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Scabiosa, Loveliness 

SCHLING’S Improved Large- 
Flowered SCABIOSA 
(Sweet Scabious or Pincushion Flower) 
One of our finest annuals for cutting, and very showy in the 
garden. Easily raised from seed; blooms continuously from 
early summer until frost in a wide range of rich and beautiful 
colors. Sow in the cold frame or greenhouse, and transplant in 
May, or seed may be sown in the open ground the latter part 
of April. Average height, 3 ft. 
Collection of New Selected Varieties 
Four new splendid varieties that represent a distinct im- 
provement over the older types. Consistently one of our most 
satisfactory flowers. 
Blue Moon. A rich, bright blue. Flowers intensely double with 
high crown. Pkt., 35c. 
Shasta. Pure white. Very large size, fully double. Pkt., 25c. 
Loveliness. Rich, deep pink without trace of red. Pkt., 35c. 
Peach Blossom. Clear light pink. Pkt., 25c. 
A Special Collection Offer: 1 pkt. each of 4 colors, $1.00. 
Imp. Large Flowering Double Varieties 
Fiery Scarlet Black-Purple (Mourning Bride) 
Azure Fairy Sulphur- Yellow 
Snowball 
Each color listed above: 20c per pkt.; 1% oz., 75c. 
Special Mixed: Pkt., 15c; V4 oz., 50c; oz., $1.50. 
Peace. A fully double, pure white, semi-tall type. This 
shorter variety handles much easier than the regular tall 
garden types. Pkt., 25c. 
Midnight. An extra dark maroon, almost black. New semi- 
tall type. Splendid companion to Peace. Pkt., 25c; 5 
pkts., $1.00. 
(Butterfly Flower or 
SCHIZANTHUS Poor Man’s Orchid) 
Exquisite butterfly-like flowers, in many of the delicate colors and 
shadings found in Orchids. The seed is best sown in the hotbed in 
March and April and the seedlings transplanted. When about 3 inches 
tall, pins out the top; this causes the plant to branch freely. Height 
18 inches. 
Schling’s Large-Flowering Garden Variety. In a wide range of colors, 
including shades of yellow, apricot, pink, salmon, carmine, crimson, 
and purple, in various markings and combinations. Pkt., 25c; Y% oz., 
Forcing varieties, see greenhouse page 33. 
Schling ‘ Amual 
SCHLING’S DOUBLE STOCKS ‘eitittower 
Charming plants for the border, also suitable for growing in pots to bloom 
during the winter. They are wanted in every garden. Very effective in beds 
and fine for cutting. To enjoy a long flowering period, seeds should be sown 
as early as February and March in pots or boxes, and small plants transplanted 
singly in pots until ready for setting out. They will then begin blooming in 
early June and continue until frost. 
Early Colonial Branching 
A variety that requires no pinching to make it branch as it sends up from 
8 to 10 heavy 30-inch branches, producing a plant 20 inches in diameter. 
Large 2-inch florets on spikes 15 inches long. Very early. Particularly de- 
sirable for growing in the east. 
Rose Standish. Bright rose. Priscilla. Silvery lavender. 
Mayflower. Red rose. Puritan. Pure white. 
Pkt., 50c; 4 pkts., $1.75. Individual colors or your selection. 
Improved Cut-and-Come-Again Ten Weeks 
' This type is especially recommended for cutting. The plants begin to bloom 
in ten weeks from time seed is sown, branch freely, and send up numerous 
long spikes of sweet-scented double flowers in continuous succession. 18 
inches. 
Pure White. Pkt., 25c. 
Pale Blue. Pkt., 25c. 
Flesh-Pink. Pkt., 25c. 
Salmon-Pink. Pkt., 25c. 
Dark Blue. Pkt., 25c. 
Apple-Blossom-Pink. Pkt., 25c. 
Canary-Yellow. Pkt., 25c. Double Finest Mixed. Pkt., 20c. 
COLLECTION: 1 pkt. each of above 7 varieties, $1.50. 
New Giants of California Stocks 
A new variety of early blooming Stocks noted for its tremendous spikes and 
high percentage of double flowers, fully 80 per cent double. The colors are 
intensely vivid and brilliant—especially desirable for greenhouse culture. 
Monterey. Pink. Santa Maria. White. Golden Gate. Yellow. 
Red Woods. Red. Tahoe. Lavender. Mojave. Deep velvety purple. 
Pkt., 50¢ each. 
COLLECTION: 1 pkt. each of 6 separate colors, $2.50. 
Mixed. 50c per pkt.; Ys oz., $1.00. 
Giant Flowering Beauty Stocks 
A strain of two-fold value; especially desirable for the greenhouse, providing 
many flowers for winter cutting, and in the garden Beauty Stocks furnish color 
for about four months. Plants grow about 2 feet high, branch freely, carrying 
long spikes of blooms. 
Early Nice, Aurora. Buff and rose. 
Beauty of Nice. Delicate flesh. 
Crimson King. Bright crimson. 
Mont Blanc. Pure white. 
Peach-Blossom. Soft pink. 
Queen Alexandra. Rosy lilac. 
Soleil de Nice. Canary-yellow. 
Royal. Purple-violet. 
Separate colors, pkt., 35c. 
COLLECTION: One pkt. each of the above 
8 varieties, $2.25. 
For best greenhouse forcing stock see page 33. 
STATICE 
Spreading flower-heads similar to Baby’s 
Breath and tiny cup-shaped flowers appear- 
ing in the most delicate colors. Can be dried 
and kept for winter decorations. Sow in hot- 
bed in March and plants will bloom in June; 
sow again outdoors in May. 
Bonduelli. Golden yellow. Pkt., 15c. 
Sinuata atrocaerulea, Kaempf’s Tall Improved. 
Flowers deep, shining blue, in whorls on 
stems 22 to 3 feet long. Being everlast- 
ings, they are good for indoor winter dec- 
oration; Pkt 7Z5C hop Kts eo lPOO! 
Puberula. Plants grow only 4 to 6 inches high, 
and bear large violet blooms. Pkt., 50c; 
5 pkts., $2.00. 
SUNFLOWER. See Helianthus. 
(Sea Lavender) 

Schling’s Giant Stocks 

26 Colonial Stocks Are Splendid in Eastern Gardens 
Max Schling Seedsmen, Ine. 
