130 — Flower Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1912 



HELIOTROPE 



H&lf Hardy Perennial 



The flowers are borne in graceful clusters and are very fragrant; 

 blooms the whole season. It grows quickly and easily from seed, 

 doing best in a ricti soil. 



Heliotrope, Lemoine'S Giant Hybrids. 



137S liEMOIBfE'S GIANT HYBRIDS. One of the best strains 

 known among heliotropes, bearing flowers of immense size and of rich- 

 est beauty and fragrance. The colors range through all the shades of 

 blue, from violet to indigo. The great trusses or floral heads are some- 

 times a foot across, and are magnificent in appearance. The plants 



grow about 2 feet high, and the foli- 

 age is peculiarly rich, glossy and 

 attractive. In wide favor, both for 

 open air culture and for window 

 gardening. This strain has become 

 immenselv popular. Plct., 15 cts. 



1376 LADY IIV ^VHITE. Ex- 

 ceedingly fine aud fragrant. Spot- 

 less white. Packet, 10 cents. 



1377 BLACK KIWG. Dark pur- 

 ple, almost black. Packet, 10 cts. 



7375 BOUCIUET PARPUM. A 

 new dwarf, compact variety, with 

 large trusses of dark lilac flowers. 

 A profuse bloomer; a desirable sort 

 for window or garden. Pkt., 15c. 



1380 CHOICE MIXED. Many 

 shades and varieties. Pkt., 10 cts. 



HIBISCUS 



Hardy Annual 



Free blooming and desirable 

 plants, 2 to 3 feet; producing flowers 

 of great size, brilliancy and beauty. 

 Of easy culture. 



1383 APRICANUS. Large flow- 

 ers 3 to 4 inches across; creamy yel- 

 Heliotrope, Choice Mixed. low with purple centre. Pkt., 5 cts. 



1384 CRIMSOIV EYE. Blooms freely. Beautiful white flower, 6 

 inches across with crimson centre. Profuse bloomer. Packet, 10 cts. 



Hibiscus, Hardy Marvel 



Hso-dy Perennial Hibiscus 

 1382 HARDY MARVEL. Showy, ornamental shrub, growing to 

 a large size and blooming the flrst year from spring-sown seed. Hardy 

 as an oak and will thrive in any soil. The flowers often measuring 8 to 

 10 inches across, are gorgeous in colors, and bloom in great profusion 

 from late July to frost. Mixed colors. Packet, 10 cents. 



HOLLYHOCK 



Hardy Annual 



This fine old-fashioned flower is 

 again in the widest favor. It reaches 

 a height of 6 feet or more, and on ac- 

 count of its stately growth is unex- 

 celled for planting along fences or 

 buildings, or for background ettects. 

 It can be had in a variety of colors. 

 It is perfectly hardy, and when well 

 established will bloom fully and 

 freely year after year. It loves rich, 

 deep, moist ground. Seeds sown one 

 year will give good flowers the fol- 

 lowing year, except Everblooming. 



Hollyhock, Fine Double Mixed. 



138S EVERBLOOMING. (Hen- 

 derson's Annual.) These grand an- 

 nual single and double hollyhocks 

 mark a new era. Seeds planted un- 

 der glass will bloom in July, and 

 seeds sown in the open garden in 

 May will produce flowers in August. 

 The floral shapes and sizes differ; 

 some are 5 inches across. The color 

 range is wonderful— maroon, black, 

 pink, rose, canary, yellow, crimson, 

 apricot with garnet throat, blush 

 with carmine lacings, white, scarlet, 

 magenta, etc. The plants are vigor- Hollyhocks, Everbloomii 



ous and of branching habit, and" may be shaped bv pinching 

 shoots. They flower profusely until frost. Packet, io cents. 



Hardy Perennial Hollyhock 



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Allegheny Hollvhock 



M»MMOTH FRIWQEB 



Double hollyhock. An 

 exceptionally choice 

 strain of all double flow- 

 ers, and true to color. 

 Grown from Charter's 

 celebrated collection. 

 Noted for their beautiful 

 large double flowers and 

 brilliant colors. 

 1386 DOUBLE "WHITE 

 Packet, 10 cents. 



7387 DOUBLE SUL- 

 PHUR YELLOAV. 

 Packet, 10 cents. 



1388 DOUBLE ROSE. 

 Packet, 10 cents. 



7397 DOUBLE SCAR- 

 LET. Packet, 10 cts. 



7392 DOUBLE PIIVE 

 MIXED, All colors in 

 a grand combination. 

 Packet, 10 cents. 



7393 SINGLE ROSE 

 AND YELLOW. Fine 

 mixed. Pkt., 5 cts. 



7594 ALLEGHENY. 

 (Mammoth Fringed.) 

 This class Increases in 

 popularity year by year. 

 The abundant flowers, 

 which are 3 to 5 inches 

 in diameter, and either 

 double or half double, 

 are so finely fringed, cut 

 and curled as to suggest 

 the bloom of some new 

 species of plant. The col- 

 ors are pink, rose and 

 ruby red, darkest at the 

 centre. The blooming 

 season is a long one, and 

 the plants are as conspic- 

 uous as they are beau- 

 tiful. They are perfectly 

 hardy. Packet, 10 cts. 



HORN 

 OF PLENTY 



See Datura. 



