114—F lower Seed Novelties 
THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1908 
Two Giant Strains of Early Large Flowering Cosmos. 
COSMOS. 
New Early Blooming Giant 
Fancy. 
In this strain, which has been 
selected and re-selected with great 
care and pains, will be found the 
finest forms of cosmos thus far 
developed. It is a novle mixture 
or collection of large-flowered 
forms, embracing alli colors, such 
as white, pink, crimson, white 
tinted rose, ete. The great flowers, 
borne in abundance on long and 
graceful stems, are sometimes 4 or 
more inches across. Some blooms 
are nearly flat and cone shaped, 
with petals variously cut and 
fringed. Certain of the fringed 
forms resemble California pop- 
pies, with broad petals of great 
elegance and beauty. For best 
results this magnificent type ot 
cosmos should be started very 
early, as it requires a long season 
for full development. If sown 
under glass or in the window box 
it will bloom in early autumn, 
and the gorgeous flowers will 
continue long after the advent of 
frosts. The above in separate 
colors. Pink, Crimson, White 
and All Colors, Finest Mixed. 
Packet, 10 cts.; 44 ounce, 29 cts. 
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DIANTHUS, WHITE FRILLS AND MOURNING Cloak. 
DIANTHUS. 
FIVE BEAUTIFUL PINKS. 
Y offer five pinks of peculiar attractiveness. 
All are to be treated as annuals, though they 
are quite hardy. They are free bloomers, and 
among the most popular of garden plants. 
Flowers often 2 or even 4 inches across. 
Easterm Queen. Single annual. Beauti- 
fully marbled. Broad bands of mauve ona 
paler surface, making the flower exceedingly 
striking and pretty. Pkt., 10 cts.;3 pkts., 25 cts. 
Crimson Belle. Single annual. A rich 
crimson dianthus of large size and good sub- 
stance, evenly and finely fringed. Pkt., 10 ets. 
Salmon Queen. Single annual, with large, 
well-formed, fringed flowers of a brilliant 
salmon color. Flowers change to a salmon 
rose when fading. A variety quite distinct 
from all other sorts, and of exceeding merit. 
Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets. 25 cents. 
White Frills.—Single flowered, with bloom 
of pure, dazzling white, 244 inches across. 
The petals are so deeply laciniated or fringed 
that the flowers appear double, and the effect 
is wonderfully beautiful. Packet, 10 cents; 3 
packets, 25 cents. 
Mourning Cloak.—A double dianthus of so 
dark a maroon as to be almost black. Every 
petal is faintly bordered with white, wholly 
relieving the flower of a sombre appearance. 
The size is about 244 inches, and the texture is 
extremely rich. PKt., 10 cts.; 3 pkts., 25 ets. 
One packet of each of the Five Beautiful Dianthus 
described above, only 25 cents, postpaid. 
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NEW DWARF BUTTERFLY FLOWER, 
or Poor Man’s Orchid. 
A most valuable strain of schizanthus, form- 
ing pyramidal plants only about a foot high, 
bearing countless butterfly-like flowers in a 
bewildering range of color. Flowers larger 
than in the ordinary type of schizanthus. 
It is of easy culture and enjoys a very wide 
popularity. All who know the flower should 
make a trial of this handsome new strain. 
Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 
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AGERATUM, LitTLe Buue STAR. 
AGERATUM. LITTLE BLUE STAR. 
The best of the ageratums for edging pur- 
poses, on account of Small size and wonderful 
profusion of bloom. The plants are only 4 or5 
inches high, and are literally covered with 
bright blue flowers during summer and early 
autumn, This is the best of the Tom Thumb 
COSMOS. .- 
New Mammoth Giants of 
California. 
This strain is remarkable forthe 
great Size and clear color of its. 
tiowers, which frequently measure 
4 inches across, and are marvels of | 
autumnal beauty. The plants or 
bushes grow 6 feet high, and each | 
is a mass of feathery foliage, stud- 
ded all over with long stemmed | 
flowers. On account of its great. | 
size and development the plant. 
requires a long season anne the 
seed should be sown early.. It is. 
a hardy sort, however, and is not. 
injured by ordinary frosts, and | 
continues to bloom until the. 
advent of really severe weather. 
All sorts mixed. 
Packet, 15 cts.; 2 packets, 25 cts. 
DAYLIGHT DOLICHGS. 
Daylight is the newest and best 
form of this beautiful climbing 
vine, with bold spikes of pure 
white flowers.. The height is 8 to 
10 feet, the flowers appearing from 
base to summit. The foliage is 
rich and attractive. The flowers, 
which resemble sweet peas in 
Shape, are succeeded by broad, vel- 
vety. creamy white pods, which 
remain fresh and ornamental for a consider- 
able time. This climber is an excellent one 
for trellises and fences; highly satisfactory in 
almost any situation, if given good soil. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents 
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DayLiGHT DoLicHos. 
DWARF BUSH DOLICHOS. 
I offer a bush form of the well known Day- 
light Dolichos (described above), with the same.- 
enormous spikes of pure white flowers, but 
without the climbing habit of growth, which is 
compact and ornamental; plant grows less than 
2 feet high; flower stands upright a foot above 
the foliage. The bush dolichos blooms earlier 
than the climbing form. 
ageratums, and is a treasure. Packet, 10 cents. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents. 
