164 — Bulbs, Roots, etc. 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1912 



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Bulbs 



All Properly Labeled. My Se- 

 lection, Shipped After May 1st 



For 



1,00 



1 made this offer for the first time in 1904. My customers are so delighted with their 



bargains and tell so many of their friends about the liberality of the offer that each 



season I dispose of a large number of these populzir $1.00 Bulb Collections. The 

 proposition in a nutshell follows: Every year. May 1st. I have several thousand bulbs on hand, for it is an absolute impossibility to sell out everything. 

 This year 1 propose to distribute at least part of this surplus among my friends in the following m£inner : Send me $1.00 any time before May 1st, and 1 

 will book your order for 100 choice bulbs, my selection, to be filled in rotation as received, after May 1st. In no case will bulbs be sent whose retail 

 value is less than $3.00. January orders will be filled first, then February, then March, etc. The first orders will receive the best selection, although the 

 April orders ^vill receive three times their money's worth. The February orders may get ten times what $1.00 would buy if purchaser made the 

 selection. Many of the bulbs will be worth 10, 15 and even 25 cents each. The package will go by express, purchaser to pay transportation charges. 



Remember, please, that this 

 vary in size, and I do not 



offer is for surplus bulbs only, 

 prepay transportation charges. 



. extra, and I -will deliver either at your postoffice or express office without additional 



and hence I must select the 

 Buyers who prefer to do 

 ost. 



varieties, 

 so can send 



Packages 

 25 cents 



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Tritoma, Pfitzeri. 



TRITOMA 



Also called Red Hot Poker, Flame Flower, 

 Torch Lily. Very showy and brilliant. 



Uvaria. Flowers are rich ochre red or 

 orange red. Blooms August to November. 

 ao cents each; $1.75 per dozen, postpaid. 



Pfitzeri. The everblooming Flame Flower. 

 Color, rich orange scarlet. Blooming heads, 12 

 Inches long. Elegant for cut flowers or vases, 

 as they last for several weeks after cut, in 

 water. 85 cents each; 3 for 60 cents; S3. 25 

 per dozen, postpaid. 



Pardanthus Sinensis 



Blackberry Lily. Lily-like flowers of a bright 

 orange color, flowering freely during July and 

 August, followed with seed pods which resem- 

 ble blackberries. Novel and interesting. 10c. 

 eacb; 3 for ^i5c.; 90c. pei- doz., postpaid. 



HARDY GARDEN LILIES 



Perfectly hardy and should be in all gardens. 

 For best effect plant in clusters of three or ruore. 



Atiratum. (The Golden Rayed Lily of Japan 

 Flowers pu-re white, spotted crimson. Deli- 

 ciously fragrant. Should be in every garden. 



15 cents each; $1.25 per dozen, postpaid. 



Double Tiger Lily. Innumerable double 

 flowers of bright orange red, spotted with black. 



15 cents each; $1.25 per dozen, postpaid. 



Wallacei. Rich orange vermlUion flowers. 



15 cents each; $1.25 per dozen, postpaid. 



Umbellatum. Large, showy flowers, in clus- 

 ters at the summit of graceful stems. Mixed. 



15 cents each; $1.25 per dozen, postpaid. 



Canadense. Very hardy. Flowers vary in 

 color from red to yellow. Grows 2 to 3 feet high. 



15 cents each; $1.25 per dozen, postpaid. 



Superbum. (American Turk's Cap.) Finest 

 and the hardiest of all lilies, growing 4 to 6 feet 

 high. Flowers bright orange red. 



15 cents each; $1.25 per dozen, postpaid. 



One bulb of each of the above 

 Hardy Garden Lilies, 6 in all, 

 for only 60 cents, postpaid. 



Summer FLOWERl^G Oxali 



Cinnamon Vine. 



Summer Floivering Oxalis 



For borders and baskets. Set the bulbs 

 about 3 inches apart, and the foliage will 

 produce an unbroken mass, richly adorned 

 with flowers. These are also splendid for 

 pot culture. Planted 5 or 6 in a pot they are 

 very ornamental. 



Shamrock. Lovely pink blossoms and 

 clover-like foliage. 6 for 5 cents. 



Cieppi. Pure white; fine. 6 for 5 cents. 



Jjasandrta. Fine rosy pink; beautiful cut 

 foliage. 6 for 5 cents. 



Any of the above, 10 cents per dozen; 

 25 for 15 cents; 50 for 25 cents; 100 for 

 40 cents; 1000 for $2.25, postpaid. 



The Irises 



FIeur=de = Lis. Flags. 



German Iris. The genuine old-fashioned 

 flag or fleur-de-lis. Of rare and wonderful 

 loveliness. Perfectly hardy and easily grown 

 in any garden soil. Blooms freely and infal- 

 libly every spring. Height, 2 feet. Set the 

 roots 3 inches deep. Mixed colors, 5 cents 

 eacli; 6 for 25 cents; 4,5 cents per dozen; 

 25 for 80 cents; 50 for $1.50, postpaid. 



Japanese Iris. The flowers of these irises 

 are enormous, and are of charming hues 

 iind colors. Flower stalks 2 to 3 feet high. 

 Perfectly hardy, and bloom profusely during 

 a period of Ave to seven weeks in midsum- 

 mer. In mixture, 10 cents each; 3 for 25 

 cents; 90 cents per dozen, postpaid. 



CINNAMON VINE 



This beautiful vine makes shoots 25 feet or more in length in a short time, and will 

 quickly cover an arbor, trellis or veranda with a profusion of handsome foliage and 

 numbers of white blossoms following with numerous small yams which are curious and 

 ornamental. 5 cents each; G for 25 cts.; 45 cents per dozesi, postpaid. 



