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THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1908 
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PRIMULA, CHINESE PRIMROSE. 
PRIMULA,. 
The genus Primafa includes three 
groups that are famous among florists— 
Auricula, Polyanthus and Primrose. 
Sow seed in spring and keep young | 
plants shaded during summer. 
Auricula. Primufa Auwricula. A 
fragrant half-hardy perennial. Many 
Tich colors. An extremely free bloomer 
and a favorite; 6 inches. Packet, 10 cents. | 
Polyanthus. Primuia elatior. | 
Showy, hardy perennial, blooming in 
early spring. Pct or outdoor culture; 
9inches. Single. All colors. Pkt., 5 cts. 
Primrose. Primua Chinensis. 
Chinese Primrose. Profuse bloomers 
sand among the finest and most popular 
of the winter and spring flowering win- 
dow or greenhouse plants, doing well in 
cool rooms. They are 8 or 10 inches 
high, and the flowers are variously cut 
and fringed, Separate colors, as follows: 
White. Pure white. Packet, 25 cts. 
Rose. A delicate shade. Pkt,, 25cts. 
Crimson, A rich color. Pkt., 25c. 
Blue. A violet blue. Pkt., 35 cts. 
Finest Mixed. Aijl shades and 
colors. Flowers, self colored, zoned, 
eyed and striped. Packet, 20 cents. 
Cowslip. Primula veris. <A pretty, 
spring-flowering perennial. Colors in- | 
clude shades of yellow, brown. etc. Fine 
Mixed. Packet, 5 cents. 
English Primrose. Primula vul- 
garis. The wild English flower; color, 
light canary yellow, fragrant. Hardy 
perennial. Packet, 5 cents. 
O@beconieca, Primula obconica. A 
favorite plant for window or conserva- | 
tory. Flowers white shading to lilac, | 
With the true primrose fragrance. A | 
profuse bloomer. Packet, 10 cents. | 
Baby Primrose. Primula For- 
vesi. An exquisite little primrose for 
pot culture. Rosy lilac with yellow eye. 
Blooms a tew weeks after the sowing of 
the seed. Packet, 15 cents. 
PERIWINKLE. 
See Vinca. 
Purpce FEATHER GRass. 
PURPLE FEATHER GRASS. 
Pennisetum. 
A beautiful and popular ornamental 
house plant of easy culture. As useful 
for hall or table adornment as a palm, 
and having the advantage of rapid and 
vigorous growth. The graceful, narrow, 
recurving leaves are over-topped by ele- 
gant feathery plumesafootiong. Heads 
borne from July until frost, and the whole 
plant is eventually veiled In a purple 
cloud. Packet, 10 cents. 
| dried. 
PELARGONIUM. 
See Lady Washington Geranium. 
PICOTEES. 
See Carnations. 
PINKS. 
See Dianthus. 
POT MARIGOLD. 
See Calendula. 
QUEEN MARGARETS., 
See Asters. 
RHODANTHE. 
A very pretty annual, About 1 toot 
| high, belonging to the everlasting group. 
| Colors are white, pink, 
crimson, etc. 
Flowers bell shaped; beautiful when 
Suitable for pot culture. Finest 
mixed, embracing all the best and most | 
prolific varieties. Packet, 5 cents. 
RiICINUS. 
Castor Oil Bean. 
ornamental tree-like annual plant; 6 to 
14 feet high. Very effective as a foliage 
plant. Highly desirable for centres of 
beds or for backgrounds. 
Zanzibarenmsis. The handsomest 
strain of castor oil bean. Leaf some- 
times 2 feet across, with stem rising 10 
to 14 feet. Four varieties in a mixture— 
green, copper brown, brownish purple 
and bronze, Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 40 cts. 
Mixed. All the best plain and fancy 
varieties. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 20-cts, 
Littce MipGer. 
ROSE SEED. 
Rose, 
Miaget roses. Only an inch across; 
mostly doubie. They are borne in clus- 
ters, and embrace all the tints of the 
larger roses. The blossoms are followed 
by bright red hips or seed pods that are 
very pretty. The bush grows only 10 
inches high, and begins to bloom a few 
weeks after the seed is sown. 
Little Midget, 
Hardy. 
Packet, 15 cents. 
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RUDBECKIA. 
Bicolor Superba. A fine. free- 
blooming cone flower, about 2 feet 
high, forming a dense bush. The cone 
or disc of the daisy-like bloom is 
brown, and the florets or rays (petals) 
golden yellow. At the base of each 
petal there isa patch of velvety brown, 
producing a handsome and rich effect. 
The long-stemmed flowers are excellent 
for cutting. Packet, 5 cents 
Purpurea. Giant Purple Cone 
Flower. A fine hardy perennial, flowers 
reddish-purple, 4 inches across, with 
cone-shaped brown center. Midsummer 
to late autumn. Packet, 10 cents. 
Golden Glow. 
perennial rudbeckia with double yellow 
flowers. See the plant department. 
A handsome, hardy | 
A stately and highly | 
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SALPIGLOSsiS, New Hysrips. 
SALPIGLOSSIS. 
Painted Tongue. Annual. Height, 18 
inches to 2 feet. Foliage pretty. Flow- 
ers 2 to 232 inches across, with odd and 
beautiful velvety markings. 
New Hybrids Mixed. Exquis- 
itely veined and marbled. Red, pink, 
purple, blue, yellow, white, etc. Packet, 
5 cents. 
Emperor. <A new variety less 
Spreading than the older types. Flowers 
larger, more richly colored and more 
numerous than any other salpiglossis. 
Mixed colors. Packet, 10 cents. 
SaLviA, BONFIRE. 
SALVIA. 
Scarlet Sage, etc. See Novelties, A 
famous and fashionable annual bedding 
plant. Blooms in lavish profusion until 
frost. Succeeds everywhere, and is in 
universal favor. 
Coceinea Splendens. Scarlet 
sage. Bright scarlet flowers. Packet. 
10 cents; 44 ounce, 50 cents. 
Bonfire. New Dwarf. One of 
the finest for bedding. 
bushes, 244 feet high, with long spikes of 
scarlet flowers. The spikes stand stiff 
and erect. Over 200 spikes to a bush is 
not rare; and the spikes bear from 20 to 
30 flowers each. Packet, 10 cents. 
Silverspot. A newand pretty 
strain of scarlet sage, with the dark 
green leaves covered with cream white 
or yellow spots It has the same large, 
intensely scarlet flower spikes as the 
parent form, and is highly desirable as 
an Ornamental! bedding plant. Packet, 
10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 
SCARLET FLAX. 
See Linum. 
SCARLET SAGE. 
See Salvia. 
SCHIZANTHUS. 
See Butterfly Flower. 
SILENE. 
See Catchfly. 
SMILAX. 
Asparagus medeoloides. 
A popular indoor climber, Leaves a 
deep, glossy green. Flowers white and 
fragrant. Habit of growth extremely 
graceful. Soak the seed in water for a 
day, and keep the plant rather moist. 
Perennial. Packet, 10 cents. 
STEVIA. Stevia serrata. 
A tender perennial growing 18 inches 
high. Easy to propagate; in favor for 
cutting. Bears large heads of small 
white flowers. Packet, 5 cents. : 
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Compact, oval | 
STocks, GLOBE PYRAMIDAL. 
STOCKS. 
Ten weeks stocks. Annual. Nothing 
can excel stocks for beauty and fra- 
grance. The flowers are large and dou- 
ble, and quite superior to the old gilli- 
flowers. The plants bloom freely in 10 
or 12 weeks after the sowing of the seed. 
The colors include white, yellow, red, 
blue, lavender and violet. All are deli- 
ciously sweet scented. See Novelties. 
Cut and Come Again; Prin- 
cess Alice. A pure white double 
variety, about 2 feet high, producing 
endless numbers of side branches. 
Every branch bears a cluster of delight- 
fully fragrant flowers, and new ones are 
produced to replace those which are re- 
moved. Packet. 10 cts.;3 packets, 25 cts. 
Globe Pyramidal. Spikes and 
flowers very large, the individual blooms 
frequently measuring 2 to 244 inches in 
diameter. The large double and perfect 
flowers are produced in great profusion, 
the spikes being compactly pyramidal, 
and the plant of pretty shape. Seeds 
saved from named sorts, of various col- 
ors. Grand mixture. Packet, 10 cents. 
German Ten Weeks. Finest 
double mixed; about 20 distinct colors. 
Packet, 10 cents; 44 ounce, 25 cents. 
Finest Varieties Mixed, Em- 
bracing all varieties. Packet, 10 cents. 
FLOWER, STELLA, CHRYSANTHEMUM- 
FLOWERED AND ORION. 
_ SUNFLOWER. 
Helianthus. See farm seeds for the 
common types. The sunflowers are of 
easy culture, and the newer sorts are 
among the most ornamental and effect- 
ive of all garden annuals. See Novelties. 
Chrysanthemum Flowered. 
Fine, perfectly double golden flowers, 
resembling Japanese chrysanthemums, 
Height, 5 to6 feet. Pkt., 5c.3 0z., 25c. 
Stella. Height, 3 to 4 feet. Flowers 
star shaped, of brightest golden yellow, 
with dark centres. They are borne on 
long stems, and aré suitable for cutting. 
Bloom continues from June until frost. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents. 
Silver Leaved. Grows about 5 
feet high, and has large, shining, silvery 
leaves and single flowers. Packet, 5 cts.; 
ounce, 15 ctr. 
Globe of Gold. Dahlia Sunflower, 
Golden Quilled Sunflower. A double 
sunflower, attaining a height of but little 
over 3 feet. Each branch carries a globe- 
shaped flower of richest golden color. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents. 
Orion. <A _ new sort. Height, 4 
feet. Flowers 3 inches across, of. bright 
yellow color, somewhat resembling a 
single cactus dahlia inshape. A highly 
ornamental sunflower. Packet, 5 cents. 
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