WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Flower Seed Novelties — 105 



Flower Novelties for 1 909 



As usual the past year I have tested all prominent novelties offered at home and abroad on 

 my Pennsylvania and New Jersey trial grounds, with the result that those offered herewith I 

 believe will meet the approval and appreciation of every lover of flowers. I do not believe that 

 a more complete list of Flower Seed Specialties can be found 

 than on this and the following pages. This list contains 

 everything, new or old, of known value, worth growing. 



Calliopsis, Hybrida Superba. Better than Kochia. 



There is nothing that can equal this pretty little annual plant for borders, groups and pot 



culture, and we recommend it for use where a low flowering hedge is desired, as being all that 



can be expected. The plants form dense bushes, 18 inches high, which are covered the entire 



season with their beautiful flowers in all shades of orange, yellow to the darkest velvety brown. 



Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 2o cents. 



Baby Golden Glow. 



Chrysanthemum, Golden Queen. 



A most charming annual, growing about 15 to 

 gfe, 18 inches high, bearing scores of bright yellow 

 £§ double flowers. Seeds should be started indoors. 

 ><r The plants begin to bloom almost as soon as set 

 ?|g in the open ground, affording an almost unlim- 

 S^ ited supply of cut flowers. One of the best bed- 

 «&, ders. Likened to Golden Glow on account of 

 'W color, shape and profusion of bloom. Pkt., 10 cts. 



II Chrysanthemum, Bridal Rpbe. 



Plants grow about 1 foot high; the finely cut 

 foliage is almost hidden by the mantle of pure 

 ■white double flowers, which cover the entire 

 plant so much that a bed of this looks like a 

 drift of snow. It will be in great demand as a 

 bedding plant, and also makes a good cut flower. 

 The petals of the flowers are closely set and re- 

 semble to some extent a finely formed, large 

 flowering, double daisy. Packet, 10 cents. 



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Calliopsis, Hybrida Superba. 



Pansies or Violas, 



Improved Tufted. 



The tufted pansy or viola is rapidly coming 

 to the front. They are very free flowering and 

 cannot be surpassed for bedding purposes. 

 Plant neat, compact, are hardier and flower 

 for a longer period than the pansy, flower 

 more like the violet and with the same deli- 

 cious fragrance. They are useful for ribbon 

 borders, where they make a fine display, and 

 cannot be surpassed for bedding purposes. 

 Planted in a light rich soil and a moist situa- 

 tion they will continue to bloom from early 

 spring until late in autumn. Packet, 10 cents. 



Pansies or Violas, Improved Tufted. 



Bellfiower, Double White. 



New Single Paeony Flowereo Poppy, Admiral. 



New Single Paeony Flowered Poppy, Admiral. 



This new annual poppy is of great beauty 

 and is characterized by large, round flowers of 

 glistening white, with a broad band of bright 

 brilliant scarlet around the top of each petal. 

 The unique combination of these colors pro- 

 duces a magnificent contrast and is very rarely 

 found. Packet, 10 cents. 



A variety of the 

 form known as Peach 

 Bells. It is a magni- 

 ficent perennial, per- 

 feptly hardy, and will 

 be welcomed by all 

 lovers of its class. It 

 grows about 2 feet 

 high, and in June and 

 July bears showy 

 spikes of large, dou- 

 ble, pure white flow- 

 ers. The bloom is 

 very striking in ap- 

 pearance, making it 

 one of the most beau- 

 tiful of the bellflow- 

 ers. It comes true 

 from seed, and is 

 worthy of general cul- 

 ture. The plant is un- 

 excelled for the hardy 

 perennial border, and 

 the spikes cannot be 

 surpassed for cut flow- 

 ers. Packet, 15 cents. 



Double White. 



Miss A. B.Huntington, 

 Quincy. 111. — I had your 

 Pansy Collection last sea- 

 son, and raised some of 

 the handsomest pansies 

 I have ever seen, and a 

 great many blossoms 

 which were 3 to 4 inches 

 in diameter, from each 

 plant. 



Eschscholtzia, New Crimson Flowered 



Eschscholtzia, 



Crimson Flowered or Carmine King. 



California Poppy. So many of my cus- 

 tomers have come to know and love the 

 bright, cheerful, free flowering yellow 

 eschscholtzia, that I am sure this new 

 and brilliant crimson novelty will be 

 welcome everywhere. The color of the 

 flower contrasts in a charming manner 

 with the finely cut, light green foliage, 

 and I consider it one of the prettiest in- 

 troductions among bedding annuals in 

 recent years. One foot high. Pkt., 10 cts. 



Eschscholtzia, 



Dainty Queen. 



The color is a dainty light coral pink, 

 slightly deeper toward the edges, the col- 

 oring the same on both sides of the petal. 

 In habit the same as all other eschscholt- 

 zias, compact, bushy free flowering; the 

 flowers borne well above the foliage. This 

 charming sort is aptly named. 



Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



