142— Bulbs, Roots, ete. 
BULBS, MY SELECTION, SHIPPED AFTER MAY Ist, FOR 
I made this offer for the first time in 1904. My customers are so delighted 
with their bargains and tell so many of their friends about the liberality of 
the offer that each season I dispose of a large number of these popular $1.00 
THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1908 
Bulb Collections. The proposition in a nutshell follows: Every year, May lst, 
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I have several thousand bulbs on hand, for it is an absolute impossibility to 
sell out everything. This year 1 propose to distribute at least part of this surplus among my friends in the following manner~ Send me 
$1.00 any time before May Ist, and I will book your order for 100 choice bulbs, my selection, to be filled in rotation as received, after May Ist. ? 
In no case will bulbs be sent whose retail value is less than $3.00. January orders will be filled first, then February. then March, etc. The 
first orders will receive the best selection, although the April orders will receive three times their money’s worth. The February orders 
may get ten times what $1.00 would buy if purchaser made the selection. Many of the bulbs will be worth 10, 15 and even 25 cents each. The 
package will have to go by express, purchaser to pay transportation charges. 
aye Remember please, that this offer is for surplus bulbs only, and hence I must select the varieties. 
prepay transportation charges. 
TIGRIDIA, TIGER OR SHELL FLOWER. 
TIGRIDIA. 
Tiger or Shell Flower. Of easy culture. Very 
floriferous and showy. ‘Treat as gladiolus. 
Grandiflora Red. Glowing crimson, varie- 
gated with yellow. : 
Conchiflora Yellow. Spotted crimson. 
Alba. Pure white, spotted crimson. 
Coelestris. Blue, tinted lilac. 
Any of the above Tigridias, 5 cents each; 6 jor 
25 cents; 40 cents per dozen, postpaid. 
I will send one of 
SPECIAL OFFER. each of the Tigridias 
Buyers who prefer to do so can send 25 cents extra, and I will deliver without additional cost. 
from the Philippine Islands. 
Lilium Harrisi, flowers larger and longer, a 
graceful tapering 
white in color and of delicate fragrance. 
20 cents each; 3 for 50 cents, postpaid. 
Japan.) 
son. 
ure nearly a foot across. 
25 cents; $1.25 per dozen, postpaid. 
ble flowers, of bright orange red, spotted 
with black. 
clusters at the summit on graceful stems. 
Of easy culture. 
there being almost every color represented. 
Mixed. 
Beautifully shaped flowers, of brilliant coral 
red. Grows 20 inches high, flowers in the 
greatest numbers. 
cents, postpaid. 
in color from red to yellow. Grows 2 to 3 
feet high. 15 cts. each; 2 for 25 cts., postpaid. 
Finest and the hardiest of all lilies, growing 
4to6 feet high. Flowers bright orange red..SSS& 
15 cents each; 2 for 25 cents, postpaid. 
den Lilies, 7 in all, for only 75 cents, postpaid. 
Packages vary in size, and {I do not 
HARDY GARDEN LILIES. 
Philippensis. A beautiful and rare lily 
An improved 
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trumpet shape, snowy & 
Auratum. (The Golden Rayed Lily of 
Flowers pure white, spotted crim- 
Deliciously fragrant. Flowers meas- 
15 cents each; 2 for & 
Double Tiger Lily. Innumerable dou- 
15e. each; 2 for 25e.. postpaid. 
Umbellatum. Large showy fiowers, in 
Color range is endless, 
15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts., postpaid. 
Tenuifolium. (Coral Lily of Siberia ) 
15 cents each; 2 for 26§ 
Flowers vary 
Canadense. Very hardy. 
Superbum. (American  Turk’s Cap.) 
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Littum PHILIPPENSIS. 
One bulb of each of the above Hardy Gar- 
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PLATYCODON MARIES! 
Platycodon Mariesi 
or Tuberous Rooted Clematis. 
i Me Also called Chinese Bell Flower. A hardy 
MONTBRETIAS. perennial. Not a climber, but a low growing, 
bushy, herbaceous plant, with handsome foll- 
MONTBRETIAS. age, producing beautiful, bell shaped flowers of 
a lovely violet hue, almost rivaling the splen- 
did Jackmanii clematis in beauty. 
15 cents each; 2 for 25 cents, postpaid. 
Showy and desirable perennials of easy cul- 
ture. Set bulbs 4 inches apart and 1 inch deep. 
Crocosmezflora. Yellow, ringed crimson. 
Rosea. Rosy pink. Large full spike. 
Star of Fire. Bright vermilion. 
Any of the above Montbretias, 2 for 5 
cents; 25 cents per dozen, postpaid. 
MIXED. All sorts, 3 for 5 cts.; 15 cts. 
per dozen; $1.00 per 100, postpaid. : 
HARDY HERBACEOUS 
PZEONIES. 
Perfectly hardy plants, bush-like in 
growth, with great flowers rivaling the gS 
rose in color and perfection of bloom. 
They are pleasantly fragrant. Always 
found in old-fashioned gardens. 
White. Pure white. 25 cents each; 3 
for 65 cents. 
Pink. Delicate as a rose. 
Red. Crimson red. 
Maroon. Self colored. 
Yellow. Canary yellow. 
Any of the above Peonies, except where 
noted, 20 cls. each; 3 for 50 cts., postpaid. 
Any three Peonies, 50 cents, postpaid. 
One of each color, 5 in all, for 75 cents, 
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4 bulbs in all, for 15 cents, postpaid. 
| postpaid. Harpy HERBACEOUS PONIES. 
