150 — Flower Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1916 



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P RETHRUM RO-EUV SiNGLE 



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, 

 recurTing green foliage is overtopped by elegant, feathery, purplish 

 plumes a foot long, -srhich are also useful in a dried state for winter 

 bouquets. Pactet, 10 cents. 



PYRETHRUM 



Hardy Perennial 



The pyrethrums are handsome, herbaceous garden plants, about 2 

 feet high, bearing daisy-like 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 best cut flowers. 



1587 UOSEUM FINEST SINGLE MIXED. Pactet, 10 cents. 

 1589 ROSEUM FINEST DOUBLE MIXED. Packet, 15 cents. 



RICINUS 



Hardy Annual 



Castor Oil Bean. A stately and highly ornamental tree-like annual 

 plant; 6 to 14 feet high. Very efTeCtive 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 a scent of the plant. 



Ricinus Zanzibarens 8 



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, 25 cents; V^ lb., 75 cents. 



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

 ture. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents> '( pound, 35 cents. 



I wanted to plant several beds and borders ol Bonfire Salvia at my country 

 place and purchased seed from one oi your competitors, but failed to raise any 

 plants from them. I decided to try your Bonfire Salvia and every seed was 

 fertile; my beds and borders were very much admired. 



Wm. D. Thomas, 5816 Lansdowne Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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 a long 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 

 Jbe gathered before fully expanded, hung with heads downwards to dry. 



1710 MIXED COLORS. Packet, 5 cents. 



RuDBECKIA, 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 is sown. 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-daisj-- 

 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 lor 

 cutting. Packet, 5 cents. 



Hardy Perennial Rudbeckia 



1718 NEWMAN!. Large, vivid golden-yellow flowers with velvety 

 maroon cone-shaped centres. Floriferous; a long bloomer. Height 

 2 feet. 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 onl.v; see the bulb pages of this book. 



SALPIGLOSSIS 



Hardy Annual 



Painted Tongue. Height. 18 inches to 2 feet, bearing many flowers 

 2 to 2*0 inches acrops. wiili odd and beautiful velvety markings. 



SALPIGLOSSIS, Hybrids Mixed. Salpiglos L >. 



1720 HYBRIDS 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 sal plglossis. Mixed colors. Packet, 10 cents. 



