ANNUAL POPPIES 
Sow the seed where you want them to grow because it is 
difficult to transplant them. While they grow everywhere and 
under almost all conditions, they are at their best if grown in 
a light, well-manured soil, and are most effective in masses. 
SCHLING’S NEW DOUBLE HYBRIDS 
Beautifully fringed. Its greatest value lies in the substance 
or lasting qualities of its flowers. While other Poppies will 
Shirley Poppy last but a few days when cut, this variety will last for fully a 
week in a vase. The blooms are as large as peonies, and appear 
mostly in soft shades of pink, white, red, terra-cotta, some of them beautifully striped 
and penciled, nearly all of them double and finely fringed. 4 ft. Pkt. 35 cts., 5 pkts. 
$1.50, J4oz. $3, oz. $10. 
Double Hybrid Poppy 
Double Hybrid Shirley (New). A remarkable im¬ 
provement, with blooms of greater size and substance 
than the parent, and in many new and varied color 
tints. A bed of this new strain is a lovely sight. Sow in 
the open. Pkt. 35 cts., 3 pkts. $1. 
Double-feathered (New). Luminous dark scarlet 
flowers on velvety ground, puffed and fluffy like a ball 
of feathers of gigantic size, often 7inches across by 
4^2 inches in height, densely filled with finely fringed, 
feathered petals. An exceedingly brilliant new variety. 
Sow in open ground. Pkt. 50 cts., 5 pkts. $2. 
Dainty Single Shirley. In lovely shades of pink, 
terra-cotta, salmon, apricot, and white, many shaded 
and edged with other colors on slender, hairy stems— 
dainty flowers of a light, papery, silky texture, giving 
a wealth of color in the garden. Several sowings should 
be made for succession of blooms. Sow broadcast where 
intended to flower, as they do not transplant well. A 
beautiful effect can be had by intersowing with our 
double blue cornflower. Pkt. 15c., oz. 75c., Mlb. $2. 
Schling’s Select Improved Shirley Poppies in 
new tints; an exceedingly beautiful strain. Pkt. 20 cts., 
oz. $1.50, Klb. $5. 
Wild French (The Poppy of Flanders). This is 
the famous field Poppy of Europe. Pkt. 25 cts., oz. $ 1 , 
lb. $ 10 . 
English Scarlet Field. A lovely effect can be pro¬ 
duced by sowing these with cornflowers. Pkt. 25 cts., 
oz. $ 1 , lb. $ 10 . 
Lilliput (New). Only 12 inches high—continuously 
in bloom. The lovely pink flowers measure about 2 
inches in diameter. Pkt. 25 cts., 5 pkts. $1. 
Annual Oriental. These are huge red Poppies with 
black spots like those of the perennial varieties, fully 
6 inches across on lj^-foot stems. The flowers of this 
variety are of great substance and the plants remain 
in bloom a long 
time. Pkt. 25 cts., 
5 pkts. $1. 
SINGLE SHIRLEY POPPIES. In separate colors. Rosy Pink, White 
Center; Picotee; White, Scarlet Edge; White, Salmon-Pink Edge; 
Apricot and White; Deep Apricot; Rosy Scarlet, White Base; 
White, Shaded Pink; Crimson Striped. 
Each, pkt. 25 cts. Collection: One pkt. each of above 9 colors, $2 
PHACELIA 
Campanularia. The flowers are much like the Canterbury Bells—beauti¬ 
ful, cup-shaped, of a lovely gentian-blue. The neat little bushes, about 1 foot 
high, are literally covered with these lovely flowers throughout the summer. 
You can grow it as easily as a cornflower. Pkt. 25 cts., 5 pkts. $1. 
PHYSALIS 
(Chinese Lantern Plant; Alkekengi) 
Franchetii (Chinese Lantern Plant). A very attractive plant of bush 
form with branches covered with bright red fruit, resembling a small cherry, 
and surrounded by a husk. May be cut and dried for winter bouquets. Pkt. 
25 cts. 
Phlox Drummondi, Isabellina 
This pleasing yellow or tan-colored Phlox is 
the universal favorite for beds or edging. 
PHLOX DRUMMONDI 
Flowers of the annual Phlox may now be had as large as those of 
the perennial varieties, and the colors are even more varied and 
charming. Seed may be sown in the hotbed or greenhouse in March, 
transplanting to the garden as soon as the weather is favorable, or 
they may be sown in the open ground the beginning of May. 
SCHLING’S LARGE-FLOWERING VARIETIES. Height 1 foot 
Pure White. Pkt. 25 cts., J^oz. $1. 
Daybreak Pink. Pkt. 25 cts., 34oz. $1. 
Chamois-Rose. Salmon-pink. Pkt. 25 cts., J4oz. $1. 
Brilliant Red. Pkt. 25 cts., oz. $1. 
Isabellina. Pale yellow; very beautiful. Pkt. 25 cts., J^oz. $1. 
Purple. Pkt. 25 cts., ]/ioz. $ 1 . 
Finest Mixed. Pkt. 20 cts., J^oz. 75 cts. 
Collection: One pkt. each of the above 6 varieties, $1.25 
PHLOX DRUMMONDI NANA COMPACTA GRANDIFLORA 
Four charming, large-flowering, very dwarf annual Phloxes for 
edging. They grow erect, only 6 inches high, and form a neat formal 
border, blooming continuously. 
Chamois-Rose Buff or Tan Color 
Fireball. Brilliant red Snowball. Pure white 
Each, pkt. 50 cts. Collection: 1 pkt. each of 4 colors, $1.75 
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