A home without flowers around it always looks to us just like a mounting that lost its diamond 



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AQUILEGIA (Columbine) 



Hardy Perennial 



> Thrives luxuriantly In any good soli; suitable for the open garden, 

 [permanent beds or borders or edges of shrubbery. Bears numerous 

 iblue, white, rose, yellow, purple and striped flowers during May and 

 -June at a time when flowers are scarce. Plants 2 to 8 feet high. 



leg i a , Long Spurred Hybrids. Arctotis, Grandis. 



958 LONG SPURRED HYBRIDS, EXTRA CHOICE MIXED. 

 tffew.) The flowers of this new strain are quite distinct from all 

 jaquilegias, having broader petals and longer spurs. Shades of blue, 

 range, scarlet, yellow, white, mauve, pink, etc., will be found In this 

 fcxtra fine mixture. Very attractive and effective in masses. 



Packet, 15 cents; % ounce, 40 cents; >4 ounce, 73 cents. 

 956 CGSRULEA HYBRIDS, MIXED. A beautiful mixture of one 

 fythe Des t large single flowered varieties. Known as the Rocky Moun- 

 l&in Columbine. Embraces a wide range of colors. Height 2 feet. 

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

 960 FINEST DOUBtE FLOWERING, MIXED. The branching 

 flower stems are crowded with a profusion of large, beautiful, long 

 Spurred, double flowers in various shades of white, blue, indigo, yellow, 

 [lavender, etc. Well adapted for cutting, and very showy In the garden. 

 Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 25 cents; ounce, 60 cents. 

 962 FINEST SINGLE FLOWERING, MIXED. The plants bear 

 [large flowers In a great variety of colors. Handsome and very showy 

 s Sot massing, and being borne on long stems are splendid for cutting. 

 Packet, 5 cents; % ounce, 20 cents; ounce, 50 cents. 



ARCTOTIS (African Daisy) 

 Hardy Annual 



GRANDIS. A handsome plant from Southwest Africa, grow- 

 KTuxuriantly, forming branched bushes 2 to S feet high, bearing long 

 ferns orowned with flower heads 3 inches across. The flowers are pure 

 Shite on the upper surface, the reverse of the petals being lilac blue 

 Saslly grown, blooming all summer until hard frost. Very valuable 

 IT a cut flower, as the blooms last for a week or 10 days in water after 

 ielng cut. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 30 cents; ounce, 81.00. 



966 



ARISTOLOCHIA (Dutchman's Pipe) 



Hardy Perennial Climber 



970 SIPHO. A vigorous and rapid grower with large, heart- 

 shaped leaves, having curious flowers which resemble pipes. Grows 

 20 feet or more In a season. Its handsome light green leaves give a 

 quick dense shade. Flowers brownish purple. Packet, 10 cents. 



ARMERIA, MAR1TIMA. ARTEMI8IA OR SuMMIR FlR. 



ARMERIA (Sea Pink or Thrift) 

 Hardy Perennial 



971 MARITIM A. Height 18 inches. Very useful In the hardy border 

 and excellent for cutting, as the long-stemmed rose-colored flowers 

 retain their brilliant appearance for a long while after being cut. 

 Blooms early; valuable for spring gardening or rockeries. 



Packet, 10 cents. 



ARTEMISIA (Summer Fir) 



Hardy Annual 



972 Grown from seed, It forms grand pyramidal shaped bushes 8 to 6 

 feet high, branching freely, giving it the appearance of a nicely devel- 

 oped Christmas tree. It is pretty as a pot plant or may be grown suc- 

 cessfully as a solitary specimen, clump or hedge in the garden. The 

 color of the foliage is a rich dark green. Packet, 10 cents. 



ASPARAGUS (Lace Fern and Emerald Feather) 

 Tender Perennial 



Extremely pretty window or house plants. Easily raised from seed. 



974 PLUMOSUS NANUS. An Indoor perennial climber, of won- 

 derful beauty. It has largely replaced the famous smllax In the floral 

 world. Bright, cheerful green fern-like foliage. Packet, 15 cents. 



976 SPRENGERII. This plant Is especially adapted to suspended 

 baskets; 1 to 4 feet. An excellent trailing house plant, as it withstands 

 a dry atmosphere and succeeds everywhere. Remains fresh a long 

 time after cutting. Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



Maule's Giant American Asters 



Hardy 

 Annual 



recent years we have paid particular attention to American grow 

 Sieing easily raised from seed, making a brilliant effect when grown in 

 cover page we illustrate seven sorts in colors and offer the collection at 



982 AMERICAN 

 BEAUTY. A splendid 

 giant flowering aster of 

 recent introduction. 

 The flowers resemble 

 huge incurved chrysan- 

 themums. The color is 

 bright, carmine rose of 

 fgreat beauty. The ro- 

 bust plants produce ex- 

 ;tra long stiff stems in- 

 variably 40 Inches long, 

 BO to 30 inches long is 

 Very ordinary for this 

 new aster. Every stem 

 9s crowned with gigantic 

 [flowers. One of the best 

 American asters ever 

 offered. Valuable sort 

 for cutting for bouquets. 



Packet, 15 cents; 



% ounce, 40 cents; 



% ounce, 75 cents. 



asters, for they have greatly Increased the popularity of this flower, 

 masses and furnishing a constant supply of cut flowers. On our second 

 a low figure. No garden, large or small, should be without asters. 



1112 SENSATION. Dark rich garnet or ox blood red. Grow 18 to 24 

 inches high, well branched and covered with perfect flowers until the 

 advent of frost. Entirely distinct, being the reddest of all red asters. 

 Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 40 cents; % ounce, 75 cents. 



Maule's Brilliant Aster Collection 



The following five grand American Asters are magnificent 

 in every respect and are especially desirable for cutting. 



Crego, Lavender; Lady Roosevelt; Royal, Mixed Colors 

 Improved Invincible, Purple; Branching Giant Comet, White 



One packet each of the above 5 distinct sorts 



Only 35 cents, Postpaid 



ASTER, AMERICAN BEAUTY. 



1118 MAULE'S CHOICE VARIETIES MIXED. Over 76 varie- 

 ties of asters, including all sorts, sizes, shapes, etc., with many new 

 and fancy strains. We know of no better mixture except Anniversary. 



Packet, 10 cts.| % ounce, 20 cts.; ounce, 35 cts.; ounce, 91.00. 



