixed. Packet, 5 cents. 
English Primrose. Primula vul- 
garis. The wild English flower; color, 
light canary yellow, fragrant. Hardy 
perennial. Packet, 5 cents. 
Obeconica, Primula obconica. A 
favorite plant for window or conserva- 
tory. Flowers white shading to lilac, 
with the true primrose fragrance. A 
profuse bloomer. Packet, 10 cents. 
Baby Primrose. Primula For- 
besi. An exquisite little primrose for 
pot culture. Rosy lilac with yellow eye. 
Blooms a few weeks after the sowing of 
the seed. Packet, 15 cents. 
PERIWINKLE. 
See Vinca. 
PurpLe FEATHER GRASS. 
PURPLE FEATHER GRASS, 
Pennisetum. 
A beautiful and popular ornamental 
house plant of easy culture. As useful 
for hall or table adornment as a palm, 
and having the advantage of rapid and 
vigorous growth. The graceful, narrow, 
recurving leaves are over-topped by ele- 
gant feathery plumes a footlong. Heads 
borne from July until frost, and the whole 
plant is eventually veiled in a purple 
cloud. Packet, 10 cents. 
