WM. HENRY MAULE, Inc., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Flower Seeds — 149 



RICINUS (Castor Oil Bean) 



Hardy Annual 



A stately, strong-growing 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 Riclnus beans 

 on the borders of gardens moles may be kept away, as they will leave 

 as soon as they get a scent of the plant. 



RiCINUS, ZANZIBARENSfS. 



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; ounce, 20 cents; % lb., 60 cents. 



1713 liACINIATCS. {yew.) Distinct variety of medium height, 

 differing from all other sorts by the light green, deeply cut foliage; the 

 elegantly narrow lobes being divided nearly to the stalk. The plant 

 presents a very graceful appearance. Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 50 cts. 



1715 MIXED. All the best plain and fancy varieties in a grand mix- 

 ture. Packet, 5 cents; oance, 15 cents; ^ pound, 35 cents. 



ROSE SEED (Miniature Fairy Roses) 

 Heo'dy Perennial 



Rose, Little Midget 



RUDBECKIA, BiCOLOR SUPERBA. 



1716 LITTLE MIDGET. Only an inch across; mostly double. They 

 are borne in clusters, and embrace all the tints of the larger roses. The 

 fclossoms 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 

 months after the seed is sown. Packet, 10 cents. 



RUDBECKIA (Coneflower) 



Hardy Annual 



1717 BICOLOR SUPERBA. A fine, free-blooming annual sort, 

 ibout 2 feet high, forming a dense bush. The cone or disc of tlie daisy- 

 ilke bloom is brown, and the florets or rays (petals) golden yellow. At 

 ihe base of each petal there is a patch of velvety brown, producing a 

 iandsome and rich effect. The long stemmed flowers are excellent for 

 iuttlng, being very effective and lasting. Packet, 10 cents. 



SALPIGLOSSIS (Painted Tongue) 

 Hardy Annual 



Height, 18 inches to 2 feet, bearing many orchid-like flowers 2 to 2}^ 

 inches across, with odd and beautiful velvety markings; the colors red, 

 blue, yellow, pink, etc.. In various shades are pencilled and veined with 

 golden-yellow or other colors. Easily grown, flower profusely and are 

 fine for cutting as well as being showy In beds or borders. 



SALPIGLOSSIS, Hybrids Mixed. Salpiglossis, Emperor. 



1720 HVBRIDS MIXED. Exquisitely veined and marbled. Red, 

 pink, purple, blue, yellow, white, etc. 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. 



Our Pansies and Sweet Peas are Sure to Please You 



I wish to say that the Sweet Peas and Pansies seed purchased Ircm yon last 

 spring have blossomed beyond all expectations, the size o< blossom and the vari- 

 ety ol colors. Mrs. W. J. Barrett, East Palmyra, N. Y. 

 See 3rd cover for our best mixtures. 



SALVIA (Scarlet Sage) 

 Heirdy Annual 



Our collection Includes all the best varieties worthy of culture. With 

 the old-fashioned scarlet sorts we now list several new and distinct col- 

 ors, flesh color, purple, salmon, carmine; new shades never before seen 

 in this famous and popular plant. These salvias will delight every one 

 by the profusion and distinctness of their flowers during the whole sum- 

 mer until frost or as pot plants during the winter. 



The seed is saved from plants at our Panmure Seed Garden, so we 

 can positively reconimend the strains as the best that can be had. 



Salvia, Drooping Spikes. 



1722 DROOPING SPIKES. The very best scarlet sage obtainable. 



The flowers of this magnlflcent scarlet sage are produced so abundant- 

 ly as to bend the branches and give them a leaning habit, hence the 

 name of Drooping Spikes. It is a magulllcent bloomer bearing three 

 times as many flowers as the ordinary scarlet sage; very deslral.le for 

 lawn or garden whether planted in solid beds or as borders. 



Packet, 10 cents; Ve ounce, 30 ceuts; ounce, S2.;i5. 

 1724 SALMONEA. (New Salmon Sage.) This new and interesting 

 variety produces large flower spikes of a rare pink-salmon color. The 

 plant is of dwarf and compact growth and begins flowering early In 

 the summer and continues until killed by frost. 



Packet, 10 cents; H ounce, 40 cents; ounce, 93.00. 



