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THE MAULE SEED 
BOOK FOR 1906 
PELARGONIUM. 
See Lady Washington Geranium. 
PECOTEES. 
See Carnations. 
PINKS. 
See Dianthus. 
POT MARIGOLD. 
See Calendula. 
QUEER MARGARETS. 
See Asters. 
RHODANTHE. 
A very pretty annual, about 1 toot 
high, belonging to the everlasting group. 
Colors are white, pink, crimson, etc. 
Flowers bell shaped; beautiful when 
dried. Suitable for pot culture. Finest 
mixed, embracing all the best and most 
prolific varieties. Packet, 5 cents. 
RICEINUS. 
Castor Oil Bean. A stately and highly 
ornamental tree-like annual plant; 6 to 
12 feet high. Very effective as a foliage 
plant. Highly desirable for centres of 
beds or for backgrounds. 
Zanzibarensis. The handsomest 
strain of castor oil bean. Leaf some- 
times 2 feet across, with stem rising 10 
to 14 feet. Four varieties in a mixture— 
green, copper brown, brownish purple 
and bronze. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 40 cts. 
Mixed. All the best plain and fancy 
varieties. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts. 
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Rose, LitTLe MIDGET. 
ROSE SEED. 
Midget roses. Only an inch across; | 
mostly double. They are borne in clus- 
ters, 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. 
Little Midget, 
Hardy. | 
Packet, 15 cents. 
RUDBECKTIA. 
Bicolor Superba. A fine, free- 
blooming rudbeckia or cone flower, 
about 2 feet high, forming a dense bush. 
The cone or disc of the daisy-like bloom 
is brown, and the florets or rays (petals) 
golden yellow. At the base of each 
petal there isa patch of velvety brown, | 
producing a handsome and rich effect. 
The long-stemmed flowers are excellent 
for cutting, and the plant is a charming 
addition to the list of yellow annuals. 
It is in wide popularity at the present 
time, and is gaining favor every year. | 
Packet, 5 cents. 
Golden Glow. A handsome, hardy 
perennial rudbeckia with double yellow 
flowers, See the plant department. 
| fragrant. 
| graceful, 
SAINTPAULIA. 
Saintpaulia ionanthe. | 
African Violet. Leaves shaped like 
gloxinia, growing in a flat rosette. Flow- | 
ers deep blue. A good house or stove 
plant. Packet, 25 cents. 
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SaALPiIGLossis, NEw HyBrips. 
SALPIGLOSSIS. 
Painted Tongue. Among the most 
beautiful of flowering annuals. Height, 
18 inches to 2 feet. Foliage pretty. Flow- 
ers 2 to 234 inches across, with odd and 
beautiful. velvety colors, exquisitely 
veined and marbled. The colors range 
through all shades of red, pink, purple, 
blue, yellow, white, etc. The plants are 
of graceful habit, bearing their flowers 
high above the foliage. 
New Hybrids Mixed. Pkt., 5c. 
SALVIA, BONFIRE. 
SALVIA. 
Scarlet Sage, etc. See Novelties. A | 
famous and fashionable annual bedding 
plant. Blooms in lavish profusion until 
frost. Succeeds everywhere, and is in 
universal favor. 
Coeccinea Splendens. Scarlet 
sage. Bright scarlet flowers. Packet, 
10 cents; 14 ounce, 50 cents. 
Bonfire, New Dwarf. One of | 
the finest for bedding. Compact, oval 
bushes, 244 feet high, with long spikes of 
scarlet flowers. The spikes stand stiff | 
and:erect. Over 200 spikes to a bush is 
not rare; and the spikes bear from 20 to 
39 flowers each. Packet, 10 cents. | 
Silverspot. A newand pretty | 
strain of scarlet sage, with the dark | 
green leaves covered with cream white | 
or yellow spots It has the same large, 
intensely scarlet flower spikes as the | 
parent form, and is highly desirable as 
an ornamental bedding plant. Packet, 
10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 
SCHIZANTHUS. 
See Novelties. Also Butterfly Flower. 
SILENE. 
See Catchfiy. 
SMILAX. 
Asparagus medeoloides. 
A popular indoor climber. Leaves a 
deep, glossy green. Flowers white and 
Habit of growth extremely 
Soak the seed in water for a 
day, and keep the plant rather moist. 
Perennial. Packet, 10 cents. 
STEVIA. Stevia serrata. 
A tender perennial growing 18 inches 
high. Easy to propagate; in favor for 
cutting. Bears large heads of small 
white flowers. Packet, 5 cents. 
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Stocks, GLOBE PYRAMIDAL. 
STOCKS. 
Ten weeks stocks. Annual. Nothing 
can excel stocks for beauty and fra- 
grance. The flowers are large and dou- 
ble, and quite superior to the old gilli- 
flowers. The plants bloom freely in 10 
or 12 weeks after the sowing of the seed. 
The colors include white, yellow, red, | 
blue, lavender and violet. All are deli- 
ciously sweet scented. See Novelties. 
Cut and Come Again; 
cess Alice. A pure white double 
variety, about 2 feet high, producing 
endless numbers of side branches. 
Every branch bears a cluster of delight- 
fully fragrant flowers, and new ones are 
produced to replace those which are re- 
moved. Packet. 10 cts.;3 packets, 25 cts. 
Globe Pyramidal. Spikes and 
flowers very large, the individual blooms 
frequently measuring 2 to 24 inches in 
The large double and perfect 
flowers are produced in great profusion, 
the spikes being compactly pyramidal, 
and the plant of pretty shape. Seeds 
saved from named sorts, of various col- 
ors. Grand mixture. Packet, 10 cents. 
German Ten Weeks. Finest 
double mixed; about 20 distinct colors. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, $1.00. 
Fimest Varieties Mixed, Em- 
bracing all varieties. Packet, 10 cents. 
SCARLET FLAX. 
See Linum. 
SCARLET SAGE. 
See Salvia. 
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NFLOWER, STELLA, CHRYSANTHEMUM- 
FLOWERED AND ORION. 
SUNFLOWER. 
Helianthus. See farm seeds for the 
common types. The sunflowers are of 
easy culture, and the newer sorts are 
among the most ornamental and effect- 
ive of all the garden annuals. See Noy- 
elties. 
Chrysanthemum Flowered. 
Fine, perfectly double golden flowers, 
resembling Japanese chrysanthemums. 
Height, 5to6 feet. Pkt., 5c.; 0z., 25e. 
Stella. Height, 3to 4feet. Flowers 
star shaped, of brightest golden yellow, 
with dark centres. They are borne on 
long stems, and are suitable for cutting. 
Bloom continues from June until frost. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents. 
Silver Leaved. Grows about 5 
feet high. and has large, shining, silvery 
leaves and single flowers. Packet, 5 cts.; 
ounce, 15 cts. 
Globe of Gold. Dahtia Sunflower, 
Golden Quilled Sunflower. A double 
sunflower, attaining a height of but little 
over 3 feet. Each branch carries a globe- 
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Shaped flower of richest golden color. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents. 
Orion. A new sort. Height, 4 
feet. Flowers 3 inches across, of bright 
yellow color, somewhat resembling a 
Single cactus dahlia in shape. A highly 
ornamental sunflower. Packet, 5 cents. 
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Scasiosa, DwarF DouBLe. 
SCABIOSA. 
Known as Mourning Bride, Sweet 
Scabious, Pincushion Flower, etc. One 
of the most desirable of the border 
plants, and greatly improved within 
recent years. Some sorts are annual 
and some perennial. 
Caucasica. Handsome hardy per- 
ennial, growing 24 to 30 inches high, 
bearing very large white flowers. which 
are valuable for bouquets. Blooms from 
Packet, 10 cents. 
June until frost. 
ScaBiosa, CHERRY AND WHITE. 
Cherry and White. One of the 
most beautiful varieties of this attractive 
flower. Perennial and usually hardy. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
Dwarf Double Mixed. One foot. 
Treat as annuals. Packet, 5 cents, 
SNAPDRAGON. 
See Antirrhinum. 
STRAW FLOWER. 
See Helichrysum. 
SWAN RIVER DAISY. 
See Brachycome. 
SW AEINSONTA,. 
A tender perennial, 1 to 4 feet high, 
with graceful foliage; a favorite for 
house culture. Flowers resemble sweet 
peas, and are borne in sprays or racemes, 
Of easy culture. 
Grandiflora Alba. Pkt., 20 cts. 
Carmimea. Carmine red. PkKt., 25c. 
SWEET ALYSSUMi. 
See Alyssum, 
SWEET ROCKET. 
Hesperis matronalis. 
Hardy perennials, bearing purple or 
white flowers. Plants 2 or 3 feet high. 
Flowers fragrant. This is an old-fash- 
jioned favorite. Double fine mixed. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
SWEET SULTANS. 
See Centaurea imperialis. 
SWERT WOODRUFE. 
See Asperula. 
If you order $2.00 worth of 
Flower Seeds you can select as 
your premium $1.00 worth 
extra. See page 110. 
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