128— Flower Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1914 



Coreopsis, Harvest Moon. 



COREOPSIS 



Hardy Perennial 



The coreopsis is one 

 of the most showy of 

 yellow flowered hardy 

 perennials. Culture 

 easy; thrive anywhere. 



1253 S U N S H ITV E . 

 Bright yellow flowers. 

 E'.ery spring It reap- 

 pears in vigorous and 

 graceful form. 



Plit., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts. 



1254 HARVEST 

 MOOjV. Producing 

 large, long stemmed, 

 rich golden-yellow flow- 

 ers, in great profusion 

 all summer. 

 Pkt.,10 cts.; oz.,35 cts. 



COSMOS 



Hardy Annual 



A tall, graceful, showy annual, enjoying the widest popularity. It 

 has been developed into a variety of shapes and colors. Three to six 

 feet high. Blooms profusely in late summer and autumn. The seasou 

 of bloom can be lengthened by starting the seeds in frames or window 

 boxes, in early spring. Excellent for cutilowers. 



1255 NEW GIGAIVTIC ORCHID PLOAVERING, liADY LENOX. 

 The flowers are immense, 6 to 7 Inches in diameter, with wide overlap- 

 ping oval petals of an exquisite shade of shell pink. The flower is 

 borue on long stems, making them exceptionally desirable for cutting- 

 Plant grows 4 to 6 feet high. Packet, 10 cents; 14 ounce, 40 cents. 

 "' 1256 GIANTS OF CAI,IPORNIA. This strain is remarkable for 

 the great size and clear color of its flowers. The plants or bushes grow 

 6 feet high, and each is a mass of feathery foliage, studded all over with 

 long stemmed flowers. A niagnificent selection. All colors mixed. 

 PacUet, 10 cents; % ounce, 35 cents; ounce, 60 cents. 



1258 MARGUERITE FRINGED. Petals fringed in a way sug- 

 gesting marguerites. Flowers 2 or 3 Inches across. Colors white, red, 

 pink. All colors mixed. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 60 cents. 



1261 PINE MIXED. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents. 



Cosmos, Early Blooming Giant Fancy. 



EARLY BLOOMING GIANT FANCY. In this strain, which has 

 been selected and re-selected with great care and labor, will be found 

 the finest forms of cosmos thus far developed. It is a noble mixture 

 or collection of large flowered forms, embracing all colors, such as 

 white, pink, crimson, white tinted rose, etc. The great flowers, borne 

 in abundance on long and graceful stems, are sometimes 6 or more 

 inches across. Some blooms are nearly flat and cone shaped, with 

 petals variously cut and fringed. Of great elegance and beauty. This 

 magnificent t.vpe of cosmos may be started very early, under glass or 

 in the window box, thus giving it a long season for full development. 

 Seeds sown out of doors in early spring produce plants that will bloom 

 in early autumn, and the gorgeous flowers will continue long after the 

 advent of frosts. 



1262 Pink. Packet, 10 cts.; 34 ounce, 40 cts.; ounce, 75 cts. 



1263 Crimson. Packet, 10 cts.; J^ ounce, 40 cts.; ounce, 75 cts. 



1264 White. Packet, 10 ots.; 5^ ounce, 40 cts.; ounce, 75 cts. 



1265 MIXED. All colors. Pkt., ^0 cts.j J^ oz., 30 cts.) ©z,, 50 cts. 



Crotalaria, Retusa. 



CROTALARIA 



Heirdy Annual 



Yellow Flowering Pea. A beautiful, low growing, bushy annual, 

 with flowers of rich golden yellow, of true sweet pea form. The blos- 

 soms are borne in racemes; sometimes over 40 to one spike. 



1266 RETUSA. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 60 cents. 



CYCLAMEN 



Tender Perennial 



One of the choicest of all the 

 greenhouse or window plants. Root 

 bulbous in shape; foliage rich and 

 beautiful; flowers bird-like and frag- 

 rant. Colors white, pink, crimson, 

 etc. Should be sown In light soil, 

 containing leaf mould. 



1267 PERSICUM. Choice mixed. 



Packet, 10 cents. 



1268 GIGANTEUM. Beautiful 

 mottled leaves and mammoth flow- 

 ers. Packet, 20 cents. 



25 Cents Buys 



Any six 5 -cent packets 

 Any three 10-ccnt packets 

 Any two I5-ccnt packets 



Cyclamen, Giganteum. 







Cypress Vine. 



CYPRESS VINE 



Hardy Annual Climber 



1271 SCARLET. One of the most desirable and handsomest climb- 

 ers. Fern-like foliage; 15 feet. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 3.5 cents. 



1272 WHITE. Very attractive. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 35 cts. 



1273 MIXED. Above sorts in mixture. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz, 25 cts. 



