142 — Bulbs, Roots, etc. 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1907 



100 



BULBS 

 FOR 



tlon, althoug-h the April 

 buy if pnrcliaser made tl 



(TXjB T -^J^*"^^^ this offer for the first time in 1904. My customers are so delighted with their bargains and tell 

 U*^ J_ so many of their friends about the liberality of the offer that each season I dispose of a large number 

 ^ ■ of these popular SI.UO Bulo Collections. The proposition in a uutsheil follows: Every year, May Isl 



llv ■ I have several thousand bulbs on hand, for it is an absolute impossibility to sell out everything. Tl.isVear 

 ^r ^^ 1 propose to distribute at least part of this surplus among my friends in the following manner • Send me 

 ^^^^ SI. 00 any time before JSlay 1st, and I will book your order for 100 choice bulbs, my selection, to be filled in 

 ^^^^Kt rotation as received, afttr May ist. In no case will bulbs be sent whose retail value is less than S.3.00. Jan- 

 uary orders will be filled first, then February, then March, etc. The first orders will receive the'best selec- 

 orders will receive three times their money's worth. Tne February orders may get ten times what Sl.OO would 

 le 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. 

 ffli^p»-Remember, please, that this offer is iot suTplus bulbs only. And hence I must select the 

 Sir'*? varieties. Packages vary in size, and I do not prepay transportation charges. Buyers 

 who prefer to do so can send 2j cents extra, and I will deliver without additional cost. 



Auratum. The Golden Rayed 

 Lily of Japan; 3 to 5 feet. Its deli- 1 

 ciously fragrant flowers are nearly a j 

 foot wide. Colors and markings sur- 1 

 pass all others. Flowers are pure [ 

 white, spotted chocolate crimson, I 

 banded with golden yellow. 15c. each; 

 2 for 25c.; S1.25 per dozen, postpaid. 



Alexandraea. A dwarf, pure 

 white Lilium Auratum, without 

 spots, having dark brown anthers, 

 and a delicious perfv.me that is pleas- 

 ant and delicate. P'lowers are very 

 large and widely e.xpanded. Adapted 

 to pot culture. 25 cents each; 3 for 

 H5 cents, postpaid. 



Garden 

 Lilies. 



Pomponium. Bright 

 yellow. 20 cents each; 3 

 for 50 cents, postpaid. 



Double Tiger Lily. 



Bears lovely orange red 

 flowers, spotted with 

 black. 15 cents each; 2 

 for 2o cents. 



Speclosuip Album. 



Large, pure white flow- 

 ers; petals beautifully 

 recurved. 2 feet high. 20 

 cents each; 3 for 50 cents; 



Speclosum Roseum. 



The flower has a pure 

 white ground, stained 

 and spotted with rose. 

 20 cts. each; 3 for 50 cts. 



Umbellatum. 



Blooms in June or July. 

 Tbe colors range from 

 black-red through all 

 the shades of crimson, 

 rose, yellow, buff", apri- 

 cot, etc., many being 

 spotted and variegatecl 

 16 cts. each; 2 for 25 cts. 



Tuberous Rooted Clematis 



Tuberous=Rooted Clematis. 



Also called Platycodon or Chinese Bell Flower. 

 A hardy perennial. Not a climber, but a low- 

 growing, bushy, herbaceous plant, with hand- 

 some foliage, producing beautiful, hell-shaped 

 flowers of a lovely violet hue, almost rivaling the 

 splendid Jackmanil clematis in beauty. Blooms 

 quickly, freely and continuously. Worthy of high 

 commendation. 15 cents each; 2 for 25 cents, 

 postpaid. 



MONTBRETIAS. 



Showy and desirable perennials of easy culture. 

 Set bulbs 4 Inches apart and an inch deep. Hardy. 



CrocosmsEf lora. Yellow, crimson ringed. • 



Rosea. Rosy pink. Large full spike. 



Elegans. Brilliant vermilion yellow. 



Tigrldla. Orange, throat spotted brown. 



Golden Sheaf. Beautiful golden yellow. 



Star of Fire. Bright vermilion. 



GERMAJTICA. Extra large flowers of orange 

 scarlet. 10 cents each; 3 for 25 cents; 75 cents per 

 dozen, postpaid. 



Any of ll^e above Monibretias, except where noted, 

 i for 5 cents; 15 cents per dozen, postpaid. 



MIXED. All sorts, 3 for 5 cents; 15 cents per 

 dozen; Sl.OO per 100, postpaid. 



TiGRiDiA, T uER OR Shell Flo 



HARDY HERBACEOUS PEONIES 



Perfectly hardy plants, bush-lilie in 

 growth, with great flowers rivaling the 

 rose in color and perfection of bloom. 

 They are pleasantly fragrant. Always 

 fouiid in old-fashioned gardens. 



"H'hite. Pure white. 25 cents each; 3 

 for 65 cents. 



Pink. Delicate as a rose. 20 cts. each; 

 3 for 50 cts. 



Red. Crimson red. 20 cents each; 3 

 for 50 centp. 



One of each of the three Pa;onies, 50 cts., 

 postpaid. 



TIGRIDIA. 



Tiger or Shell Flower. Of easy culture. 

 Very floriferous and showy. Tender. 

 Treat as gladiolus. 



Grandillora Red. Glowing crimson, 

 variegated with yellow. 



Conchiflora Yellow. Spotted crim- 

 son. 



Alba. Pure white, spotted crimson. 



Coelestris. Blue, tinted lilac. 



Any of the above Tigridias, 5 cents each : 

 6 for SS cents; W cents per dozen, postpaid. 



SKCV^IAL urrLK. eapij of t]3e xigrid- 

 ias, 4 bulbs In all, for 15 cents, postpaid. 



Hardy Herbaceous P,€0nie5 



