142 — Flower Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1917 



NIGELLA (Love in the Mist) 

 Hardy Annual 



A compact, free flowering annual bedding plant, with finely cut 

 feathery foliage and curious seed pods. Of the easiest culture. 



1577 MISS JEKYLL. 

 A new large free flower- 

 ing variety of this well 

 known garden annual. 

 In the finely cut fern- 

 Uke foliage nestle hun- 

 dreds of lovely double 

 bright blue flowers, 

 ly^ inches across. 

 Height of plant 1 to 2 

 feet. Plants are quite 

 hardy and seed can be 

 sown in the bed or bor- 

 der in the earliest 

 spring. Fine for cutting. 

 Pacliet, 10 cents; 

 NiGELLA, MISS JEKYLL. ^ packets, 25 cents. 



1S7S HISPANICA, MIXED. Blue and white flowers. Pfet., 5 cts. 



ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 



Hardy Perennial 



1582 MIXED. Ornamental grasses serve two purposes. They make 

 the mixed flower bed or border attractive during the summer and they 

 may be gathered when in foil bloom and hung up in a dark, dry place 

 with heads downward to dry, and in this dried state are much used in 

 winter bouquets. We oflTer a mixture of grasses embracing Pampas, 

 Cloud, Reed, Quaking, Squirrel Tall, Zebra, Feather and other choice 

 ornamental sorts. Packet, 10 cents. 



OXALIS 



Tender Perennial 



1583 MIXED. Beautiful, bright little 

 plants, with attractive leaves and flowers. 

 Half trailing in habit. Suitable for hang- 

 ing baskets, vases and edgings. Pink, yel- 

 low and white. Packet, 10 cents. 



PAMPAS GRASS 



Half Hardy Perennial 



1584 Tall growing and very stately. 

 Native of South America. One of the 

 most efl"ectlve ornamental grasses. Its 

 silvery white plumes are produced on 

 stems 8 to 10 feet high. Roots require 

 winter protection or can be lifted and 

 stx>red indoors. Packet, 10 cents. 



PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue) 



Heirdy Perennial 



1635 MIXED. II grows 2 to 3 feet high, producing long spikes 



of white, pink, scarlet, blue, etc., spotted and marked flowers. If sown 



early they will bloom the first year. The graceful spikes are bedecked 



with fiowers from July till frost. Packet, 5 cents. 



Pampas Grass. 



PASSIFLORA (Passion Flower) 

 Tender Perennial Climber 



Your sweet peas are all 

 you claim them to be. I reiise 

 them every year, and they ajt& 

 equal to any picture in your 

 catalogue. 



Arthur C. Malloy, 



Brandon, Vermont. 



PHYSOSTEGIA 



(False Dragon Head) 

 Hardy Perennial 

 1661 VIRGINICA. Forms dense 

 bushes 3 to 4 feet high, bearing dur 

 ing the summer months spikes of 

 tubular, delicate pink flowers, some- 

 what resembling a gigantic heather. 

 It is becoming very popular. 

 Packet, 10 cents. 



Platycodon, Maries 



Physostegia, Virginica. 



PLATYCODON 



(Chinese Bell Flower) 

 Hardy Perennial 



One of the best hardy 

 perennials, producing 

 very showy flowers dur- 

 ing the whole season. 

 Forms large clumps, and 

 are excellent for planting 

 in permanent borders or 

 among shrubbery; easily 

 raised from seed. 



1662 MARIESI. Large, 

 open, bell-shaped flowers 

 of a rich violet blue, al- 

 most rivaling the splen- 

 did Jackmanii clematis 

 in beauty. Plant very 

 dwarf and compact. 

 Packet, 10 cents. 



PURPLE FEATHER GRASS 



Tender Perennial 

 1710 A very beautiful and popular ornamental grass of easy culture, 

 As useful for hall or table adornment as a palm, and unequalled as 

 an edging to a bed of cannas or other tall plants. The long, graceful, 

 recurving green foliage is overtopped by elegant, feathery, purplish 

 plumes a foot long, which are also useful in a dried state for winter 

 bouquets. Packet, 10 cents. 



PASSIFLORA OH PASSION FlOWER. 



1585 COKRULiEA. Prettiest of all vines for outdoors or window 

 culture. Flowers of complex structure; deep blue; highly attractive. 

 Called Passion Flower by early mls.'ilonarles In South .Vmerlca In allu- 

 sion to a fancied representation In the blossoms to the Implements of 

 the CruclflxlOD. PRCket, 10 cents) 3 packets, 25 cents. 



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Purple Feather Grass. PrRETHRuw, Roseum Single 



PYRETHRUM 



Hardy Perennial ~ 



The pyrethrums are handsome, herbaceous garden plants, about 2 



feet high, bearing daisy-like or aster-like flowers, 3 or 4 inches across, 



ranging In color from light pink to deep red with yellow centres. Blooms 



in .May and .Tune and again in the fall; one of the best cut flowers. 



1711 ROSEITM FINEST SINGLE MIXED. Packet, 10 cents. 



1712 ROSEUM FINEST DOCBI,E MIXED. Packet, 13 cents. 



