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Title: 1893 Maule's seed catalogue
Identifier: 1893maulesseedca1893wmhe (find matches)
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Wm. Henry Maule (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Livestock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Maule
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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An ornamental plant of the very greatest value, and highly appreciated in England, where it is used for choicest decorations Its leaves, as will De seen in cut, resemble those of the Pandanus, being variegated with white and green stripes. The flowers are of a pleasing blue and freelv produced: and that is not all, for they art- succeeded b\ large capsules which burst opeii when ripe and expose a number ot bright red seed* as large as peas, which can be used for mam purposes. The plant is perfectly hardy and easily grown by any one. 20 cents each, 3 tor 50 cents; 7 for 81.01) postpaid. G*\y QUKN- Named Gay Qneen, alluding to the beautv of the flower. A bulbous plant almost new here, bearing immense cluster ot showy flowers, 3 to 4 inches long, of various colors quite distinct from any other bulb. Beautitul foliage; elegant as a pot plant, or lor the open ground: it is much admired. Chloracea —Flowers purplish rose, tipped with green, fine. 20 cents each; 3 for 50 cents; 7 for si.<MJ postpaid. Vlridlflora -Green and yellow flowers. Exquisite. 20 cents each ; 3 for 50 cents : 7 for $1.00 post-paid. -&£*
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(Butterfly Lily.) This magnificent tuberous rooted plant flourishes best on low, moist land, in half shade, where it will form a dense clump ihree or four feet high, and from August onward produces a mass oi fragrant, pure white flowers, looking almost like larg<- white butter- flies; borne in large clusters, terminal on every stalk. A splendid and desirable plant, and an excellent companion to Cannes. If kept in greenhouses in a growing state it will bloom continuously. 25 cents each. 3 for 60 cents, 7 for 81.00 post-paid. ^(SOA^Tri^ CRU5NW- (Scarlet Ereezia). A sparkling little bulb for house culture, or ior summer gardening. Grown several together in rich sandy loam they speedily form a gfsveful and dense mas- of foliage. bearing many and beautiful spikes ol bloom until late in the season. Flowers brilliant carmine-crimson, the three lower petals being marked with a black spot. 15 cents each; 2 for25 oents; 51.00 per dozen.

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