WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Flower Seeds — 137 



NlCOJIANA, AfFIN S 



1572 APPIIVIS. Large 

 white, sweei-saielliag 

 flowers: open morning 

 and evening: 3 feet higli. 



Packet, .3 cents. 



1573 SAJiDEHJE. A 

 recent IntroductioD ot 

 this most showy annuil. 

 Plant grows about two 

 feet high, of branching, 

 bushy habit, carries the 

 carmine flowers in clus- 

 ters, and glve-5 continu- 

 ous display of brilliant 

 flowers through sum- 

 mer and autumn. 



Packet, 10 cents. 



1574 S A.Ji D HHJE 

 HYBRIDS. The plant 

 and flowers are siniHar 

 to the popular fragrant, 

 white flowering Nicoti- 

 ana AfRnis, but the flow- 

 er of this new hybrid is 

 much larger, measuring 

 at least 2 inches across, 

 remains open all day, 

 and the plant is literally 

 ablaze with the brilliant 

 hued flowers from base 

 to summit, thousands 

 being borne on a single 

 plant during the season. 

 Easily grown from seed, 

 commencing to flower 

 In a few weeks from 

 Bowing, thriving in a 

 sunny position In any 

 good garden soil. Many 

 colors in mixture. 



Packet, 10 cents. 



NICOTIANA 



Hardy Annual 



FLOWERING TOBACCO. 



Highly oruaiuental and desirable 

 annual plants, with handsome foli- 

 age and delightfully sweet scented 

 flowers. Requires plenty of room 

 In the garden; elegant for massing, 

 back-grounds, centre of beds or in 

 shrubbery. 



1568 SYLVESTRIS. A strong 

 growing annual; 8 to o feet. Flow- 

 ers star-shaped, fragrant, pure 

 white and having tubes H Inches 

 long. This plant, in rows or masses, 

 makes a fine background for bright 

 blooming plants of any kind, also 

 very desirable for centre of beds or 

 planting in shrubbery. 



Packet, 5 cents. 



1571 SUAVEOLENS. Dwarf; 

 only 1 or 2 feet high. Flowers white 

 and sweet scented. Available for 

 decorative use with higher Joliaged 

 plants or against walls, and a very 

 charming thing for the purpose. 

 Packet, 5 cents. 



NiCOTlANA, SaNDER/€ HYBRIDS. 



NIGELLA 



Hardy Annual 



A compact free flowering annual bedding plant with finely cut 

 feathery foliage and curious seed pods. The flowers are bright and 

 showy. Of easiest culture. Height of plant, 1 to 2 feet. Seeds may be 

 sown in the open border or bed in earliest spring, as the plants are quite 

 hardy. An old-fashioned f-wonte Colore blue white purple etc 



1575 HIS PANIC A. 

 Love in a Mist. Blue, 

 white and purple. 



Packet, 5 cents. 



1576 DAMASCENA. 

 Devil in a Bush. Blue 

 and white flowers. 



Packet, 5 cents. 



1577 MISS JEKYLL. 

 A uew la'-ge free flower- 

 ing variety of this well 

 known irarden annua!. 

 In the finely cut fern- 

 like foliage nestle hun- 

 dreds of lovely double 

 bright blue flowers, 

 1J4 inches across. 

 Height of plant 1 to 2 

 feet. Plants are quite 

 hardy and seed can be 

 sown in the bed or bor- 

 der in the earliest 

 spring. Pkt., 10 cts. Nigella, Miss Jekvll. Love in the Mist. 



IN case you have not noticed it before, I wish 

 to call the attention of my customers to the 

 fact that at the head of the name of each veuiety 

 of flower seeds will be found a number. You can 

 order just as safely by number as by name. 



NOLANA 



Hardy Annual Trailer 



1578 Little Bell. Sow where it is to remain. Suitable for baskets 

 and rock work. Free flowering. Packet, 5 cents. 



NYMPHAEA 



Hardy Perennial Aquatic 



1581 ODORATA. The favorite sweet scented pond Illy. Row seed In 

 a pan of rich soil, cover with sand to hold soil in place, and submerge 

 the pan in a tub of water or in a shallow pond. Protect again.'^t musk- 

 rats. Flowers 3 or 4 inches in diameter, borne on the surfac e of the water 

 along with the floating leaves; dellclously fragrant. Packet, 15 cents. 



ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 



H&idy Perennial 



1582 MIXED. I ©O'er here a mixture embracing pampas grass, zebra 

 grass and other choice ornamental sorts. Packet, 10 cts.; ox., 85 cts. 



OXALIS 



Tender Perennial 



1583 MIXED. Beautiful, bright little plants, with attractive leaves 

 and iiowers. Half trailing in habit. Suitable for hanging baskets, vases 

 and edgings. Pink, yellow and white. Packet, 5 cents. 



PAMPAS GRASS 



Half Hardy Perennial 



1584 GYNERIUM ARGENTETJM. A 



native of South America. One of the most 

 eftective ornamental grasses. Its silvery 

 white plumes are produced on stems 8 to 10 

 feet high. Roots require winter protection 

 or can be lifted and stored. An attractive 

 plant for the lawn. Packet, 10 cents. 



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Pampas Grass. 



PAINTED DAISY 



See Chrysanibemum. 



PANSY GERANIUM 



See Geranium. 



Passion Flower. 



PASSION FLOWER 



Tender Perennial Climber 



1585 Pas^iflora. Ccerulea. Pret- 

 tiest of all vines for greenhouse or 

 window culture. Flowers of com- 

 plex structure: deep blue; highlj' 

 attractive. Packet, 10 cents. 



Purple Feather Grass. 



PvRFTHHUM ROSFUM 



PURPLE 

 FEATHER GRASS 



Tender Perennial 



1586 A beautiful and popular orna- 

 meiital house plant of easy culture. 



• As useful for hall or table adorn- 

 ment as a palm, and having the 

 advantage of rapid and vigorous 

 growth. The graceful, narrow, 

 recurving leaves are overtopped by 

 elegant feathery plumes a foot long. 

 Heads borne from July until frost, 

 and the whole plant is eventually 

 veiled In a purple cloud. Pkt., 10c. 



PYRETHRUM 



Hardy Perennial 



The pyrethrums are handsome, 

 herbaceous garden plants, about 2 

 feet high, bearing daisy-like or aster- 

 like flowers. 3 or 4 inches across, of 

 brigirt red with vellow centre. 



1587 ROSEUM OR INSECT 

 PO^VDER PLANT. Most popu- 

 lar large flowering sort. 



Packet, lO cents. 



