WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Flower Seeds — 145 



Salvia, Farinacea. "The Silver Sage." 



7727 PARIjVACEA. (The Silver Sage.) Appears to run altogether 

 to flower, like Salvia Drooping Spikes. The tall silver lavender or bine 

 spikes rise in great numbers ahove the foliage. A handsome bedding 

 plant, for groups, borders or massing. Fkt., 10 cts.; ^ ox., 50 cts. 



1728 PATENS. New Dwarf Blue Salvia. A new dwarf form, grow 

 Ing about a foot high, producing many flower-spikes, which are held 

 well above the foliage, and bear large, blue floweis, considered the rich 

 est of all blues; elegant for massing or pot culture. Pacliet, 10 cents. 



Salvia Patens, ^NEw Dv.Ar.F El^e Sage.) 



ScABiosA, Cherry and White. 



SCABIOSA 



Heu-dy Perennial 



Known as Alourning Bride. Sweet Scabious, Pincushion Flower, etc. 

 One of the most desirable of the border plants, and greatly Improved 

 within recent vear?. Some sorts are annual and some perennial. 



1729 C.\UCASICA. Handsome hardy perennial, i'lants 21 to 30 

 Inches high, growing very large white flowers, which are valuable for 

 bouquets. Blooms from June until frost. Packet, 10 cents. 



1731 CHERRY AND WHITE. One of the most beautiful varieties 

 of this attractive flower. Perennial and usually hardy. 



Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



1732 JAPONICA. Forms dense bushy plants 3 feet high and abont 

 2 feet through. Flowers lavender blue, 2 to 2^ inches across, borne on 

 long, stlrt" wiry stems. A hardy perennial variety from Japan. The 

 plants produce an enormous crop of bloom from the end of June until 

 late in the autumn. Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



Hardy Annual Scabiosa 



1733 DWARF DOUBLE MIXED. Height 1 foot. Packet, 5 cts. 



SCARLET SAGE 



See Salvia. 



SENSITIVE PLANT 



See Mimosa. 



SMILAX 



Tender Perennial Climber 



1734 A popu'ar indoor climber. Leaves a deep, glossy green. Habltof 

 growth extremely graceful. Soak the seed in water for a day, and keep 

 the plant rather moist. Pkt., 10 cts.; % 02., 30 cts.; ox., 50 cts. 



STOCKS 



Hardy Annual 



Also called Gilliflower. Nothing can excel stocks for beauty and fra- 

 grance. The flowers are large and double, and quite superior to the old 

 glUiflowers. The plants bloom freely in about lu weeks after sowing seed. 



SNAPDRAGON 



See Rnfiirhlnum. 



Stocks, Giant Bismarck. 



1735 GIAIVT WHITE BISMARCIi. A new annual stock of strong 

 grow h, with luxuriant foliage. The plant in bloom forms a pyramid 

 2^4 feet high, the upper half being a mass of fragrant, snowy white dou- 

 ble flowers, of extra large size. Blooms somewhat later than Ten 

 Weeks stocks, but continues thereafter until frost. Packet, 15 cents. 



1736 GIANT lELI/OW BISMARCK. Of the same robust and 

 pyramidal habit as above, with long stalks of large, pure canary-yellow 

 flowers. Fine for cut flowers. Packet, 15 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



1737 CUT AND COME AGAIN; PRINCESS ALICE. A pure 

 white double variety, about 2 feet high, pioducmg endless numbers of 

 side branches. Every branch bears a cluster of delighllully fragrant 

 flowers, and new ones are produced to replace those which are re- 

 moved. Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



173S BEAUTY OF NICE. A handsome and conspicuous new win- 

 ter stock of quick growth. Flowers of very h.rge size, of a pleasins: 

 ^, » shadeofsoft pink. These 



^^ ill bloom in 10 weeks 

 from the planting of the 

 seed; so if seed is sown 

 by the end of Way the 

 plants will bloom In 

 &ei teniber, when c».t 

 flowers are scarce, and 

 will continue to bloom 

 until frost. Elegant cit 

 flower variety for flci- 

 ists. or for pot culture. 

 Packet, 10 cents. 



17 3 9 LARGE 

 F L O AV E R I N G 

 €.LCBE BOUQUET. 



A valuable addiilon to 

 the list of stocks on ac- 

 count of its habit oi 

 growth. Each plant is a 

 bouquet in itself, being 

 compact and florilerous. 

 Keight, 1 foot. The col- 

 ors embrace crimson, 

 \\hite, ro.^e, and many 

 shades. Very fragrant. 

 A large percentage ot 

 the flowers are double. 

 I am sure this new strain 

 of stock will be ex- 

 tremely satisfactory. I 

 know of nothing be'lter. 

 This variety has 

 bloomed on my trial 

 grounds in eight v eeks. 

 Packet, 10 cents; 

 3 packets, 25 cents. 



Plant is of dwarf growth, and produces 



an extraordinary profusion of bloom Instead of the central flowering 

 spikes pushing upward, it divides itself Into 12 or 15 sturdy bianches. 

 each of these produces quite a number of side shoots, which are well 

 covered with trusses of large rosy carmine flowers. Excellent for bed- 

 ding or pot culture; one of the very best of all plants for cutting or open 

 ground planting. Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, 25 cents. 



1741 GERM.4.N, TEN "WEEKS. Finest strain for open-ground 

 planting. Flowering spikes verv long, and the individual blooms are 

 very large and double. Finest Double Mixed, about 20 distinct colors. 



Packet, 10 cents; J^ onnce, 25 cents. 



1742 GLOBE PYRAMIDAL. The spikes and flowers are very 

 large, with individual blooms frequently measuring 2 to 2% Inches 

 in diameter. The large double and perfect flowers are produced In 

 great profusion. Grand mixture. Packet, 10 cents. 



1743 FINEST VARIETIES MIXED. Embracing all the single 

 and double varieties in a grand mixture. 



Packet, 10 cents; ]4 onnce, 20 cents. 



1740 NEW ABUNDANCE. 



