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G. EDWARD SCHULTZ, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



HIGH GRADE FLOWER SEEDS 



Put up in packages filled with a generous measure. 



MOST flowering plants will live In. almost any soil, but to give them a fair chance to develop, some care 

 should be taken to make the ground suited to their needs. Many flowers are better if produced on 

 plants of vigorous growth, hence a portion of the garden should be prepared by deep digging, thor- 

 ough pulverization and liberal enriching with large quaatities of well rotted manure. Since some other va- 

 rieties produce the largest and finest colored flowers when grown on rather light, poor soil, a portion of the 

 garden should not be enriched. 



Cultural directions are given in the packets, and I urge purchasers to study them carefully. While some 

 seeds need special treatment, the following general rules will apply to all. Make the surface of the soil as 

 fine, smooth, and level as possible; do not plant when the ground is wet; cover each lot of seeds to a uniform 

 depth, which should not be more than four or six times the diameter of the seed; press the soil firmly over 

 the seed; plant in rows, so that the starting plants can be seen easily; thin out the young plants to prevent 

 crowding and keep entirely free from weeds. jsates«B**- 



ALL FLOWER SEEDS SENT POSTPAID ON RECEIPT OF PRICE 



Send me $1 and select PACKETS to the value of $1.15 Send me $2.00 and select PACKETS to the value of $2.35 



Send $3.00 and select PACKETS to the value of $3.60 



ACROCLINIUM 



(Everlasting). A very 

 pretti', half hardy an- 

 nual, producing white 

 and rose colored, double 

 daisy-like flowers. These 

 are the "Immortelles" so 

 desirable for wreaths 

 and winter bouquets. 

 Height fifteen inches. 

 Album, pure white. Pkt. 

 Sets. 



ADONIS AUTUMNALIS 



(Adonis Flower, Phea- 

 sant's Eye). A handsome, 

 hardy herbaceous annual, 

 one foot high. The fine- 

 ly cut, dark green foli- 

 age In which are set the 

 intense blood red flow- 

 ers, gives the plant a 

 very striking appearance. 

 It grows readily in a 

 place shaded by a house 

 or fence and requires but 

 little care. Pkt., Sets. 



AGERATUM 



A beautiful hardy an- 

 nual. The flowers borne 

 in dense clusters, are 

 very useful for bouquets, 

 and the plants are very 

 attractive in the garden. 

 The different varieties 

 are from six inches to 

 two feet high and are 

 covered with bloom near- 

 ly all summer. 



Mexicanum, light blue, 

 about twenty inches 

 high. Packet, Sets. 



ASTER 



Finest Mixed. A mixture 

 of the finest strains and 

 colors. Packet, 5cts. 



Finest Mixed Astors, 



Calliopsis or Coreopsis 



Candytuft 



Very showy border 

 plants, producing in 

 great profusion and for a long time flowers which 

 are bright yellow and rich brown, either self-colored 

 or with these colors and red contrasted. Packet, 

 5cts. 



Canary Bird Flower ^ beautiful climber 

 \^anary Diru riuwcr ^-^^^ curiously shaped 



little canary colored blossoms. Will blossom freely 

 from July until killed by frost. Tender annual. 

 Packet, octs. 



Showy, branching plants six to 

 eighteen inches high. Indispensable 

 for cutting and very effective in beds or masses. If 

 sown in spring will bloom from July to September, 

 or in the fall will blossom from May to Julv. 

 Hardy annual. Lilac, shading to light purple. 

 Pkt., Sets.; White, pkt., 5cts.; Fine Mixed, pkt., 

 5cts. 



Canterbury Bells, or Campanula 



Popular and beautiful hardy plants, bearing a great 

 profusion of attraet've bell-shaped flowers. Pkt., 5c. 



Beautiful hardy annuals from Califor- 

 nia, with rose-colored white and pur- 

 ple flowers, in delicate, but very brilliant shades. 

 The plants are about 18 inches high and profuse 

 bloomers. Mixed double, packet, 5c. 



Clarkia 



ALYSSUM, SWEET 



Of dwarf, compact 

 habit, four to six inches 

 in height. It begins to 

 bloom when quite small, 

 and the plants are a 

 solid mass of white from 

 spring to late in autumn. 

 Packet, octs. 



AMARANTHUS 

 (Joseph's Coat) 



Tricolor, a hardy an- 

 nual with leaves of red, 

 yellow and green; well- 

 known as "Joseph's 

 Coat." The colors being 

 especially brilliant if 

 grown in rather poor 

 soil. Packet, Sets. 



BALLOON VINE 



Remarkable for its in- 

 flated membraneous cap- 

 sules containing the seed. 

 It is sometimes called 

 'Love-in-a-Pnff." A rapid 

 and graceful climber. 

 Flowers white. Tender 

 annual; six feet high. 

 Packet, 5cts. 



BALSAM 

 Lady's Slipper, or Toach-Me-Not 



Our Camellia-flowered 

 strain produces the finest 

 double blooms, and is 

 quite a revelation com- 

 pared with the old varie- 

 ties. Sow in rich soil for 

 the finest blooms. Pkt., 

 5cts. 



Marguerite Carnation l^onde^rSiy '\Te 



strain may be made to flower in four months. The 

 flowers are large, double and very fragrant, and 

 appear in very attractive shades of color. One of 

 the best 'pinks" in cultivation. Packet, 5cts. 



(Bachelor's Buttons). Popular Ev- 

 erlastings, bearing hundreds of clo- 

 ver-like heads of different colors. Useful also for 

 bedding and borders. Packet, 5 cts. 



Tall Majestic 

 plants for lawns, 

 with leaves of glossy green, brown or bronzed me- 

 tallic hue and long sp'kes of scarlet, or of green, 

 pricklv fruit. Of very quick growth in rich soil. 

 Tender annual; six to flfteen feet high. Pkt., Sets. 



A class of plants 

 having colored fo- 

 liage, and in which the innumerable small flowers 

 and seed vessels together with their supports, form 

 a very brilliantly colored mass sometimes grace- 

 fullv arranged like plumes and sometimes more 

 dense, being corrugated and frilled at the edge like 

 a cock's comb. Packet, 5 cts. 



rhfvcflnfhpfniim Chrysanthemums are showy 

 Lnrysaninemuni and effective in the garden, 

 and desirable for cut flowers. Pkt., 5cts. 



Centaurea 



Castor Bean, or Ricinus 



Celosia, or Cockscomb 



