WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Flower Seeds— 137 



NlCOTIANA, AFFINIS. 



757? AFFINIS. Large 



white, sweet - smelling 



flowers; open morning 



and evening; 3 feet high. 



Packet, 5 ceots. 



7573 SANDERS. A 

 recent introduction ot 

 this most showy annual. 

 Plant grows about two 

 feet high, of branching, 

 bushy habit, carries the 

 carmine flowers in clus- 

 ters, and gives continu- 

 ous display of brilliant 

 flowers through sum- 

 mer and autiimu. 



Packet, 10 cents. 



7574 SANDERS 

 HYBRIDS. The plant 

 and dowers are similar 

 to the popular fragrant, 

 white flowering Nlcoti- 

 ana Affiais, but the flow- 

 er of this new hybrid is 

 much larger, measuring 

 at least 2 inches across, 

 remains open all day, 

 and the plant is literally 

 ablaze with the brilliant 

 hued flowers from ba"e 

 to summit, thousanus 

 being borne on a single 

 plant during the season. 

 Easily grown from seed, 

 comniencing to flower 

 in a few weeks from 

 sowing, thriving in a 

 sunny position in any 

 good garden soil. All 

 colors mixed. 



Packet, 10 cents. 



NICOTIANA 



Hardy Annual 



FliOWBRING TOBACCO. 



Highly ornamental aud desirable 

 annual plants, with handsome foli- 

 age aud delightluUy sweet scented 

 flowers. Requires plenty of room 

 in the garden; elegant for massing, 

 back-grounds, centre of beds or in 

 shrubbery. 



7565 SVL.VESTRIS. A strong 

 growing annual; 8 to 5 feet. Flow- 

 ers star-shaped, fragrant, pure 

 white and having tubes (j inches 

 long. This plant, in rows or masses, 

 makes a flne background for bright 

 blooming plants of any kind, also 

 very desirable for centre of beds or 

 planting in shrubbery. 



Packet, 5 cents. 



7577 SUAVEOLENS. Dwarf; 

 only 1 or 2 feet high. Flowers white 

 and swt-et scented. Available for 

 decorative use against higher foli- 

 age or against walls, and a charm- 

 ing thing for the purpose. 

 Packet, 5 cents. 



NiCOTIANA, SaNDER/E HYBRIDS. 



NIGELLA 



Hardy Annual 



A compact free flowering annual bedding plant with finely cut 

 feathery foliage and curious seed pods. The flowers are bright and 

 showy. Of easiest culture. Height of plant, 1 to 2 feet. Seeds may be 

 sown in the open border or bed in earliest spring, as the plants are quite 

 hardy. An old-fashioned favorite. Colors, blue, white, purple, etc. 



7575 HISPABIICA. 

 Love in a Mist. Blue, 

 white and purple. 



Packet, 5 cents. 



7576 DAMASCENA. 

 Devil in a Bush. Blue 

 and white flowers. 



Packet, 5 cents. 



7577 MISS JEKYLL. 

 A new large free flower- 

 ing variety of this well 

 known garden annual. 

 In the finely cut fern- 

 llke foliage nestle hun- 

 dreds of lovely double 

 bright blue flowers, 

 lyi inches across. 

 Height of plant 1 to 2 

 feet. Plants are quite 

 hardy and seed can be 

 sown in the bed or boi-- 

 der in the earliest 

 spring. Pkt., lOcts. Nigella, Miss Jekyll. Love in the Mist. 



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In case you have not noticed it before, I wish 

 to call the attention of my customers to the fact 

 that at the head of the name of each variety of 

 flower seeds will be found a number. You can 

 order just as safely by number as by name. 



NOLANA 



Hardy Annual Trailer 



757S Little Bell. Sow wliere it Is to remain. Suitable for baskets 

 and rock work. Free flowering. Packet, 5 cents. 



NYMPHAEA 



Hardy Perennial Aquatic 

 7587 ODORATA. The favorite sweet scented pond Illy. Sow seed In 

 a pan of rich soil, cover with sand to hold soil In place, and submerge 

 the pan In a tub of water or in a shallow pond. I'rotect against musk- 

 rats. Flowers 3 or 4 inches In diameter, borne on the surface of the water 

 along W'lth the floating leaves; deliciously fragrant. Packet, la cents. 



ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 



Hardy Perennial 



1582 MIXED. I offer here a mixture embracing pampas grass, zebra 

 grass and other choice ornamental sorts. Packet, 10 cts.; ox., 25 cts. 



OXALIS 



Tender Perennial 



1583 MIXED. Beautiful, bright little plants, with attractive leaves 

 and flowers. Half trailing in habit. Suitable for hanging baskets, vases 

 and edgings. Pink, yellow and white. Packet, 5 cents. 



PAMPAS GRASS 



Half Hardy Perennial 

 7584 GYNERIUM ARGENTEUM. A 



native of South America. Very beautiful. 

 Roots require winter protection or can be 

 lifted and stored. Twenty years ago I sold 

 more Pampas grass than all other orna- 

 mental grasses combined. 1 believe it is 

 once more coming to the front. Pkt, lOc. 



Pampas Grass. 



PAINTED DAISY 



See Chrysanthemum. 



PANSY GERANIUM 



See Ceranium, 



Passion Flower. 



PASSION FLOWER 



Tender Perennial Climber 



7585 Passiflora. Ccerulea. Pret- 

 tiest of all vines for greenhouse or 

 window culture. Flowers of com- 

 plex structure; deep blue; highly 

 attractive. Packet, 10 cents. 



Purple Feather Grass. 





PvBgTHRUM, Ro«FUM. 



PURPLE 

 FEATHER GRASS 



Tender Perennial 



7585 A beautiful and popular orna- 

 mental house plant of easy culture. 

 As useful for ball or table adorn- 

 ment as a palm, and having the 

 advantage of rapid and vigorous 

 growth. The graceful, narrow, 

 recurving leaves are overtopped by 

 elegant feathery plumes a foot long. 

 Heads borne from July until frost, 

 and the whole plant is eventually 

 veiled in a purple cloud. Pkt., 10c. 



PYRETHRUM 



Hardy Perennial 



The pyrethrums are handsome, 

 herbaceous garden plants, about 2 

 feet high, bearing dalsy-likeoraster- 

 like flowers, :-! or 4 inches across, of 

 bright red with vellow centre. 



7587 ROSEUM OR INSECT 

 POWDER PLANT. Most popu- 

 lar large flowering sort. 



PftCl^et, iO <:entS. 



