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THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1906 
IMPATIENS. 
Sultan’s Balsam. Zanzibar Balsam. 
Tender perennial; 1 foot high. Culture 
easy; always in bloom. One of the best 
of the window plants. 
Sultama. Rose colored. Pkt., lic. 
IVORY THISTLE. 
See Chamzpeuce. 
JERUSALEM CHERRY. 
A dwarf, branching pot plant, very 
useful for winter decoration. Small, 
oval-shaped leaves, and a great profu- 
sion of handsome, bright scarlet berries. 
One foot high. Always admired. Pkt., 
10 cts. 
JOB’S TEARS. Coiz lachryma. 
An annual ornamental grass, with 
broad, corn-like leaves and hard shining 
seeds of peculiar appearance, giving the 
plant its name. Two feet. Pkt., 5 cts.; 
0z., 10 cts.; 34 1b., 20 cts.; lb., 50 cts. 
KAULFUSSIA. 
KAULFUSSIA, 
A charming annual, growing only 6 
inches high. For edging and bedding. 
Colors, white, rose, red, violet and blue. 
Mixed colors. Packet, 5 cents. 
KENILWORTH IVY. 
See Linaria. 
HOCHIA. 
Scoparia. Mock cypress. Summer 
cypress. A truly interesting quick-grow- 
ing annual. The plant attains a height 
of 234 feet, and assumes a bushy tree-like 
shape, somewhat suggestive of a fine 
dwarf ornamental evergreen lawn tree. 
In the early fall the shoots are com- 
pletely studded with small bright red 
flowers giving the plant the appearance 
of a huge ball of fire. Packet, 10 cents; 
3 packets, 25 cts. 
LANTANA, FINEST HYBRIDS. 
LANTANA, 
Tender perennial shrubby plants, 1 to 
| rose, white, etc. 
4 feet high, bearing flowers of various | 
shades and colors, including orange. 
white and pink. Especially adapted to 
greenhouse or window culture, though 
thriving nicely in the garden in sum- 
mer. Start indoors, E 
Little Beauty. A novel strain of 
unexcelled value for bedding purposes. 
Dwarf; only 8 to 10 inches. Flowers 
large and verbena-like. All shades of 
pink, red, orange-yellow, orange-scarlet 
and white. A new and desirable race. 
Packet, 15 cents: 2 packets, 25 cents. 
Finest Hybrids Mixed. All the 
choice hybrid sorts. Packet, 10 cents. 
LARKSPUR, HYACINTH FLOWERED. 
LARKSPUR. 
Quick-growing annual-and perennial 
plants. For the perennial sorts see Del- 
phinium. The annuals have a wide 
range of bright colors. The flowers are 
borne in great profusion, and a bed of 
larkspurs is an effective and showy or- 
nament in garden or lawn. 
Candelabra Formed. This is a 
new class with branching habit. 
long-stemmed giant spikes are valued 
for cutting. All colors mixed. Annual. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 50 cents. 
Giant 
These splendid annual larkspurs grow 
to a height of 2 feet or more. The colors 
are rich and varied. The foliage is 
highly ornamental as well as the flowers. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents. 
Double Dwarf Rocket. Finest 
mixed. One foot high. Packet, 5 cents. 
Finest Mixed Warieties. All 
sorts. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents. 
LAVANDULA VERA. 
Flowering Lavender. A sweet-scented 
hardy perennial, growing about 3 feet 
high. Worthy of a place in a permanent 
garden. Desirable. Packet, 5 cents. 
LAVWATERA. 
Tall, bushy annuals, somewhat like 
hollyhocks, with single fiowers. Colors, 
Three feet. Sow where 
plants are to remain. Packet, 5 cents. 
LEMON VERBENA. 
Aloysia. 
A tender perennial shrub grown for 
the exquisite fragrance of its leaves. | 
One foot or more; branching. It bears 
small white flowers. Grown from seed 
without difficulty. Packet, 10 cents. 
LEPTOSYNE. 
An annual growing 1 foot high, with 
feathery foliage. Flowers single; golden 
yellow; lasting. Blooms in five weeks 
from the sowing of the seed. Excellent 
for cutting. Packet, 5 cents. 
LIMNANTHES. 
A showy annual California plant of 
| spreading habit, producing yellow and 
white flowers, which are sweet scented 
and borne in great profusion. 
Douglasi. Packet, 5 cents. 
LINARIA. 
A splendid genus of hardy plants well 
worthy of cultivation. Easily grown 
| and profuse bloomers. The flowers are 
very pretty and suitable for cutting. 
The plants prefer a sunny position anda 
rather dry soil. 
Reticulata Aurea Purpurea. 
| A profuse bloomer, with pretty purple 
flowers with a 
Packet, 5 cents. 
Hybrida Mixed. Annuals, quick 
to bloom. Many colors. One foot. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
Cymbatlaria. 
Coliseum Ivy. 
A widely loved hardy perennial trailing 
golden lp. Annual. 
Kenilworth Ivy. 
| plant, with small lavender and purple 
flowers. 
les. 
For baskets, vases and rocker- 
A charming little vine. Pkt., 10c. 
LUPINUWS. 
Strong annuals, 1 to 3 feet high, with 
upright racemes of blue, pink, yellow 
and white flowers. Lupines are allied 
to sweet peas. though erect and self- 
supporting. Mixed. Packet, 5 cts. 
LINUM. 
Scarlet Flax. 
Mother of Thousands. | pinks. 
The | 
Hyacinth Flowered. | 
LOBELIA. 
The lobelia group includes plants of 
various habits of growth. Allare highly 
desirable. The following should be 
treated as annuals, except Cardinalis: 
Heavenly Biue. A beautiful new 
lobelia of compact habit, 10 to 12 inches 
high. The flowers are large for a dwarf 
lobelia, being nearly an inch across. The 
chief charm of the variety is the exquis- 
ite, delicate, indescribable blue color. For 
border or pot culture. Packet, 10 cents. 
LoBeLiA, HEAVENLY BLUE. 
Red, white and blue. 
In 
this charming new lobelia we have a 
color combination that is as beautiful as 
Tricolor. 
itisrare. It is of easiest culture; dwarf, 
free blooming and lasting. Pkt., 10 cts. 
Erinus Varieties Mixed. Indis- 
pensable for vases and baskets, as they 
are of trailing and extremely graceful 
form. Blue, white and rose mixed. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
Cardimalis. Cardinal Flower. An 
extremely brilliant scarlet bloomer, 2 
feet high. Hardy perennial, of easy cul- 
ture. Packet, 10 cents. 
Crystal Palace Compacta., Rich, 
deep blue, with dark foliage. The best 
for bedding. Packet, 5 cents. 
Bette pe MORAY. 
This is a very 
compact 
LOBELIA, 
Belle de Moray. 
desirable novelty of dwarf, 
| growth, especially adapted to ribbon 
gardening and landscape work; 
effective. Packet, 10 cents. 
Finest Mixed. Best annual sorts 
in one package. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 75 cts. 
LY CHNIS. 
Very desirable hardy perennial plants, 
having botanic relationship with the 
Of easy culture. | 
Chaleedonic¢a. Rose Campion. 
Jerusalem Cross. Burning Star. An 
old favorite lychnis with scarlet flowers. 
Two to three feet high. Packet, 5 cents. 
Haageama. Hybrids of mixed col- 
very 
| ors, from white to pink, scarlet and 
| 
One of the most effect- | 
ive and showy annual bedding plants, | 
of long blooming period, having fine fo- 
liage and delicate stems. Flowers 1 inch 
across, and borne in great profusion. 
My strain is the grandiflorum 
eum, a brilliant scarlet. Packet, 5 cents. 
LADY’S SLIPPER. 
See Balsam. Also see Novelties, 
coccin- | 
orange red. One foot high. Very pieas- | 
ing and effective. Packet, 5 cents 
MARGUERITES. 
See Carnations. 
MEXICAN PRIMROSE. 
(®nothera rosea mexicana. | 
A charming plant of almost unequaled | 
blooming qualities. The spreading blos- 
soms are 3 inches in diameter, of a bright 
pink color, with scarlet veins, and 
showy white centre. Of easy culture 
and suited to indoor or open air situa- 
tions. It begins to bloom when young. 
Treat as an annual. Packet, 5 cents. 
MARIGOLD, PRINCE OF ORANGE 
AND SILVER KING. 
‘MARIGOLD. 
(Pot Marigold or Cape Mari- 
gold will be found under the head of 
Calendula, which see.) The Tagetes group 
includes the so-called French and Afri- 
Tagetes. 
can sorts. The African marigolds are 
tall. with large yellow or orange colored 
flowers. The French marigolds are 
dwarfer, with striped flowers. Sow seeds 
in open ground and thin to 1 foot apart. 
Treat the following as annuals: 
Silver King. French. A beauti- 
ful new dwarf strain, only 8 inches high. 
Flowers produced in great abundance 
and of perfectly uniform marking. Col- 
or velvety brown, surrounded by pale 
lemon, almost white. Pkt., 5c.; 0z., 30c. 
Legion of Honor. French. Much 
like Silver King, but the lemon edge or 
frame of the flower isa rich golden yel- 
low. Height of plant 9 inches. A pretty 
companion to Silver King. Packet, 
5 cents; ounce, 20 cents. 
New Freneh Compact. Gold 
striped; very compact and dwarf; 6 or 8 
inches. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents. 
Lemon Queen. African; 24 feet 
high; flowers 2 to 3 inches in diameter. 
Bushy plants, bearing 75 to 100 large, 
double, lemon-colored flowers at one 
time. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 50 cents. 
Prinee of Orange. African. 
Similar in all respects to the above, ex- 
cepting color of flower. Golden orange. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 50 cents. 
Eldorado. African. 234 feet tall. 
Large, full, double quilled flowers. Gold- 
en yellow. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts. 
Finest Mixed. All the best list 
| sorts in asingle packet. PKt., 5c.; 0z., lie. 
MARVEL OF PERU. 
Mirabilis jalapa. 
Four O’Clock. A well Known and de- 
servedly favorite flower. It always tinds 
enthusiastic admirers on my trial 
grounds, even among newer and more 
fashionable plants. Produces large, con- 
volvulus-like flowers; white, yellow, 
crimson, striped, etc. The roots may be 
preserved through the winter in the cel- 
lar, though it is usually called an annual. 
The flowers cpen suddenly late in the 
afternoon. Sow in open ground. 
Tom Thumb Warieties Mixed. 
These make very handsome dwarf, com- 
pact, bushy plants. The foliage is gold- 
en variegated, and the blooms are nu- 
merous and in many Drilliant colors. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents. 
Hybrid Fine Mixed. A good 
mixture of many colors. Height of 
plant about 2 feet. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts. 
MATTHIOLA. 
Matthiola bicornis. 
Night Smelling Stock. An annual 
plant of the gilliflower group, very 
fragrant at night and after showers. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
MAURANDIA. 
A tender, climbing perennial, suitable 
for hanging baskets or for the green- 
house. It attains a length of 5 feet or 
more and is exceedingly beautiful. For 
outdoor culture treat as an annual. 
Finest Wixed. Packet, 10 cents. 
This year I offer no 
free books or trial packets. 
Each customer 
selects their own premium, 
50 cents extra, 
for Each Dollar Ordered. 
