WALTER S. SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR MARKET-GARDENERS 
I do not believe there is any strain of Fansies superior to my Exhibition Olants. Read the description below. 
PANSIES 
Hardy Biennial 
Who does not know and love the Pansy blossom? No artist, 
however great his ability, can blend colors so gorgeously, so 
inexpressibly beautiful as our Creator has painted these little 
gems. Do not plan your flower-garden without allowing for a 
bed of Pansies. I offer only two mixtures and they are abso- 
lutely the grandest of all. What is the use of planting anything 
less than the best? These mixtures include every conceivable 
color, and the seed is saved from the largest specimen flowers 
of the most varied colorings. 
How to Grow Pansies. In sowing the seed, never allow your 
seed-beds to become dry. for any dryness after the seeds sprout 
is absolutely fatal. When your seedlings or young plants are 
ready to set out or transplant to where you want them to bloom, 
dig your plant-bed to a depth of lO to 12 inches, pulverize 
thoroughly to a depth of 6 to 8 inches, mix in 2 to 3 inches of 
well-rotted manure, or Wizard Brand Sheep Manure. Cultivate 
often; too little cultivation is the cause of most failures in 
obtaining first-class results. Good drainage is necessary; set 
your plants deep in rows 8 inches apart so you can cultivate, 
and set plants 6 inches apart in the rows. 
SchelPs Exquisite Exhibition Giants 
Positively incomparable. Friends, words cannot describe to 
you the marvelous beauty of the unusual color markings and 
shades of the flowers produced from this mixture. And the 
size — you will think your eyes are deceiving you, for perhaps 
you have never seen their equal, as the flowers average 4 inches 
in diameter. The most rigid selection of mother plants is made 
and these seed plants are reset in the fall and undergo the rigors 
of winter unprotected, thus making them extremely hardy and 
vigorous. The colors include lavender and gold, red with silver 
rim, red and gold, pure white, red, yellow, rose, bronze, violet, 
black, lavender, etc., with a dozen or more variations in each 
of these colors. The flowers are borne on much longer stems 
than other strains. If you want to see something of unusual 
beauty, grow these Giants. It costs much to produce a strain 
of Pansies like these, yet I am willing to refund your money 
if you are not glad you have them after they bloom. Pkt. so cts., 
Aoz. $1, yioz. $1.75. Xoz. $3, t^oz. $5.50, oz. Jio. 
One ounce will make about 6,000 plants 
Schell's Mammotb Mixture Pansies. The splendid mixture 
of very large-flowering, beautifully colored Pansies which 
I have been offering for years past. Next to my Exhibition 
Giants, it is the best mixture possible to produce. Many 
commercial growers have been getting this mixture from 
us for years. Small pkt. 10 cts.. large pkt. 25 cts., yioz. 
75 cts,, i^oz. I1.25, ;^oz. $2.25, oz. $4. 
PHLOX DnimmondU. 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. s cts., Xoz. 25 cts., oz. 75 cts. 
Pure Wliite, Scarlet, Rose. Either color, pkt. 5 cts., Xoz. 
25 cts.. oz. 80 cts. 
Dwarl Mixture. Plants grow 6 to 8 inches. Pkt. 5 cts., 
>foz. 50 cts.. oz. $r.7S. 
Dwarf Scarlet, Rose, White. Each. pkt. 5 cts., Xoz. 75 cts. 
PHLOX, Hardy Perennial, All Colors Mixed. Grow 2 to 3 
feet and form lan?e spikes or heads of flowers very beau- 
tiful and bloom year after year. Pkt. 10 cts., J<oz. 50 cts. 
PINKS (Dianthus), Hardy Annual. The old favorite, hardy 
garden Pink, seen growing in more fiower-gardens than any 
other flower. It is very showy in a mass effect or as a border. 
Plants grow 12 to is inches and the flowers are very desir- 
able for cutting for bouquets. 
Chinensis, Double Mixed. Pkt. s cts., Hoz. 20 cts., 
oz. 60 cts. 
Double Pure White. Pkt. 5 cts.. Xoz. 20 cts., oz. 75 cts. 
Double Red. Pkt. 5 cts., Xoz. 25 cts., oz. 80 cts. 
Single Mixed. Pkt. s cts., }4oz. 20 cts., 02. 60 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, they 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. is cts., oz. 40 cts. 
Single Scarlet. Pkt. s cts., Koz. 15 cts.. oz. 40 cts. 
Double Carnation-flowered, Mixed. Pkt. 5c., !4oz. 20c. 
Oriental, Mixed. Pkt. s cts.. Xoz. 25 cts. 
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. 10 cts., 
1-32 oz. II. 
Primula chinensis. The Chinese Primrose, one of the most 
beautiful and popular window plants. Mixed Colors, pkt. 
25 cts., 3 pkts. 60 cts. 
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