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THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1906 
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Floral Novelties. 
Year by year lam giving more and more personal care and attention 
to the flower seed department of my business. My facilities for growing 
and testing seeds are continually expanding, and I am intently study- 
ing everything good and new; not neglecting any of the old, standard 
favorites, but ever on the alert for novelties of merit. It is indeed 
difficult to keep step with the horticultural progress of the world, on 
account of the prodigious number of varieties and strains brought out 
every year; but my trial grounds and greenhouses are never idle, and I 
Glorious New Sweet Peas. 
ON Helen Pierce. 
A Real Sweet Pea Novelty. 
Especially new in color and markings, and 
briefly described as a Gloxinia flowered type. 
The color is very bright blue, mottled on pure 
white. It does not come striped, or with any 
suggestion of stripe, but uniformly marbled or 
peppered with the color, and the veins show a 
little deeper. It impresses one as resembling a 
blue-mottled gloxinia. It bears three-and fre- 
quently four blossoms to the stem, all of which 
face one way, a mark of high merit in modern 
sweet peas. The stems are usually long, and 
blossoms are of good size and of the perfect 
shell-shape of semi-hoodedtype. Packet, 15 cts. 
Countess Spencer. 
White and Pink. 
The new sweet pea, Countess Spencer, is well 
worthy of classification as a novel and dis- 
tinctly improved type, on account of its won- 
derful size, and its attractive shape, color and 
fragrance. Well grown specimens are of noble 
dimensions, being 14% inches across, and borne 
three onastem. The outer edges of the stand- 
ard and wings are crumpled and waved, giving 
the flower an especially attractive appearance, 
The color is a silvery wnite combined with a 
delicate, soft rose pink. The vines are strong 
and vigorous, and the attitude of the flower is | 
bold and showy, and suggestive of high quality, | 
Countess Spencer will be found of great excel- | 
lence for entting, and I think none of my friends | 
should fail to make a trial of this new sort. | 
Packet, 25 cents. 
Florence Spencer. 
Exquisite Shell Pink. 
This noble seedling of Countess Spencer is of | 
the same size and habit as the parent, but 
differs in color, being more uniformly pink. | 
Standard and wings are of the same delicate | 
color, which deepens toward the edges of the 
petals. The great flowers are always borne on | 
long, stiff stems, making them admirable for | 
cutting. Four flowers on a stem are not) 
uncommon. Florence Spencer is certain to | 
attract wide attention among all lovers of) 
sweet peas. Packet, 25 cents. 
Mrs. Sydenham. 
Salmon Pink or Orange Tinted. 
, ~ This is another grand seedling of Countess 
Spencer, and is by some considered the most attractive of the group. The standard is of 
a rich,salmon pink color, and the wings are rosy tinted. The standard is reflexed, with the 
same fluted or crumpled effect that characterizes the other members of the Countess Spencer 
class. It is this peculiarity, in fact, that is responsibie for the term “orchid flowered,” as used in 
describing these new sweet peas. The flowers of Mrs. Sydenham measure 144 inches or more 
across, and are truly magnificent. Packet, 15 cents. 
Maule’s Silver Anniversary Mixture of Giant-Flowering Sweet Peas. 
These giant-flowering sweet peas sent out upon the occasion of my 25th business 
anniversary, four years ago, proved so widely popular, and in such constant and 
continued demand, that IJ still list them prominently. It is a blend of unsurpass- 
able sorts, comprising all the new and fashionable strains. The lighter shades, 
including pink, white and lavender, are especially prominent; but all colors are 
well represented. Endless praise is given to these largest and most beautiful sweet 
peas by all who have tried them. PKt., 10c.: 0z., 25c.; 44 1b., 74c.; lb., $2.50; 5 Ibs., $10. 
New Salvia or Searlet Sage. 
Drooping Spikes. The Best Scarlet Sage. 
The flowers of this magnificent scarlet sage are produced so abundantly as to 
bend the branches and give them a leaning habit, and hence the name of Drooping 
Spikes. It isa magnificent bloomer, far more floriferous and showy than the old 
form. The plant blazes in dazzling scarlet all through the summer and fall, and 
cannot be excelled for decorative purposes. My seed stock is grown on my own 
grounds, and I can highly recommend the strain. Packet, 15 cts.; 1 ounce, 40 cts. 
New Dwarf Salvia, Lord Fauntleroy. 
A charming and showy variety of salvia noted for its uniformly dwarf habit, as it 
seldom exceeds 20 inches. The foliage is dark green and the flowers are of a rich 
crimson. Spikes larger than the average. An exceedingly free bloomer anda 
most desirable bedding plant. Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, 20 cents. 
My patrons are treat 
to bear in mind that for 
or any three 10-cent pac 
With thanks to the 
increasing confidence ir 
I remain, 
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| find that little or nothing of permanent value escapes me. 
but a few real prizes are secured each season, and it always gives me 
pleasure to offer such things to the public. 
| order is deemed too small for courteous notice. 
Always theirs to command, 
New Scartet Sace (Satvia), Droopina SPIKES. 
I am com. 
ew things as being no better than older forms, 
ed with liberality as well as fairness, and no 
I wish mv customers 
25 cents they may select any six o-cent packets, 
kets of flower seeds. 
American public for the steady and eyer 
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1 my seeds. 
New ORIENTAL HyeBrid POPPIES. 
New Oriental Hybrid Poppies. 
Great flowers of gorgeous brilliancy. For 
brightness of color nothing can eclipse these 
beautiful Oriental poppies. The colors range 
from soft flesh and rose to most brilliant daz- 
zling scarlet and richest maroon purple. The 
flowers are enormous; 6 inches in diameter. 
Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 
BUNCH OF ROSES. . 
New Phiox—Bunch of Roses. 
The individual florets are large and vividly 
rose colored, with a darker spot of rose towards 
the base, while the centre of the flower is pure 
white. It is uniquely similar in appearance to 
a Briar Rose, and the large clustered heads are 
very suggestive of the name selected. Remark- 
able bloomer. Packet, 15 cents. 
New PHLox, 
