WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Flower Seed Novelties — 115 



The Wild Cucumber Vine. 



The Wild Cucumber Vine. 



A Quick Growing Climber 



This is one of the quickest growing of all the annual vines, 



^rv*if and a great favorite. It is decidedly graceful and pretty in 



^& general effect, as seen upon a trellis or a fence. Vines 



* sometimes attain a length of 20 or even 30 feet in a season. 



The fragrant white flowers are followed by prickly seed pods. 



The pods or fruits are always interesting to children, "who 



love to make them burst." Makes the quickest growth and 



shade of any vine I know of. 



Packet, 5 cents; % ounce, 15 cents; ounce, 25 cents. 



Begonia, Erecta Cristata. 



This is a very interesting single flowered strain of the tube- 

 rous-rooted begonia. Flowers are large and extremely var- 

 ied in color, including many shades. The most characteris- 

 tic feature, however, is the curiously bearded or crested 

 petal, as shown in the illustration. Excellent for pot plants 

 bedding, blooming all summer. Mixed colors. 



Packet, 15 cents ; 2 packets, 25 cents. 



VERBENA, 



Burbank's Mayflower. 



Arbutus Scented. 



This verbena is of bright and pleasing shades of pink, of extraordinary 

 size and free blooming habit. Its chief claim to popularity, as developed 

 by Mr. Burbank. is its fragrance, which resembles the Trailing Arbutus 

 or Mayflower. This fact gave it its name. It is very desirable for bouquets 

 and decorative purposes, and is unsurpassed as a bedder. It was origi- 

 nated by Mr. Burbank by a long continued selection from sweet 

 scented sorts. The type is now quite well established. 

 Packet, 10 cents ; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



Begonia, Erecta Cristata. 



Verbena, Burbank's Mayflower. 



^ New Antirrhinum or 

 Snapdragon, 



Pink Princess. 



This new pink snapdragon is 

 one of the best and and prettiest 

 so far introduced, and I list it 

 here on account of its great 

 merit. It is of medium height, 

 and forms a showy, compact 

 plant, with numerous flower 

 stalks or spikes. The bloom is 

 profuse 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 

 of admiring friends. 



Packet, 10 cts.; 3 pkts., 25 cts. 



Bird of Paradise Flower 



This striking and attractive flower has lately 

 become widely popular. The blossoms are of a 

 rich golden yellow, about 2% inches in diam- 

 eter, produced in large trusses, the most strik- 

 ing feature being the long, incurving stam- 

 mens and pistils, of a beautiful, bright crim- 

 son color. Seed should be soaked in warm 

 water and started indoors or under glass, in a 

 light, sandy soil. A sunny situation is required, 

 in dry and very warm soil, and no water other 

 than the rains will be needed after the plants 

 are established. 



Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



NICOTIANA SANDERS. 



A recent introduction of this most showy 

 annual. Plant grows about two feet high, of 

 branching, bushy habit, carries the carmine 

 flowers in clusters, and gives continuous dis- 

 play of brilliant flowers through summer and 

 autumn. 



Packet, 10 cents ; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



NICOTIANA SANDER/E HYBRIDS. 



The plant and flowers are similar to the pop- 

 ular fragrant, white flowering Nicotiana Af- 

 finis, but the flower of this new hybrid is 

 much larger, measuring at least two inches 

 across, remains open all dav, 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 sowing, thriving in a sunny posi- 

 tion in any good garden soil. All colors, 

 mixed. 



Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



