150—F lower Seeds 
THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1915 
PURPLE FEATHER GRASS 
Tender Perennial! 
1586 A very beautiful and popular ornamental grass of easy culture. 
As useful for hall or table adornment as a palm, and unequalled as 
an edging to a bed of Cannas or other tall plants. The long graceful, 
recurving green foliage is overtopped by elegant, feathery, purplish 
plumes a foot long; which are also useful in a dried state for winter 
bouquets. Packet, 10 cents. 
PyRETHRUM, ROSEUM SINGLE. 
PYRETHRUM 
’ Hardy Perennial 
The pyrethrums are handsome, herbaceous garden plants, about 2 
feet high, bearing daisy-lile or aster-like flowers, 3 or 4 inches across, 
ranging in color from light pink to deep red with yellow centres. Blooms 
in May and June and again in the fall, one of the most graceful and 
long-lasting cut flowers; becoming more popular every year. 
1587 ROSEUM FINEST SINGLE MIXED. Most popular large 
flowering sorts. Packet, 10 cents. 
1589 ROSEUM FINEST DOUBLE MIXED. Large double flowers 
borne in great abundance and a variety of colors. Packet, 15 cents. 
RICINUS 
Hardy Annual 
Castor Oil Bean. A stately and highly ornamental tree-like annual 
plant; 6 to 14 feet high. Very effective as a foliage plant. Highly desira- 
ble for centres of beds or for backgrounds. By planting Ricinus beans 
on the borders of gardens, moles may be kept away as they will leave 
as soon as they get ascent of the plant. 
Ricinus, ZANZIBARENSIS. 
1714 ZANZIBARENSIS. The handsomest strain of castor oil bean. 
Leaf sometimes 2 feet across, with stem rising 8 to 12 feet. Four varie- 
ties in a mixture—green, copper brown, brownish purple and bronze. 
Finest mixed. Packet, 10 cents. 
1715 MIXED. All the best plain and fancy varieties in a grand mix- 
ture. Packet, 5 cents. 
Our Sweet Pea Mixtures are unsurpassed. See the third cover 
of this Seed Book for colored plate of our Spencer Sweet Peas. 
RHODANTHE 
Hardy Annual Everlasting 
One of the finest and most beautiful of the garden plants, 9 to 12 inches 
high. They flower early and continue for along time. Valuable for pot 
culture, especially in apartments, on account of the durability of the 
flowers. For winter bouquets they are indispensable; the flowers should 
be gathered before fully expanded, hung with heads downwards to dry. 
1710 MIXED COLORS. Packet, 5 cents. 
RubBECKIA, BicoLor SUPERBA. 
ROSE SEED 
Hardy Perennial 
1716 LITTLE MIDGET. Only an inch across; mostly double. They 
are borne in clusters, 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 issown. Packet, 10 cents. 
RUDBECKIA 
Hardy Annual 
1717 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 is a patch of velvety brown, producing a 
| handsome and rich effect. The long stemmed flowers are excellent for 
cutting. Packet, 5 cents. 
Hardy Perennial Rudbeckia 
1718 NEWMANI. Large, vivid golden-yellow flowers with velvety 
maroon cone-shaped centres. Floriferous; a long bloomer. Height 
2feet. Packet. 5 cents. 
1719 PURPUREA. Flowers reddish purple. 4 inches across, with 
cone-shaped brown centre. Blooms profusely. Packet, 5 cents. 
GOLDEN GLOW. A handsome hardy perennial rudbeckia with 
double yellow flowers. Roots only; see the bulb department. 
SALPIGLOSSIS 
Tender Annual 
Painted Tongue. Height. 18 inches to 2 feet, bearing many flowers 
| 2 to 244 inches across, with odd and beautiful velvety markings. 
Rose, LITTLE MIDGET. 
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SALPIGLOSSIS, EMPEROR. 
SALPIGLOSSIS, HYBRIDS. 
1720 HYBRIDS MIXED. Exquisitely veined and marbled. 
| pink, purple, blue, yellow. white. ete. Packet, 5 cents. 
1721 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. 
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