110 — Flower Seed Novelties 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1909 



Butterfly Runner Bean. 



Chrysanthemum, Double Ostrich Feather. 



Chrysanthemum, Double Ostrich Feather. 



This is a fine Japanese strain, producing handsome double flowers 

 with highly ornamental petals. The seedling plants will bloom the 

 first season, thus enabling the cultivator to pick and choose the most 

 valuable specimens for preservation and permanent culture. I re- 

 commend this strain very highly, but make no positive statements 

 abou{ color or form of flower. Packet, 20 cents; 3 packets, 50 cents. 



This new variety is 

 fully equal to the varie- 

 ties of Scarlet Runner 

 Bean, which occupy a 

 prominent place 

 among climbing plants 

 for arbors and trellises, 

 but is more distinct and 

 surpasses them in the 

 beauty of its flowers, 

 which are of excep- 

 tional large size. The 

 prettily waved wings 

 are of pure spotless 

 white, and the stand- 

 ards salmon rose. These 

 two colors on the same 

 flower make a striking 

 and agreeable contrast. 

 Packet, 1U cents. 



Stocks, 



Beauty of Nice. 



A handsome and con- 

 spicuous new winter 

 stock of quick growth. 

 Flowers of very large 

 size, of a pleasing shade 

 of soft pink. These will 

 bloom in 10 weeks from 

 the planting of the 

 seed, so if seed is sown 

 by the end of May the 

 plants will bloom in 

 September, when cut 

 flowers are scarce, and 

 will continue to bloom 

 in the winter. Pkt., 10c; 

 3 packets, 25 cents. 



Butterfly Runner Bean 



Large Flowering 

 Chinese and Japanese Chrysanthemums. 



Perennial. All colors. Finest mixed. 



All the large flowering chrysanthemums, the glory of autumn, are 

 perennials. Some are single and others double. Some are better 

 suited to out of doors culture than others. As a rule, they are hardy. 

 The color range is almost endless, though red, yellow and white flow- 

 ers predominate. I have only to say that my Chinese and Japanese 

 chrysanthemum seed is of the choicest strain, with endless possibilities 

 of high merit. Packet, 20 cents; 3 packets, 50 cents. 



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ASTER, MULTIFLORA BOUQUET. 



One of the most exquisite of all the asters, and especially suited for 

 pot culture or for a place in the low border. Extremely dwarf, being 

 only 8 or 9 inches high, but almost smothered with blossoms. The 

 colors are white and pink, the shades blending in a most pleasing 

 manner. Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



Petunia, New Hybrids, Mixed. 



The seed which I offer under this name is a fine mixture of all the handsomest and best single Iplfc^ 

 petunias, including sorts that are striped, blotched and mottled. These hvbrids are unexcelled ^> 

 for beds and borders, and on this account I list them among the choice" things offered on the r 

 novelty pages of my annual seed book. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 20 cents. 



Petunia, Howard's Star. 



Howard's Star Petunias constitute a beautiful class, developed by selection from an old 

 type. Flowers 2 to 2,'i inches in diameter, of fine texture, with more'or less veining. Ground 

 color a crimson maroon, in the centre of each flower is a five-raved star of light blush pink or 

 white. Height of plant, \y„ to 2 feet. Altogether novel and superior. Free blooming; sometimes 

 100 (lowers on a single plant. My trials of this petunia at Briar Crest were entirely satisfactory. 

 Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



The Shasta Daisy. 



This is the finest of all the so-called moonpenny daisies. It is one of Luther Burbank's 

 hybrids, the result of a cross between the common field daisy and a European sort. It is a 

 perfectly hardy perennial, bearing flowers averaging 4 inches in diameter, on Ions, stiff stems. 

 It blooms freely for several months, and the flowers remain fresh for two weeks or more 

 after cutting. The petals or rays are pure white. The Shasta Daisy is one of the most useful 

 flowers for bouquets. Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



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The Shasta Daisy 



