124 — -Flower Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1912 



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1245 LARGE- 

 LEAVED S U N - 

 SET SHADES. A 

 Strain of coleus re- 

 markable for diver- 

 sity and richness of 

 color combinations 

 Leaves sometimes 

 attain a length of 10 

 or 12 inches and a 

 width of 6 or 8 

 inches. Foliage 

 very ornamental, 

 being curled, sei 

 rated, cut or fringed 

 in a most delicate 

 and varied way 

 The prevailing col- 

 ors are indicated by 

 the name, being a 

 rich combination 

 of all the tints in a 

 a: o r g e o u s sunset 

 Packet, (5 cents. 



1246 CHOICEST 

 HYBRIDS. From 

 the best name 1 

 sorts. Pkt., 15 cts. 



1247 F I ]V E S T 

 MIXED. Tall grow- 

 ing, with smaller 

 leaves. Pht., 10c. 



COLEUS 



Tender Perennial 



Foliage plants of ex- 

 ceeding richness and 

 beauty; indispensable 

 for borders and bed- 

 ding; excellent for 

 greenhouse and win- 

 dow. The leaf colors 

 include red, yellow, 

 green, crimson, ma- 

 roon, etc., variously 

 combined and blended, 

 he leaf shapes vary 

 dlessly. There are 

 all and dwarf varie- 

 ties. Easily grown. 



1244 NEW BRIAR 

 CREST. No place 

 could show such a col- 

 lection of coleus as I 

 had at Briar Crest last 

 summer. For years I 

 have prided myself 

 that my collection of 

 coleus was unsur- 

 passed; but have kept 

 right on breeding it 

 up, until now, in varie- 

 »- -»■ ty of colors, shape of 

 ^f?t51 foliage, mammoth 

 _ '^, _ size, etc., I have se- 

 COLEUS cured a selection far 

 ahead of anything ever 

 ■^oed of the Buai Crest coleus is worth more 

 P.-ici^et, 20 cents; 3 packets, 50 cents. 



Coleus, 



COLLINSIA 



Hatfdy Annual 



Beautiful, free blooming annuals, suitable for grouping or massing 

 TliG pre%<ailing colors are white, purple and crimson. 

 1248 PINE MIXED. Packet, 5 cents. 



CONVOLVULUS 



Hardy Annual 



Morning Glory. Beautiful and free blooming annual climbers, grow- 

 ing easily in any situation. Colors blue, white, pink, purple, etc. The 

 most popular climbing plants in the world. 



1251 MAJOR. The popular tall growing morning glory. Fine 

 mixed. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents. 



1252 MINOR. TRICOIiOIl. Dwarf morning glory. Showy and 

 exceedingly handsome, with richly colored flowers. In beds and borders 

 they produce a brilliant elfect. Mixed colors. Pkt., 5 cts.; ox., 10 cts. 



COREOPSIS 



Hardy Perennial 



The coreopsis is one 

 of the most showy of 

 yellow flowered hardy 

 perennials. Culture 

 easv; thrive anvwhere. 



7253 SUNSHINE. 

 Bright yellow flowers. 

 Every spring it reap- 

 pears In vigorous and 

 graceful form. 

 Pkt.. 5 cts.; oz.. 35 cts. 



J2S4 HARVEST 

 MOON. One of the fin- 

 est hai'dy garden plants 

 grown, forming large 

 clumps 2 to y feet high 

 and increasing In beau- 

 ty; it flowers the first 

 season from seed sown 

 early. Producing im- 

 mense, long stemmed, 

 rich golden-yellow flow- 

 ers, in great profusion 

 all summer, unequalled 

 for cutting. 

 Coreopsis, Harvest Moon. Pkt.,10cts.;oz.,35cts. 



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 season 

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

 boxes, in early spring. Excellent for cut flowers. 



1255 NEV\ GIGANTIC ORCHID FLOWERING, LADY LENOX. 

 This, the latest development of this popular autumn flower is a fore- 

 runner of a new race of cosmos. The flowers are immense, e to 7 inches 

 in diameter, with wide overlapping oval petals of an exquisite shade of 

 shell pink. The flower is borne on long stems, making them excep- 

 tionally desirable lor cutting. Plant grows 4 to 6 feet high. Pkt., lOc. 



J256 GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA. This strain is remarkable for 

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

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

 long stemmed flowers. On account of its great size and development- 

 the plant requires a long season and the seed should be sown early. If 

 is a hardy sort, however, and is not injured by ordinary frosts, and con- 

 tinues to bloom uutil the advent of really severe weather. All sorts 

 mixed. Packet, 10 cents; J^ ounce, 35 ce'nts; ounce, 60 cents. 



J25S MARGUERITE FRINGED. Petals fringed in a way sug- 

 gesting marguerites. Flowers 2 or a inches across. C< lors white, red, 

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



1261 FINE 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 pains, will be found 

 the finest forms of cosmos thus far developed. It is a noDle 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. Certain of the fringed forms resemble 

 California popples, with broad petals of great elegance and beauty. 

 For best results this magnificent type of cosmos should be started 

 very early, as it requires a long season for full development. If sown 

 under glass or in the window box it will bloom in early autumn, and 

 the gorgeous flowers will continue long after the advent of frosts. The 

 above in separate colors. 



1262 -Pink. Packet, 10 cents. 1263 Crimson. Packet, 10 cents. 



1264 White. Packet, 10 cents. 

 MIXED. All colors. Pkt., 10 cts.; }:i oz., 30 cts.; oz., 50 cts. 



1285 



COWSLIP 



See Primula. 



Cyclamen, Giganteum. 



CROTALARIA 



Hztfdy Annual 



Yellow Flowering Pea. A beau- 

 tiful, low growing, bushy annual, 

 with flowers of rich golden yellow, 

 of true sweet pea form. The blos- 

 soms are borne in racemes; some- 

 times over 4(1 to one spike. The 

 leaves are dark green, and the seed 

 pods when shaken produce a sound 

 like a child s rattle. 



1266 RETUSA. Packet, 10 cts. 



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 PERSirUM. Choice mixed. 



Packet, 10 cents. 



1268 GIGANTEUM. Beautiful 

 mottled leaves and mammoth flow- 

 ers. Packet, 20 cents. 



