132—F lower Seeds 
THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1908 
ScasiosA, DwarRF Dousle MIxeED. 
SCABIOSA. 
Known as Mourning Bride, Sweet 
Scabious, Pincushion Flower, etc. One 
of the most desirable of the border 
plants, and greatly improved within 
recent years. Some sorts are annual 
and some perennial, 
Caucasica. Handsome hardy per- 
ennial, growing 24 to 30 inches high, 
bearing very large white flowers, which 
are valuable for bouquets. Blooms from 
June until frost. Packet, 10 cents. 
ScABIOSA, CHERRY AND WHITE. 
Cherry and White. One of the 
most beautiful varieties of this attractive 
flower. Perennial and usually hardy. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
Dwarf Double Mixed. 
Treat as annuals. 
One foot. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
SNAPDRAGON. 
See Antirrhinum. 
CYANEA. 
STOKESIA 
STOKESIA CYANEA. 
Valuable, half hardy perennial 2 feet 
high, bearing lovely lavender-blue blos- 
soms resembling corn-fowers. 
called Cornfiower Aster. July till frost. 
Valuable for cutting. 
across. Culture easy. Packet, 10 cents. 
Also | 
Flowers 4 inches | 
| perennial plant. 
STRAW FLOWER. 
See Helichrysum. 
SWAN RIVER DAISY. 
See Brachycome. 
SWEET ALYSSUM. 
See Alyssum. 
SWEET ROCKET. 
Hesperis matronalis. 
Hardy perennials, bearing purple or 
white flowers. Plants 2 or 3 feet high. 
Flowers fragrant. This is an old-fash- 
ioned favorite. Double fine muxed. 
Packet. 5 cents. 
SWEET SULTANS. 
See Centaurea imperialis. 
SWEET WOODRUEFE. 
See Asperula, 
SWEET WILLEAM, 
Well known, free blooming, hardy 
perennial plants. Old-fashioned favor- 
ites, now greatly improved. They pro- 
duce masses of lovely, brilliant, sweet 
scented flowers through a long period, 
making a splendid effect in beds. One 
foot high. Flowers borne in heads or 
umbels, with individual florets nearly an 
inch across. Colors, white, pink, crim- 
son, carmine, purple, etc. Should be 
replaced by new seedlings, every few 
years, in fresh soil. 
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SWEET WILLIAM, HOLBORN GLORY. 
A 
beautiful new strain with large flowers 
and bushy compact habit of growth. 
Single florets have measured over 1 inch 
Mammoth Holborn Glory. 
across. Embraces many shades and 
markings. 233 feet high. Pkt., 10 cts. 
Fine Double Mixed. A splendid 
strain. All colors. Packet, 5 cents. 
Auricula Eyed. A highly orna- 
mental strain, with large eyes. All 
colors. Packet, 5 cents. 
Fine Simgle Mixed, Various 
beautiful shades and markings. Pkt., 5c. 
THUNBERGIA. 
Black-Eyed Susan. An ornamental, 
rapid growing annual climber; an old 
favorite. Excellent for vases, trellises, 
rustic work or greenhouse decoration. 
Flowers buff, orange, white, etc.; height, 
6 feet. Fine mixed: Packet, 5 cents. 
TORENIA. 
A tender annual available for vases, 
| hanging baskets or out of door purposes; 
6 to 12 inches. Very free flowering. 
Start in window or greenhouse. 
Mixed. Colors, blue with yellow 
centre, white with rose centre, 
Packet, 5 cents. 
TROP ZOLUM. 
See Nasturtium, 
TRITOMA. 
Red Hot Poker, Torch Flower. Hardy 
Blooms from August 
until late autumn. Very showy in beds 
or masses, 
Uvaria. Varies from yellow to scar- 
let. Packet, 5 cents. 
Hybrida Express. Theearliest to 
bloom. Some of the seedlings of this 
class will flower the first year, if sown 
early. An _ interesting and valuable 
| Strain, Packet, 25 cents. 
Mrs. Jason W. Willis, Elnora, N. Y.— 
The sweet peas I received from you 
were fine, and greatly admired by all 
who saw them. They were the finest 
collection I ever saw. 
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UMBRELLA PLANT. 
UMBRELLA PLANT. 
Cyperus Alternifolius. As 
handsome and graceful as a palm, yet of 
“easiest culture. It will grow and flourish 
in rooms that have only partial light. 
It needs rich soil and much water. It 
is a perennial. Packet, 10 cents. 
VALERIANA. 
Hardy heliotrope. A showy perennial 
border plant, producing large corymbs 
of red and white flowers suitable for bou- 
quets or decorations. Very fragrant, re- 
sembling heliotrope. Two to three feet. 
Should be generally grown, as it succeeds 
almost everywhere. 
Mixed. Rose and white. Pkt., 5 cts. 
VERONICA, 
Speedwell. The group includes a 
number of hardy perennial varieties, 
growing 12 to 2 feet high, with graceful 
heads or spikes of flowers. 
Virgimiea. Tall, with long spikes 
of white flowers. Packet, 10 cents. 
VIRGIN’S BOWER. 
See Clematis 
VISCARIA. 
Handsome annuals, 1 foot high, with 
large, round, single flowers of white, 
scarlet, blue, flesh color, etc., variously 
margined and marked. Allied to Lych- 
nis. Sow early in the spring, and grow 
the flowers in masses. Packet, 5 cents, 
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VERBENA, AURICULA AND ITALIAN. 
VERBENA. 
A choice annual, 6 to 12inches high, in- 
dispensable for bedding purposes. Flow- 
ers, white, scarlet, red, crimson, purple, 
etc. Verbenas raised from seed are 
usually fragrant. To hasten bloom it 
is better to start the seed in-doors. The 
plants should stand about a foot apart in 
the open ground, and the flowers should 
be cut frequently. Seedling verbenas are 
stronger than others. 
Briar Crest Mammoth Fancy. 
See Novelties. 
Auricula Eyed. Various colors. 
Flower with large white eye. PkKt., 10c. 
Italian Striped. Showy, striped 
sorts; many colors. Packet, 10 cents. 
Bush. Much like the common sorts, 
but less procumbent. It makes an erect 
and compact bush. Many bright colors; 
one foot. Mixed. Packet, 10 cents. 
Mrs. B. G. Brown, Kellerton, Iowa. 
I have used Maule’s Seeds for about 20 
years and always found them reliable. 
I expect to continue using them as long 
as L plant a garden. 
Mrs. J. Jacobsen, Overton, Neb.—I 
have used your seed for 15 years, and | 
have always had the greatest kind of 
luck with them. 
VERBENA, COMMANDANT MARCHAND. 
Commandant Marchand. The 
flowers are remarkably large, of a dark 
purplish red color, and produced in 
great abundance. One of the most desir- 
able verbenas in my entire list. Packet, 
10 cents. 
Mammoth Show. Absolutely all 
the finest colored verbenas ever offered 
in a single packet. Packet, 10 cents. 
Erinoides. Moss Verbena. Covers 
the ground with a mat of moss-like 
foliage. Packet, 10 cents. 
Burbank’s Mayflower. See 
Novelties. 
Hybrida Scarlet. Brilliant, 
fine for bedding. Packet, 10 cents. 
Hybrida Wihnite. Fine for bou 
quets. Packet, 10 cents. 
Hybrida Mixed. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, $1.50. 
All colors 
VERBENA, HYBRIDA MIXED. 
VIRGINIA CREEPER. 
See Ampelopsis quinquefolia. 
VINCA, PERIWINKLE. 
VINCA. 
Periwinkle. A tender perennial plant 
blooming the first season. Adapted to 
window or open garden, making a fine 
show in the border; 18 inches. Flowers, 
14, inches across. Colors, white and 
rose. Mixed. Packet, 5 cents. 
