168—F lower Seeds 

THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1910 

ZEA JAPONICA 
Hardy Annual 
QUADRI-COLOR. This is a four 
colored Japanese maize — green, 
white, pink and rose. It is exceed- 
ingly effective and graceful as a 
foliage plant, either for centres or 
backgrounds. Packet, 10 cents. 
QUADRI-COLOR PERFECTA. 
This is a more dwarf growing varie- 
ty than the above, with the same 
beautiful markings. Excellent fora 
low background. Packet, 15 cts. 
ZEBRA GRASS 
See Eulalia Japonica. 
N ANU VAZ Hardy Annual 
AW! | 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 flowers are 
z more showy. Sow seed in open 
Zea JAPONICA, QuapRi-Cotor. ground, and transplant or thin out 
to 1 foot apart. I urge my friends to try some of the following named 
varieties, keeping the sorts separate from each other for the best effects. 
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ZINNIA, MEXICAN Hysrip. 
MEXICAN HYBRID. 
and charming in variety. 
flowers are large and showy. 
and flowers show wide variation, sometimes even on the same plant. 
The flowering habit is re- 
markably profuse, and) 
They grow only about 12 inches high, yet the 
Range of color is almost without limit, 
——— 7) = they are especially suited 
ETE Ss to edges and borders. 
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é aS VAAN Wi strain has exquisitely 
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mt NA A tration, entirely relieving 
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VN d N e) rigidity or stiffness of as- 
ant A 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 
Wee | zinnia tints. 
ZINNIA, NEW FRINGED. 
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. 
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ZINNIA, GIANT FLOWERING. 
GIANT FLOWERING. An excellent variety for cut flowers, as 
these immense flowers are borne on long, stout stems. One of the best 
variety for backgrounds and massing. This variety includes ali the 
best and largest types, and cannot be excelled in beauty of flower or 
range of colors. 
Scarlet. Packet, 10 cents; 14 ounce, 35 cents. 
White. Packet, 10 cents; l4 ounce, 35 cents. 
Violet. Packet, 10 cents; ly ounce, 35 cents. 
MIXED COLORS. Packet, 10 cts; l4 ounce, 30 cts.; 0z., $1.00. 
TOM THUMB SCARLET GEM. Forms compact bushes about a 
foot high, covered all summer with small, intensely scarlet flowers. 
Excellent for bedding. Much admired on my grounds. Pkt., 10 cts. 
DWARF SNOWBALL. A new and extremely pretty dwarf white 
zinnia, suitable for edging and bedding or for cemetery planting. Only 
8 to 12 inches high. Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 
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. 

These dwarf zinnias are dazzling in beauty | 
WS als, aS shown in the illus- | 
the flower of its former | 


All colors. | 
Finest mixed. Pkt., 10c. | 
Glassification of Flower Seeds. 
Annuals, Hardy Annuals and Tender Annuals attain full growth from seed, | Hardy Perennials and Half Hardy Perennials last for several years, blooming 
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| ous flowers, but also have given, wherever possible, the common 
Tender Perennials last for several years, blooming annually; must be | every day names of each flower in alphabetical order, which will be 
of great help to my friends in making up their lists. 

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 
leet high. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., $1.00. 
HAAGEANA. Single flowers of 
rich, golden color. Blooms freely 
the whole summer. Pkt., 5 ets. 
LA FRANCE. A double zinnia 
with beautiful rose colored flowers. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
GENERAL JACQUEMINOT. A 
member of the dwarf, double flow- 
ering group, of a deep, velvety crim- 
son color—the richest in hue of all 
the zinnias. Plant 18 to 24 inches 
high; a lavish bloomer. Pkt., 10c. 
QUEEN ViCTORIA. A _ pure 
white zinnia, robust and free bloom- 
ing, with splendid double fiowers 3 
inches across. Packet, 10 cents. 
DOUBLE MIXED. Embracing 
all the variously colored double va- 
rieties, making an elegant mixture 
for groups — beds, borders, garden 
lines and summer hedges. Bloom- 
ing all summer until frost. Pkt., 
5 cts.3 14 o2., 20 cts.3 0z., 75 cts. 

Mrs. Chas. Meyer, Deep River, Conn-—All your seeds have done well for us the 
past year; we had beautiful sweet peas and pansies and our nasturtiums were fine. 
W. M. Balch, Parrottsville, Tenn.—From the bulbs purchased from you last 
| April, I have grown the most magnificent plants of Orinoco Banana, 10 and 12 feet 
This is by far the most magnificent 
high, with great spreading leaves 5 feet long. t 
My specimens are the 
ornamental summer plant for the lawn I have ever seen. 
wonder and admiration of all who see them. 
annually after the first season, though some varieties bloom the 
first season if sown early. : : 
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