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SHUMWAY’S GORGEOUS FLOWERS 
All New Crop High Test Seed—Guaranteed to Grow and 
Produce Abundant Blooms—All Flower Seed Postpaid 
I want everybody who receives my catalog this year to be able to order a liberal 
supply of Flower Seeds; therefore have reduced my prices lower than ever before. 
No where on earth can you secure better quality at any price. 
Beautify Your Home with My Beautiful Flowers 
In planning your flower garden this year, you will Avant both annuals and per¬ 
ennials. Both are necessary for real garden beauty. The wealth of annuals offered 
here gives you a Avonderful opportunity for gayety and color from early summer 
until frost. Order plenty of them to plant among the perennials, and to group by 
themselves for cutting. You will want neAV perennials, too. It’s a good plan to 
soav perennial seed at the same time as the annuals; the earlier in the season they 
are started, the better the plants Avill be the folloAving year. 
There are really three distinct classes of flowers from seed, namely: Annual —lives only one 
season, blooms and dies. Biennial —lives two seasons—blooms first or second season, then dies. 
Perennial—Very hardy —blooms second season and tends 
to live from year to year. 
2000 ABUTILON 
(Flowering Maple.) Tender peren¬ 
nial. 3 to 4 ft. Blooms 6 months 
from seed. Very popular for indoor 
blossoms, blooming' all the year. 
Sow indoors any time before April; 
set out in pots,’ baskets or beds in 
the spring. The flowers will ap¬ 
pear by fall, and will continue to 
bloom indoors during the winter. 
Produces a profusion of lovely bell¬ 
shaped flowers in white, yellow, pink, 
and red. Easy to grow. Pkt., 14 cts. 
2001 ACHILLEA, the PEARL 
(Milfoil or Yarrow.) Hardy perennial. 2 ft. Flowers 
June to September. Produces pure white double flowers 
in large clusters over a long season. Very useful for 
borders, rock gardens, ■ or to plant among shrubbery. 
Excellent to cut for vases or for mixing in bouquets. 
Easy culture. Prefers sun. Pkt., 10 cts. 
2002 Acrolinium 
Roseum — Double 
Giant Mixture. An- 
n u a 1 — Everlast¬ 
ing. Its graceful, 
daisy - like flowers, 
when cut in the bud 
state, can be dried for 
winter bouquets. It 
blooms in 6 weeks 
from time of sowing. 
Height 20 in. This 
large-flowering type is 
twice the size of the 
preceding one, with 
long, stiff stems; flow¬ 
ers are double and 
semi-double; white, 
chamois, flesh color 
and bright rose. Pkt., 
10 cts. 
V. 
2003 ADLUM1A (Mountain Fringe or Allegheny Vine) 
Cirrhosa. Hardy biennial. 15 ft. In bloom July to 
September. Although strictly a biennial, this plant is 
practically a perennial, since it resows itself each year. 
A graceful, hardy climber. The feathery foliage is 
something like that of Maidenhair Fern. The vine is 
covered with tube-shaped flowers, white or pale rose. 
AVill bloom from seed the first year if sown early. Pkt., 
9 cts. 
2004 ADONlS(P h e a s a n t 
Eye.) Hardy annual. 1 foot. 
A showy plant with dark 
green, feathery foliage, and 
small cup-shaped crimson 
flowers with dark centers. 
Blooms and keeps well for 
several days when cut and 
placed in water. Nice for 
mixing in bouquets. Sow out¬ 
doors in late fall or early 
spring. Blooms early. Pkt., » 
cts. 
AMAZING 
BARGAIN 
No. A-68 
Your choice of any 6 
packets of Plower Seed 
listed on this page (ex¬ 
cepting Rust Proof 
Snapdragons) 
ONLY 25c 
Antirrhinum 
Snapdragons 
NEW RUST PROOF 
Maximum Giant 
Flowered (48 in. tall) Annual 
A beautiful strain of tall-growing 
Snapdragons with elegant large 
blooms closely set on a spike 4 ft. 
in height. Each bloom 2 to 2% 
inches across. The plants are a 
wonderful mass of color during 
July and August. Under shelter of 
glass they often grow 5 to 7 ft. 
tall. Besides their attractiveness 
in the garden, they are valued for 
winter blooming in the greenhouse. 
2021 Appleblossom. Rosy pink. 
2022 — Cattleya. Rosy lilac. 
2023 Copper King. (Indian Sum¬ 
mer.) Velvety copper-scarlet. 
2024 Golden Queen. Golden yellow, 
lilac-rose throat. 
2025 Old Gold. Golden yellow, old 
rose throat. 
2026 Purple King. Velvety dark 
garnet. 
2027 Ruby. Velvety ruby-red. 
2028 Snowflake. -Snow-white, yel¬ 
low tube. 
2029 The Rose. Rose pink. 
2030 Wallflower Colors. Brown 
with violet throat. 
Each of the above, pkt., 10 cts. 
2031 Maximum or Giant Flowered 
Mixed. Pkt., 10 cts.; V 8 oz., 40 cts.; 
l/i OZ., 75 cts; OZ., $2.00. 2031 Antirrhinum—-Sliumwafis 
^ ’ Maximum or Giant Flowered Mixed 
SPECIAL OFFER 2032—One large packet each of the above 10 Named 
Sorts ONLY 65 cts. Postpaid. 
2099 AUBRIETIA (Perennial) 
One of the daintiest and most 
delicately beautiful of all dwarf, 
creeping plants for carpeting beds 
or rockeries, forming brilliant 
sheets of blue, crimson or rose for 
many weeks. A gem for planting 
in crevices of rocks or wall, form- 
ing a cataract of color. 6 in. 
Flowers in April and May. 
Large-Flowered Hybrids, Mixed. A 
wonderfully fine strain, producing 
a good range of colors. Fkt., 10 
cts. 
Ageratum 
Floss Flower 
Annual. One of the best 
plants for bedding, being 
literally covered with a 
mass of blooms from early 
summer until frost. The 
dwarf varieties are unsur¬ 
passed for porch boxes, 
potting, and the rock gar¬ 
den. 
2005 Blue Perfection. The 
darkest blue. Compact 
round plants, 6 to 8 in. tall, 
hidden by a mass of pure 
blue flowers. A particu¬ 
larly fine variety for dwarf 
beds and for edgings. Pkt., 
8 cts.; Yi oz., 25 cts. 
2000 Little Dorit. Azure 
blue. Very dwarf, growing 
4 to 5 in. tall. The light 
blue flowers have an at¬ 
tractive darker blue center. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; V* OZ., 35 cts. 
2008 AGROSTIS Nebulosn 
(Cloud Grass.) 1% ft. An airy 
and graceful annual grass; looks 
like a line of mist when in bloom. 
Beautiful with cut flowers. Pkt., 
8 ots. 
2007 Agrostemma Heaven 
Coronaria. (Rose Campion mixed 
with Alba.) Hardy Perennial. 1 
to 2 feet. Blooms June to Septem¬ 
ber. A very decorative plant pro¬ 
ducing beautiful, large blossoms, 
white or deep crimson, borne on 
long stems, with soft silvery white 
foliage. Very free flowering. Easy 
i to grow. Excellent for cutting. 
I Pkt.. 9 cts.; Yt oz... 25 ets. 
ALYSSUM (Madwort) Perennial. 
Showy free flowering spring¬ 
blooming plants. Valuable for 
front row in border or rock gar¬ 
den. 
2013 Saxatile Compactum (Bas¬ 
ket of Gold.) 9 in. May-June. 
Producing masses of golden flow- 
ers very early. Pkt., 9 cts. 
Alyssum __ 
Alyssum. Annual. Queen of edging plants. For beauty and 
fragrance either alone or mixed with Ageratum-Lobelia or 
Dwarf Marigold. It has no equal. 
2010 Sweet Alyssum (Bentlinmi Mnritinmm.) 10 in. Flowers 
white and honey-scented, produced from early in the season, 
until freezing. Mix the seed with sand to prevent sowing too 
thickly. Pkt., 5 cts.; Yi oz., 15 ots.; oz., 25 cts. 
2011 Little Gem or Tom Thumb. Same as above only plants 
are more bushy and compact—4 to 5 inches tall. Pkt., 9 cts.; 
y 2 oz., 35 cts.; oz., 00 ets. 
2012 Com pactum Lilacinum, Lilac Carpet Plant. 9 in. Dis¬ 
tinct variety with delicate lavender flowers. Pkt., 10 cts.; Yt 
oz., 25 cts.; Yz oz., 40 cts.; oz., 70 cts. 
AMARANTHUS. Annual. Tall, 
vigorous ornamental foliage plants, 
with showy flower clusters, which 
attain their finest coloring in hot. 
sunny locations. Rich soil increases 
the size of leaves at the expense of 
their color. Give plenty of room. 
2014 Caudatus (Love Lies Bleed¬ 
ing.) 3 ft. Drooping red spikes. 
Pkt., 5 cts. 
2015 Molten Fire. 3 ft. The top 
leaves are a fiery crimson, the lower 
ones maroon. Pkt., 10 cts. 
201(3 Salicifollus (Fountain Plant.) 
3 ft. Willow-leaved. Red and yel¬ 
low foliage of drooping habit. Pkt., 
9 cts. 
2017 Shumway’s Superfine Mixture. 
A well balanced mixture of the 
above and others. Pkt., 8 cts.; Yk 
oz., 25 cts. 
2010 Sweet Alyssum 
2009 Shumway’s Rainbow 
Mixture of Annual Flowers. A blend 
of showy, free-blooming dwarf an¬ 
nuals for beds and borders. Will 
give a fine display of color from 
early summer until frost. Pkt., 6 
cts.; oz., 20 cts. 
2015 Amaranthus Molten Fire 
