40 Schultz's Seed Store, Washington, D. C. 



Nasturtiums 



Moon Flower 



Morning Glories J ?p™ se Gia L nt - A 



2 __ oi cumbers making a sr 



^Ar\vmr\vA\n» Gracefully climbing vines with 



mormoraica small yelfow blossomS] fo ii owe d by 



fruits of curious shape. Tender annuals. The vines 

 run 10 feet or more during the season. The seed is 

 very hard and germination will he hastened if a notch 

 is carefully cut through the shell before planting. 



Balsam Pear (Charantia). The fruit is pear-shaped, 

 green, changing to bright red. and has a warty skin; 

 when ripe it bursts open and shows a brilliant in- 

 terior of large carmine seeds. Pkt. 5c. 



Balsam Apple fBalsainina). Like Balsam Pear, but 

 foliage smaller: fruit much smaller and nearly round, 

 green striped when young, becoming scarlet. Pkt. 5c. 



(Tpomcea grandiflora alba). 

 One of the most vigorous Sum- 

 mer climbers and will grow under favorable condi- 

 tions 30 to 40 feet in a single season and be covered 

 evenings and cloudy days with very large, white, 

 trumpet- shaped flowers widely extended, often 4 

 inches across. Leaves large. 5 inches across. The 

 hard outer coat of the very large, light yellow seed 

 should be cut through with a sharp knife, care being 

 taken not to cut any deeper than the hard shell. 

 Tender annual. Pkt. 10c. oz. 50c. 



class 

 growth 



of 20 to 30 feet quite early in the season. Their large 

 flowers are striped, spotted and margined in all shades 

 from white to the deepest red, blue and purple. 

 Many are fluted and fringed. Sow the seeds early 

 in a warm, sunny place. Choice mixed. Pkt. 5c. 

 Morning Glory (Convolvulus major). The well- 

 known, old-fashioned Morning Glories. Splendid 

 climbing plants. Of rapid srowth and profuse bloom. 

 Pkt. 5c. 



Nasturtium ^" ew P^ anT5 are more easily grown 

 or remain longer in bloom than 

 the Tropaeolum. with its large, shield-shaped leaves 

 and beautifully irregular flowers having long spurs 

 and brilliantly colored petals. Seed is usually sown 

 outdoors as soon as the weather is warm and settled, 

 in the row where the plants are to remain. A sunny 

 situation is essential for free blooming. If the soil 

 is very rich the plants give a large amount of foliage 

 but few flowers. 



Schultz's Rainbow Dwarf Mixed, The flowers are 

 very brilliant and attractive. Plants evenly dwarf 

 and are often used for a border. When about 2 inches 

 high thin so as to give each plant about 1 foot of 

 room. Hardv annual. About 1 foot high. Pkt. 5c, 

 oz. 15c, \i lb. 50c, lb. SI. 50. 



Schultz's Tall, or Trailing Mixed. Elegant and 

 luxuriant climbers for verandas, trellises, etc May 

 be used to cover unsightly railings and to trail over 

 rough ground with fine effect. The seed pods can be 

 gathered while green and tender for pickling; 6 to 

 10 feet. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, % lb. 50c, lb. $1.50. 



PanSV P an? i es delight in a cool, m ist s il and a 

 \ situation that protects them from cutting 

 winds as well as the midday sun. To obtain large 

 flowers early in Spring, seed should be sown in July or 

 August and the plants protected with a frame during 

 Winter. Spring-sown seed do very well, although 

 the flowers produced are not so large. 



Giant Trimardeau. Very large flowering: ah colors 

 mixed. Pkt. 10c. 1 i oz. 75c. oz. $2.50. 



Petunias P eTun i as are one °* most popular an- 



nuals on account of their ease of culti- 

 vation and freedom of blooming, succeeding every- 

 where and giving a constant supply of flowers from 

 June to October. They are also good house plants, 

 flowering freely in a sunny window. Seed can be 

 sown in the open ground early in the Spring or in a 

 hotbed or coldframe, to be transplanted later to beds 

 or borders. Height, 1 to 1 1 2 feet. 



Finest Single Mixed. Pkt, 10c. ^ oz. 45c, oz. Si. 25. 



Phlox Drummondii p ¥ ox m * kes a ^ a f- 



mncent show m beds 



and masses where their brilliant and varied colors 

 produce a gorgeous effect. Very easily raised and 

 afford a bright display of flowers all through the 

 Summer. Sow seed in the open ground in the 

 Spring. A light soil is best. 



Choicest Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 



Pinks 'Dianthus>. There are few annual flowers 



that will produce such a brilliant display of 



color for so long a time as the various varieties of 

 Dianthus. Seed sown in the Spring produce a beau- 

 tiful display in flowers from July to November. If 

 the plants are given some light protection they will 

 live over Winter and flower very early the following 

 Spring. 



Double Japan Pink (Dianthus Heddewigii). Re- 

 markably large and double, and of brilliant colors. 

 The flowers are as large as the finest Carnations. 

 Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c, }i oz. 25c. 



Double Chinese Pink (D. chinensisb Flowers very 

 double and produced in clusters. Pkt. 5c, \i oz. 25c. 



Single Dianthus. The single-flowering Dianthus 

 makes a most brilliant show of color in the garden. 

 Pkt. 5c, % oz. 25c. 



PoDoieS -^- nnua ^ an d perennial plants of very easy 

 culture, which furnish some of the most 

 brilliant colors in the garden. Being very hardy, 

 they can be sown as early in the Spring as the ground 

 is in working order and the annual varieties will 

 flower from June on for some weeks. 



Shirley. The very finest strain of single Poppies. 

 All colors from white to deep scarlet. Pkt. 5c, 

 2 4 oz. 15c, oz. 30c. 



PortulaCa There is scarcely any flower in culti- 

 vation that makes such a dazzling 

 display of beauty as a bed of brilliant colored Portu- 

 lacas. They thrive best in a rather rich, light loam 

 or sandy soil, and an exposed sunny situation. 

 Half-hardy annual. Single Mixed. All colors. Pkt. oc 



