WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS 
Double Carnation-Flowered Poppies 
PHLOX Drummondli. Hardy Annual. Sow the seed, as soon 
as danger of frost is over, where you want them to bloom; 
have the soil rich. In a few weeks the plants will present 
a perfect mass of bloom which continues until frost. The 
plants of the annual varieties grow from 6 to 12 inches high 
and your flower-garden should have these in it. The colors 
are bright and showy. 
Best Mixture. Pkt. 5 cts.. ;<oz. 60 cts., oz. $2.25. 
Pure White, Scarlet, Rose. Either color, pkt. s cts., 
^^oz. 60 cts.. oz. $2.25. 
Dwarf Mixture. Plants grow 6 to 8 inches. Pkt. s cts., 
Xoz. 75 cts.. oz. $2.50. 
Dwarf Scarlet, Rose, White. Each, pkt. s cts., K'oz. 75 cts. 
PHLOX, Hardy Perennial, All Colors Mixed. Grow 2 to 
3 feet and form large spikes or heads of flowers ver>' beau- 
tiful and bloom year after year. Pkt. 10 cts.. Koz. 75 cts. 
PINKS (Dianthus). Hardy Annual. The old favorite, hardy 
garden Pink, seen growing in more flower-gardens than any 
other flower. It is ver>' showy in a mass effect or as a border. 
Plants grow 12 to 15 inches and the flowers are very desir- 
able for cutting for bouquets. 
Primula obconica 
PINKS, continued— 
Chinensis, Double Mixed. Pkt. s cts., Koz. 25 cts., 
oz. 75 cts. 
Double Pure White. Pkt. 5 cts., Koz. 25 cts.. oz. 75 cts. 
Double Red. Pkt. 5 cts.. Koz. 25 cts., oz. 80 cts.' 
Single Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., Xoz. 20 cts., oz. 5o cts. 
POPPIES. Hardy Annual. The double and single annual va- 
rieties bloom abundantly from seed sown in the spring. 
The Oriental Poppy is perennial; this also should be sown 
in the spring; during July and August the plants will dis- 
appear, growing out again as soon as cool weather sets in. 
Annual sorts cannot stand transplanting, but the perennial 
Orientals should be transplanted in the fall to where you 
want them to stay permanently. The following summer, 
and thereafter, tliey will produce the most gorgeous, silk- 
like, mammoth, cup-shaped flowers imaginable; the flowers 
measure from 4 to 6 inches in diameter on stems 2 to 
3 feet long. 
Single Shirley, Mixed. Pkt. s cts., Xoz. 20 cts., oz. so cts. 
Single Scarlet. Pkt. 5 cts.. Koz. 20 cts., oz. 50 cts. 
Double Carnation-flowered, Mixed. Pkt. sc., Xoz. 20c. 
Oriental, Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.. yioz. 50 cts. 
Flanders Poppy. The beautiful scarlet Poppy of Flanders 
fields, now so very popular and almost sacred because of 
its associations with our heroes of the World War. Pkt. 
10 cts., fioz. 30 cts., Koz. 50 cts., oz. $1. 
PERIWINKLE. See Vlnca. 
Hardy Annual Finks 
PRIMROSE (Primula). Half-hardy Perennial. These beautiful 
Primulas are among the most desirable house-plants for 
winter blooming in pots. The upright stems throw out heads 
of flowers which, when in full bloom above the rich carpet 
of foliage, produce a charming effect. While the Primula 
is grown very extensively by florists, they can be grown just 
as successfully in your window-garden. Sow the seed in 
the spring in good, porous loam. 
Obconica grandiflora. Mixed Hybrids. Pkt. 15 cts., 
1-32 oz. $1. 
Primula chinensis. The Chinese Primrose, one of the most 
beautiful and popular window plants. Mixed Colors, pkt. 
25 cts., 3 pkts. 60 cts. 
PORTULACA (Rose Moss or Sun Plant). Hardy Annual. Fine 
for massing in beds, for edgings, baskets or window-boxes, 
6 inches high. 
Single Mixed. Pkt. s cts.. Koz. 40 cts. 
Double Mixed. Pkt. s cts., Xoz. 40 cts., Koz. 7S cts. 
PUERARIA (Kudzu Vine). Hardy Perennial. The fastest- 
growing hardy vine. From seed sown in the early spring the 
vines grow about 10 feet; they are then established and 
thereafter they will grow {torn 25 to 50 feet in a season, 
depending on conditions of soil and weather. The foliage 
is large and dense. In August it bears small panicles of rosy 
purple, pea-shaped blossoms. For permanently covering 
a porch, dead trees, outbuildings, etc., it is very desirable. 
Pkt. 5 cts., Koz. 35 cts. 
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