WM. henry MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Flower Seeds — 161 



ZEA JAPONICA 



Hardy Annual 

 1912 Q,UADRI-COL.OR PER- 



PECTA. Rainbow Com. A varl- 

 egated-leaf corn or maize, with 

 leaves striped yellow, green, pink 

 and rose. The sheaths of the leaves 

 and stems are reddish-brown. It is 

 exceedingly effective and graceful 

 as a foliage plant, especially for a 

 low background. Packet, 10 cents. 



ZINNIA 



Hardy Annual 



Youth and Old Age. Bedding 

 plants; 1 to 2 feet high. Suited to all 

 situations and soils. The bloom is 

 always gay and profuse, and the 

 color range endless. No flowers are 

 more showy. Sow seed In open 

 ground, and transplant or thin out 

 to 1 foot apart. They come into flower early in the summer and keep 

 on blooming until killed by frost. 1 urge my frieuds to try especially 

 the New Giant Flowering type— the largest of all the Zinnias. 



Zea Japonica, Quadri-Coloh. 



Zinnia, Mexican Hybrids, Single and Double. 



MEXICA3V HYBRIDS. These dwarf zinnias are dazzling in beauty 



and charming In variety. They grow only about 12 inches high, yet the 



flowers are large and showy. Range of color is almost without limit, 



and flowers show wide variation, sometimes even on the same plant. 



The flowering habit is re- 

 markably profuse, and 

 they are especially suited 

 to edges and borders, as 

 well as pot culture. 



1914 SIlVGIiE MIXED. 

 Packet, 5 cents. 

 2975 DOUBLiE MIXED. 

 Packet, 10 cents. 

 1916 NEW FRINGED. 

 Ij FINEST MIXED. This 

 novel and beautiful strain 

 has exquisitely fringed 

 and toothed petals, as 

 shown in the illustration, 

 entirely relieving the 

 fl ower of its former rigid- 

 ity or stiffness. All colors. 

 Pkt., 10c. ; ^i ox., 30c. 



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New Fringed. 



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Zinnia, New Giant Flowering. 



NEAV GIANT FLOAVERING. In the New Giant Flowering Zinnias, 

 the labor of years, of careful cultivation and constant selection has re- 

 sulted in a flower of pei'fect form, round full and double and Immense 

 in size. The individual plants form large bushes and bear above the 

 foliage, numerous flowers on long, stiff stems which makes them valu- 

 able for cutting and will render them a popular and desirable garden 

 favorite wherever tried. The ease of culture, indifference to special 

 soils or treatments, its early, prolific and long-continued bloom, excell- 

 ent habit, magnificent flowers of large size — in fact, larger than any- 

 thing hitherto attained— its exquisite colors, are all features that wUl 

 tend to make this Zinnia a favorite. Of great value to everyone. 

 1917 Scarlet. Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, 23 cents. 



White. Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, 25 cents. 



Golden Yellow. Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, 25 cents. 



MIXED COLORS. Pkt., 15 cts; % ox., 40 cts.; ^^ oz., 75 cts. 



TOM THUMB SCARLET GEM. Forms compact bushes 

 1 foot high, covered with Intensely scarlet flowers. Packet, 10 cents. 



1924 DAVARF SNOWBALL. A new and extremely pretty dwarf 

 white zinnia, suitable for edging and bedding or for cemetery planting. 

 Only 8 to 12 inches high. Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 23 cents. 



1934 TOM THUMB OR DOUBLE MINIATURE, PINE MIXED. 



A profuse bearer of many double flowers of the most perfect shape and 

 various colors. The dwarfest Zinnia in existence. Of especial value 

 for small groups, beds and borders. Pkt., lOc; l^ ox., 20c.; oz., 73c. 



1925 ZEBRA. Large, perfectly double flowers, striped and mottled, 

 presenting all colors and shades. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 75 cents. 



1926 CURLED AND CRESTED. 

 Large, full flowers, petals twisted, 

 curled and crested in the most fan- 

 tastic manner. Mixed colors. 

 Pkt., 10c. ; ]4 ox., 30c.; oz., $1.00. 



1928 LA PRANCE. Double rose 

 colored flowers. Packet, 5 cents. 



1931 GENERAL JACQUEMIN- 

 OT. Deep, velvety crimson — the 

 richest In hue of all the zinnias. 

 Plant grows 18 to 21 inches high. 

 Packet, 10 cts.; ^ ounce, 30 cts. 



1932 QUEEN VICTORIA. A 

 pure white, double zinnia, robust 

 and free blooming all summer. 



Packet, 10 cents. 



1933 DOUBLE MIXED. Em- 

 bracing all the variously colored 

 double varieties, making an elegant 

 mixture for groups — beds, borders, 

 garden lines and summer hedges. 



Zinnia, Curled and Crested and Zebra. Pkt., 5c.; '4 ox., 20c.; oz., 75c. 



Classification of Flowers 



flnnua/s. Hardy Annuals and Tender Annuals attain full growth from seed, 



flower and die in one year. 

 Biennials, Hardy Biennials and Tender Biennials grow from seed one year, 



bloom and die the next, though some varieties bloom the first 



season when sown early. 



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Tender Perennials last for several years, blooming annually; mxist be 



taken indoors during winter. 

 Hardy Perennials and Half Hardy Perennials last for several years, blooming 



annually after the first season, though some varieties bloom the 



first season if sown early. 



