
Cobaea 
(Cup-and-Saucer Vine) 
Dianthus 
Sweet Wivelsfield 
DIANTHUS (Pinks). Hardy Annual. (Ger. 6 to 10 days.) 
The old favorite, hardy garden Pink, fine for bouquets. 
Chinensis (China Pinks), Double Mixed. Plants 20 inches. 
Double flowers in all colors, produced in clusters very freely. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; Woz. 25 cts.; oz. 40 cts. 
Heddewigi. Plants 12 inches, very free flowering. Finest 
Double, Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; 4oz. 25 cts.; Moz. 45 cts. 
Heddewigi, Single Mixed. 
Sweet Wivelsfield. Multifloratype. Remarkably free flower- 
ing. All Colors Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 40 cts. 
Plumarius scoticus, Double Schell’s Special Florist 
Strain. These Scotch Pinks are simply gorgeous in their 
beautiful array of self colors of various tints of pink, rose, 
salmon, and white, and then these same colors in combination 
with a bright crimson zone. Flowers are very fragrant, 2 
inches in diameter, on 12 to 15-inch stems. The plants are 
very free flowering. This is a perennial. If started early in- 
doors, will bloom the first year and then every year there- 
after during May and June. A splendid bouquet flower and 
a bright spot in any garden, where it stays and stays. Pkt. 
25 cts.; 5 pkts. $1; oz. $1.60; lgoz. $3; Woz. $5.50. 
DAHLIA, Coltness Hybrids. Perennial. Very dwarf bedding 
plants, 18 inches. Flowers are single. Excellent cut-flowers 
for vasing. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10cts.; oz. 40 cts. 
Unwin’s Dwarf, Mixed Colors. See it in color, page 64. 
CENTAUREA, Jubilee Gem. Jubilee Gem is indeed a pre- 
cious ‘“‘gem’’ that you will want in your flower-garden. Its 
uniform, dwarf, compact plants, 10 to 15 inches high, are 
completely covered with their beautiful, rich blue, double 
flowers. It is very lovely indeed. Annual. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
3 pkts. 25 cts.; Zoz. 70 cts.; oz. $1.25. 
DIMORPHOTHECA aurantiaca (African Golden Daisy). 
Hardy Annual. See it in color, page 53. 
DIGITALIS (Foxglove). Hardy Perennial. (Ger. 15 days.) 
Very handsome ornamental plants 3 to 5 feet high. Very 
desirable for naturalizing with other hardy plants in beds, 
along fences, porches, etc. They do well in part shade. 
Gloxinizflora, Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts. 
Giant Shirley. A greatly improved strain, producing spikes 
3 to 5 feet long. Mixed colors, pkt. 10 cts.; 44oz. 65 cts. 
COBZEA (Cup-and-Saucer Vine; Cathedral Bells). Hardy 
Annual. (Ger. 15 to 20 days.) Attains a height of 30 to 
50 feet. Place seeds edgewise and merely cover with light 
soil. Purple, Pure White, or Mixed. Each, pkt. 10 cts. 
HUMULUS japonicus variegatus. Hardy Annual. A very 
fast-growing vine, with dense foliage. Grows 20 to 30 feet 
during the summer. Pkt. 10 cts.: M%oz. 40 cts. 
COLEUS 
Schell’s Beautiful Mixture. 
This is a most excellent mixture 
containing really gorgeous color 
effects greatly varied, of those 
rich darkest velvety shades to- 
gether with light and bright 
shades of every color in a rain- 
bow of beauty. Our mixture 
contains our strain of large-leaf 
types and those of slightly 
smaller leaves. For beautifully 
colored foliage plants for the 
garden borders, and beds, and 
pot-culture, these are unsur- ae 
passed. Pkt. 20 cts.; 3 pkts. “rate 

50 cts.; }goz. $1.50; oz. $2.75; Gaillardia 
lyoz. $5. Dazzler 




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Alyssum, Little Gem 
PEs to cts. 
(See page 50) 
Dianthus Heddewigi 
Double, Mixed 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA (California Poppy). Hardy Annual. Very 
showy, bright-colored flowers. The plants grow a foot high 
and bloom profusely all summer. Very attractive when 
grown alone or with other flowers. 
Schell’s Best Single Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; lgoz. 25 cts. 
FORGET-ME-NOT, Blue (Myosotis alpestris). (Ger. 15 
days.) A_hardy perennial, but give protection in fall and 
winter. Grows 8 to 10 inches high. Pkt. 10 Gtstsms. Dictse 
25 cts.; 40z. 35 cts.; oz. $1.25. 
FOUR-O’CLOCK (Marvel of Peru). Hardy Annual. (Ger. 
8 to 20 days.) One of the best bloomers of all the favorite 
summer garden flowers. They grow quickly from seed, 
and are one gorgeous mass of bloom all summer. 2 feet 
high. Pkt. 10 cts.; loz. 25 cts.; oz. 45 cts. 
GAILLARDIA (Blanket Flower). Perennial Gaillardias are 
handsome flowers, bright and gay, yellow and red, 3 to 4 
inches across, on long stems. The plants, 2 feet high, are 
taller than the annual varieties and begin blooming in 
early summer, continuing almost without cessation until 
freezing weather, if the flowers are kept cut and not al- 
lowed to seed. The Annual Gaillardias come in many 
different forms, double and single. Flowers continually 
from spring-sown seed. 
Perennial Varieties: (Ger. 15 to 20 days.) 
Dazzler. Intense golden yellow, maroon-red zone. Pkt. 
10 cts.; goz. 45 cts. 
Grandifiora Hybrids, Superb Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 
25 cts.; 4oz. 35 cts.; oz. 55 cts.; oz. 95 cts. 
Portola Hybrids. Flowers 31% inches in diameter, single, 
bronzy red with yellow border. Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 50 cts. 
Annual Varieties: 
Picta, Double Lorenziana. See illustration, page 54. Pkt. 
10 cts.; 4oz. 30 cts. 
Double Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10 cts.; Y4oz. 25 cts. 
Single Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10 cts.; 4oz. 25 cts. 
HELIOTROPE. (Cherry Pie.) The beautiful and graceful 
Heliotrope, with its delightful perfume, is a very fine 
flower for bouquets, excellent for bedding, and for pot- 
culture. It is a half-hardy perennial and if the seed is 
sown indooors in the spring, the plants, when set out, will 
bloom all summer. (Ger. 30 days.) 
Choicest Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; Moz. 80 cts. 
IPOMGA. (Morning-Glory.) (Ger. 10 to 20 days. Soaking 
the seed in warm water over night helps rapid germination.) 
For greatest success, care should be taken to plant them in 
a dry, sandy location, and fertilizer should never be applied. 
Schell’s Imperial, Mixed. (Morning-Glory.) The flowers 
are of gigantic size and their colorings so bright and varied 
they are beyond description. Pkt. 10 cts.; Moz. 25 cts. 
Noctiflora. (White Moonflower). Pkt. 10 cts.; M4%oz. 35 cts. 
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Heavenly Blue and Scarlett O’Hara. See page 57. 



Dimorphotheca 
aurantiaca 
(African Golden Daisy) 
Digitalis 
(Foxglove) 
WALTER S. SCHELL, Inc., Quality Seeds, HARRISBURG, PA. 51 
