Schling’s Novelties 
For 1923! 
You must have these in your 
garden this Summer 
Blue Lace Flower 
A BOOK. FOR 
GARDEN-LOVERS 
1. "INDIAN SUMMER"— 
Wonderful new snap drag¬ 
on —Rich, velvety, copper 
red, flower spikes as 
large as gladioli, inde¬ 
scribably beautiful— 
pkt. $1.0 0. 
“SCHLING’S SUN¬ 
BURST COLLECTION’’ 
of giant Dahlia Zinnias —- 
Marvelous double blooms. 
Dahlia-like in size and 
appearance, lovely pastel 
shade s—Tyrian Rose, 
Mallow Purple, Cadmium, 
Apricot. Oriole, etc., the 
collection of 12 colors 
—$5-00 
3. “LOYALTY”— a new 
dwarf bedding Viscaria. 
Large Cornflower blue, 
8 inches high, very bushy 
and always in bloom. 
Each flower a tiny wild 
rose in form—exquisite 
for bedding— pkt. 50c. 
4. “INNOCENCE”— a beau¬ 
tiful. pure white bedding 
V i scar i a —A splendid 
companion to “Loyalty.” 
—pkt. 50 c. 
. BLUE LACE FLOWER— 
(Queen Anne's Blue Lace) 
—a charming novel¬ 
ty—exquisite shade of 
pale lacey blue, born on 
long graceful stems-— 
pkt. 50c 
6 GAZANIA SPLENDENS 
G R A N D IF LO R A— Daisy¬ 
like blossoms 2 a 4 inches 
across, in entrancing 
shades of cream, terra 
cotta, sunset yellow, prim¬ 
rose, etc., zoned with 
markings of brown and 
silver and edged with 
deep brown—easily grown 
—pkt. 75c. 
7. “VIOLET QUEEN ”—a 
new bedding Petunia, 
deep, velvety, violet blue 
—a rare gem—pkt. 50c. 
8. CYNOGLCSSUM HEAV¬ 
ENLY BLUE -A spark¬ 
ling tower of forget-me- 
not blue flowers, born on 
18 inch stems—A great 
addition to your blue 
garden— pkt. 50 c. 
This entire collection of 8 novelties for $8.00 
wBSsg? 
Free with order or 
25 cents a copy — 
Group A 
Group B 
(Nos. I -2-3-4) 
(Nos. 5 6-7-8) 
$ 6.00 
$ 2.00 
Single varieties priced as above 
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ucts to complete Plantings, both Large and Small. 
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Perennials for Southern Gardens 
(Continued from page 138) 
of late years that they have beer, ex¬ 
tensively cultivated; but they are com¬ 
ing more and more into favor each 
year. 
At Peony Place, near Sumter, South 
Carolina, is a farm of several acres 
where peonies and gladioli are grown 
for the northern flower markets. The 
owner says that she has found it 
advisable only to plant the white, flesh 
pink and delicate lavender shades of 
blossoms for shipment early enough 
to command the best prices. The red 
and deeper colored varieties do not 
mature well in the warmer localities. 
The situation of this flower is such that 
the plants are protected by a windbreak 
of forest, pine and oak and hickory 
trees, from the cold northern winds of 
winter and the hot western sun of 
summer. This is the ideal location 
for planting, with a soil of light, sandy 
loam. 
IN SHADED CORNERS 
For the shaded corners where most 
gardeners are prone to think that noth¬ 
ing will grow we are fortunate enough 
to be able to plant that most exquisite 
quartet of spring beauty, Delphinium, 
Aquilegia, Digitalis, and Campanula. 
For early bloom in a well-shaded spot 
nothing is lovelier than groups of col¬ 
umbine with iris. Last spring in one 
border long-spurred yellow columbine 
with deep mauve and pale orchid Iris 
Germanica made a memorable group¬ 
ing. Azure Delphinium Belladonna in 
a bed of rose and flesh and salmon 
pink Azalea Indica standing upright 
against the blackened trunk of a rug¬ 
ged old oak tree was. lovely beyond 
description. Most showy and effective 
also in the same half-shaded, usually 
barren spots are the tall flower spikes 
of the biennials, Digitalis gloxinae flora. 
The crowns of ail four of these plants 
do not die down in winter but increase 
in size and beauty from year to year. 
Seed of Delphinium, Aquilegia, Digi¬ 
talis, Phatycodon and Campanula, sown 
as early as possible in the seed bed in 
February, will produce p’ants that will 
bloom in June and July, and the 
clumps will carry over for an early 
blossoming season the second and each 
succeeding year. Gypsophila panicu- 
lata and Stokesia cyanea and alba 
should also be planted at this time 
and. except that they require the sun, 
will give the same results. 
SWEET WILLIAM 
The delicious spicy fragrance of the 
Dianthus barbatus, old and new-fash¬ 
ioned sweet williams, is one of the most 
distinctive charms of the perennial gar¬ 
den. Easily grown from seed sown in 
the spring and reseeding themselves, 
while the clumps grow larger from 
year to year they are most valuable 
and reliable plants for the sunny side 
of the border. The salmon pink and 
deep-toned scarlets are the most attrac¬ 
tive varieties. The old favorites, Dian¬ 
thus plumarius, if sown in the fall will 
bloom early in the following spring 
and keep on filling their places indef¬ 
initely. 
For later bloom all the varieties of 
iris, the day lilies, Funkia, Henterocallis 
fava and fulva, the summer lilies, in 
their deeper yellows, the gladioli, glor¬ 
iously beautiful in every color except the 
blues, may be counted upon to give 
their full quota of beauty and bloom to 
the garden for months and months on 
end. These with the gaillardias, Shasta 
daisies, and the summer phlox will grow 
well in any garden where there is morn¬ 
ing sunshine. They are too well known 
to need more than commendation and 
advice to plant—now. 
. FOR TIIE FALL 
Not so well known as the hardy 
chrysanthemums, and equally deserving 
of a large space in any garden, are the 
hardy asters, Michaelmas daisies. They 
grow well in the shade ana in a sandy 
soil. They bloom through September 
and, coming at a time when the sum¬ 
mer borders have ceased to be gay 
and the old reliable Rud'beckia, golden 
glow, is almost the only flower to be 
seen they fill in worthily. Planted in 
masses along the boundaries, or any¬ 
where needed, they are equally lovely 
in white, pink, blue or lavender tones. 
Where perennial vines are desired, 
for delicacy of flower, beauty of foli¬ 
age and grace of line there is a trilogy 
of fall-flowering vines of rare worth. 
They are Clematis paniculata, Polygo¬ 
num Aubertii and Antigonon Leptotus. 
The clematis blooms first with its feath¬ 
ery clusters of creamy flowers that come 
in late August and is followed by the 
ivory-tinted racemes of the silver lace 
vine. Polygonum. Blooming at the 
same time with the latter and with the 
same graceful fronds of both foliage 
and flower the Antigonon is well called 
the Mexican rose or coral vine. All of 
these vines winter well and grow very 
rapidly, apparently without discrimina¬ 
tion as to sun or shade. Look well to 
the drainage, however. A planting of 
hardy asters, Climax or Beauty of Col- 
wall, along a white-columned pergola 
or portico is wonderfully fine. 
SOME ANNUALS 
tn the lower sections of Georgia and 
South Carolina and all along the Gulf 
Coast several of the annuals remain 
green all winter and increase in size 
from season to season. Sweet alyssum, 
verbena and snapdragons are notable 
among these carry-over plantings but 
the finest of results are to be found 
in the antirrhinums, which will bloom 
this summer from seed sown in the 
open now and if planted in a partially 
shaded place will be wonderful the 
second year. 
Dahlias, cannas, gladioli, and iris of¬ 
fer such unlimited range of variety and 
color that it is impossible to specify as 
to planting. It is a matter for the in¬ 
dividual taste and purse. They all 
love sunlight, do not tolerate manure, 
must have good drainage, and for all 
of them bone meal is the best fertili¬ 
zer. These conditions met, treat them 
as all other perennials should be treated 
—select, plant and tend carefully, love 
them all the time and enjoy them to 
the utmost limit. 
