WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



YOUTH AND 

 OLD AGE 



See Zinnia. 



ZEA JAPONICA 



Hardy Annual 

 1912 Q,UADRI-COI,OR PER- 



PECTA. Japanese Maize. A vari- 

 egated-leaf corn or maize, wltli 

 leaves striped yellow, green, plnic 

 and rose. The sheaths of the leaves 

 and stems are reddish-brown. It is 

 exceedingly efl'ective 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 liowers are 

 more showy. Sow seed in open 

 ground, and transplant or thin out 

 to 1 foot apart. I urge my friends to try some of the following named 

 varieties, keei>ing the sorts sejiarate from each other for the best eflects. 



Flower Seeds — 163 



Zea Japonica, Quadri-Color. 



Zinnia, Mexican Hybrids, Single and Double. 



MEXICAN 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. 

 They have been much ad- 

 mired at Briar Crest. 

 1914 SINGLE MIXED. 

 Packet, 5 cents. 

 19IS DOUBLE MIXED. 

 Packet, 10 cents. 

 1916 NEW FRINGED. 

 This novel and beautiful 

 strain has exquisitely 

 fringed and toothed pet- 

 als, as shown in the Illus- 

 tration, entirely relieving 

 the flower of its former 

 rigidity or stiff'ness of as- 

 •pect. The new fringed 

 zinnia blooms quite as 

 freely and continuously 

 as the ordinary type. The 

 colors In the fringed class 

 now embrace all the usual 

 zinnia tints. All colors. 

 Zinnia, New Frinoeo. Finest mixed. Pkt., 10c. 



Giant Flowerinq. 



<SIANT FliOAVERING. An excellent variety for cut flowers, as 

 these Immense flowers are borne on long, stout stems. One of the best 

 \.irleties for backgrounds and massing. This variety includes all the 

 litst and largest types, and cannot be excelled in beauty of flower or 

 range of colors. 



1917 Scarlet. Packet, 10 cents; J4 ounce, 35 cents. 



1918 White. Packet, 10 cents; J^ ounce, 35 cents. 



1921 Violet. Packet, 10 cents; }^^ ounce, 35 cents. 



1922 MIXED COLiORS. Pkt., 10 cts; ]4 ox., 30 cts.; ox., $1.00. 



1923 TOM THUMB SCARLET GEM. Forms compact bushes 

 about a foot high, covered all summer with intensely scarlet flowers. 

 Excellent for bedding. Much admired on my grounds. Pkt., 10 cts. 



1924 DWARF SNOWBALL. A new and extremely pretty dwari 

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

 Only 8 to 12 inches high. Packet, 10 cents; 3 i>ackets, 35 cents. 



1925 ZEBRA. Large, perfectly double flowers, as evenly imbricated 

 as a camellia. Flowers striped and mottled, presenting all colors and 

 shades known In the zinnia. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 75 cents. 



1926 CURLED AND CRESTED. 

 Large, full flowers, the petals 

 twisted, curled and crested in fan- 

 tastic and graceful forms. Colors 

 orange, purple, pink, deep rose. Two 

 Itiet high. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, $1.00. 



1928 LA FRANCE. A double 

 •/ inula with beautiful rose colored 

 liowers. Packet, 5 cents. 



1931 GENERAL JACQUEMIN- 

 OT. A member of the dwarf, dou- 

 ble flowering group, of a deep, vel- 

 vety crimson — the richest in hue of 

 all the zmnias. Plant 18 to 24 inches 

 high; a lavish bloomer. 



Packet, 10 cents. 



1932 aUEEN VICTORIA. A 

 pure white zinnia, robust and free 

 blooming, with splendid double 

 flowers 3 Inches across. 



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. 



„ „ _ Blooming all summer until frost. 



Zinnia, Curled and Chested and Zebra. put., 5c.; I.,' oz., 20c.; ox., 75c. 



1934 TOM THUMB OR DOUBLE MINIATURE, MIXED. Plants 

 dwarf and of bushy compact growth. A profuse bearerof many double 

 flowers of the most perfect shape and various colors. The dwarfest 

 Zinnia in existence, and with a perfection of bloom not usually found 

 in Zinnias. Makes a plant look like a snaall bouquet set In the ground. 

 Of special value for small groups, beds and borders. 



Packet, 10 cents; J^ ounce, HO cents; ounce, 75 cents. 



Glassiflcation of riower Seeds 



Annuals, 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. 

 Tender Perennials last for several years, blooming annually; must 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. 

 Please note I not only give the proper botanical names of the vari- 

 ous flowers, but also have given, wherever possible, the common 

 every day names of each flower In alphabetical order, which will be 

 of great help to my friends in making up their lists. 



