144 — Flower Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1913 



QUEEN MARGARETS 



See Asters. 



RAGGED SAILOR 



See Cenfaurea. 



RiCINUS, ZANZIBARENS18. 



RICINUS 



Tender Annual 



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

 plant; 6 to 14 feet high. Very effective as a foliage plant. Highly desira- 

 ble for centres of beds or for backgrounds, liy iJanling Ricinus beans 

 on the borders of gardens, moles may be kept away as they will leave 

 as soon as thev get a scent of the plant. 



J714 ZANZIBARENSIS. The handsomest strain of castor oil bean. 

 Leaf sometimes 2 feet across, with stem rising 10 to ll feet. Four varie- 

 ties in a mixture — green, copper brown, brownish purple and bronze. 

 Finest mixed. 

 Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 40 cents. 



1715 MIXED. All the best plain 

 and fancy varieties in a grand mix- 

 ture. Packet, 5 cts.; ox., 80 cts. 



RED HOT POKER 



See Tritoma. 



ROSE MOSS 



See Poriulaca. 



ROSE OF SHARON 



See fl/f/iaea. 



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 pret- 

 tv. The bush grows only 10 inches 

 high, and begins to bloom a few 

 weeks after the seed is sown. 



Packet, 10 cents. 



Rose, Little Midget. 



RUDBECKIA 



Hardy Annual 



RuDBECKIA, BiCOLOR SuPERBA. 



1717 BICOLOR SUPERBA. A 



fine, free-blooming 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 (jietals) golden yellow. At 

 the base of each petal there is a 

 patch of velvety brown, producing a 

 liandsome and rich effect. The long- 

 btemmed flowers are excellent for 

 cutting. Packet, 5 cents. 



Hardy Perennial Rudbeckia 



1718 INB"VV3!ASfI. Large, vivid 

 golden-yellow flowers with a velvfty 

 maroon cone-shap"d centre. Flori- 

 ferous; a long bloomer. Height, 2 ft. 



Packet, 10 cents. 



1719 PliRPURE.A. Great Pur- 

 ple Cone Flower. A fine hardy per- 

 ennial, flower's reddish purple, 4 

 inches across, with cone-shaped 

 brown centre. Blooms midsummer 

 to late autumn. Packet, 5 cents. 



GOLDEN GLOAV. A handsome 

 hardy perennial rudbeckia with 

 double yellow flowers. See the bulb 

 department, page 162. 



Salpiglossis, Hybrids. 



SaLPIGLOSSIS E.MPEROR 



SALPIGLOSSIS 



Tender Annual 



Painted Tongue. Annual. Height, 18 Inchesto 2feet. Pretty. Flow- 

 ers 2 to 2% Inches across, with odd and beautiful velvety markings. 



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 salpiglossis. Mixed colors. Packet, 10 cents. 





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Salvia (Scarlet Saoe), Drooping Spikes. 



SALVIA OR SCARLET SAGE 



Tender Annual 



A famous and fashionable annual bedding or border plant. Blooms 

 in lavish profusion until frost. Succeeds everywhere. 



7722 DROOPING SPIKES. The very best Scarlet Sage obtainable. 

 The tlowers of this magnificent scarlet sage are produced so abundant- 

 ly as to bend the branches and give them a leaning habit, hence the 

 name oJ Drooping Spikes. It is a magnificent bloomer, tar more flori- 

 ferous and showy than the old form. The plant blazes in dazzling scar- 

 let all through the summer and fall, and cannot be excelled for decor- 

 ative purposes. My seed is grown on my own grounds, and I can highly 

 recommend the sti ain. Packet, 10 cents; ^^ ounce. 40 cents. 



1723 D^VARF BONFIRE. One of the finest for bedding. Com- 

 pact, oval bushes, 2 feet in height, with long spikes of scarlet flowers. 



The spikes stand si iff' and erect. 

 Over 200 to a bush is not rare; and 

 the spikes bear from 20 to 30 tlowers 

 each. Pkt., 10 cts.; >. oz., 30 cts. 



1724 LORD FAINTLEROY. 

 A charming and showy variety, 

 noted for its uniformly dwarf habit, 

 as it seldom exceeds 21' inches. The 

 foliage is dark green and the flowers 

 a lich crimson. Sjiikes larger than 

 the average. Pkt., 10c. ; % oz., 30c. 

 i725 VIOLAtEA. (New Violet 

 .^asre.) This new and novel variety 

 of the popular scarlet sage produces 

 large spikes of a purple-violet color, 

 which contrast love y with the 

 green foliage. It forms a compact 

 bush about 18 inches high with the 

 peculiarity that all the flower spikes 

 raise straight upwards, producing 

 innumerable purple-violet flowers, 

 literally covering the plant. 



Pkt., 1.5 cts.; a pkts., 25 cts. 

 1726 ZURICH. A compact dwarf 

 early flowering variety. Bush 18 to 

 20 inches high. The flowering spikes 

 of fiery red, standing well above the 

 foliage. A valuable variety for bed- 

 ding purposes or for massing. 

 SiiuiA ViOLACEA. Packet, 10 cts.: % ounce, 40 cts. 



