1711 Pyrethrum, Roseum, Single 



1710 Purple Feather Grass 



PYRETHRUM 



Hardy Perennial 



Handsome, herbaceous garden plants about 2 feet high, 

 bearing Daisy-like or Aster-like flo^vers, 3 or 4 inches across, 

 ranging in colors 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. 



1711 ROSEU3I, SINGLE MIXED. Pkt. 10 cts.; Va ox. 40 cts. 



1712 KOSEUM, DOUBLE MIXED. Pkt. 1.5 cts.; 1/16 ox. 75 cts. 



PYRETHRUM ROOTS Hardy Perennial 



73B82 ROSEIT3I, SIXGLE AND DOUBLE, 



MIXED COLORS. 



30 cts. each; 3 lor SO cts.; 6 for $1.50; $2.75 per dozen 



1710 PURPLE FEATHER GRASS 



Tender Perennial 



A very beautiful and popular ornamental house or border 

 plant of easy culture. As useful for hall or table adornment 

 as a palm, and having the advantage of rapid growth. The 

 graceful, narrow, recurving leaves are over-topped by elegant 

 feathery plumes a foot long. Heads borne from July until 

 frost, and the whole plant is eventually veiled in a purple 

 cloud. 



Packet 10 cts.; % ounce 35 cts. 



1714 Ricinus, Zanzibarensjs Mixed 



SOW 

 MAULE'S 



WILD 

 FLOWER 

 GARDEN 

 MIXTURE 

 in out-of-the- 

 w a y places, 

 back lots, 

 fence comers, 

 etc. Scatter 

 the seed thin- 

 ly on the sur- 

 face and rake 

 in. 



(See page 124 

 for descrip- 

 t i o n and 

 prices.) 



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 desirable for centres of beds or for back- 

 grounds. By planting Ricinus beans on the borders of gar- 

 dens, moles may be kept away, as they will leave as soon as 

 they get a scent of the plant. 



1713 RED SPIRE. Rich bronzy-green leaves with promi- 

 nent red ribs and veins. Plant grows 6 feet high and 

 produces numerous flower spikes or seed-pods of a brilliant 

 rosy-crimson, most effective and ornamental. 



Packet 10 cts.; ounce 40 cts.; % pound $1.00. 



1714 ZANZIBARENSIS. The tallest growing Ricinus, 10 

 to 14 feet high, variously colored leaves, sometimes 2 feet 

 across. 



Packet 10 cts.; ounce 35 cts.; % pound 75 cts. 



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

 grand mixture. 



Packet 10 cts.; ounce 20 cts.; % pound 60 cts. 



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1722 Salvia, Drooping Spikes 



SALVIA (Scarlet Sage) 

 Hardy Annual 



Salvias are favorite bedding plants bearing long spikes o 

 flow^ers profusely during the vsrhole summer until frost; als- 

 grown as pot plants during the winter. 



1722 DROOPING SPIKES. The very best Salvia obtainable 

 The flowers are produced so abundantly as to bend th 

 branches and give them a leaning habit, hence the name o 

 Drooping Spikes. It is a magnificent bloomer; desirable fo 

 lawn or garden whether planted in solid beds or in borders 

 Packet 15 cts.; Vs ounce 60 cts.; M ounce $1.00 



1724 AMERICA OR GLOBE OF FIRE. The earliest, frees 

 and most continuous blooming of all Salvias, being of uni 

 form growth not exceeding 15 inches in height, ■svith spike 

 of brilliant scarlet flowers borne well above the foliage. Par 

 ticularly suited for pots, beds or borders. 



Packet 20 cts.; Vs ounce 75 cts.; % ounce $1.25 



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1723 Salvia, Bonfire 



1738 Saponaria, Vaccaria 



1723 BONFIRE. One of the finest for bedding. Compad 

 oval bushes, 2 feet in height, with long spikes of scarle 

 flowers standing clear above the foliage, which completel: 

 cover the plant. A very popular variety for beds and border 

 where a dwarfer red variety than Drooping Spikes is re 

 quired. Very extensively grown. 



Packet 10 cts.; % ounce 50 cts.; % ounce 90 cts. 



1727 FARINACEA. (The Silver Sage.) Tall silver laven 

 der or blue spikes rise in great numbers above the foliagf 

 A handsome bedding plant for groups, borders or massing 

 "With a slight covering during the winter, this variety i 

 hardy in many localities, but it is best to treat it as a 

 annual. 



Packet 10 cts.; % ounce 50 cts.; % ounce 85 cts. 



1733 MIXED, ALL SORTS. We have received so many re 

 quests for Salvia seeds mixed, that we are offering a mixtur 

 of the scarlet, carmine, salmon and purple. 



Packet 15 cts.; % ounce 50 cts. 



SAPONARIA 



Hardy Annual 

 1738 VACCARIA. Satiny pink flowers somewhat like a: 

 enlarged Gypsophila, valuable for cutting and largely use 

 for mixing with other flowers. Grows about two feet higl- 

 Make several sowings for a succession of bloom. Basil; 

 grown; free flowering. 



Packet 10 cts.; % ounce 20 cts.; ounce 30 cts. 



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WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA., 1927 



