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Condon Bros., Seedsmen, Bock River Valley Seed Farm, Rockford, Illinois 
Five New Beautiful Flower Novelties for 1934 
Offered For the First Time this Season. Be sure to include in your order 
2101 New Annual Canterbury Bells 
2335 New Lupi- 
nus Hartwegii 
Giants Mixed 
2525 Verbena Beauty of 
2339 Marigold, Guinea Gold 
2339 Marigold Guinea 
_1 J_This is a very distinct type of 
Marigold, of graceful pyra¬ 
midal habit, growing 2 to 2V 2 feet high 
and producing 30 to 40 flowers 2 to 2 l / 2 
inches across, of a brilliant shade of 
orange flushed with gold. Unlike the or¬ 
dinary African Marigold, this new type 
produces no single flowers, but practically 
100% semidouble, The characteristic 
Marigold odor, too, is much less pungent 
than in other sorts. In order to obtain 
the best results, we recommend early sow¬ 
ing. An outstanding novelty. Pkt. (300 
Seed), 15 cts.; Va oz., 45 cts.; % oz., 75 
cts 
2101 New Annual Canter- 
Kupyt Rollc _Many years of care- 
DUry Delia f u j selection have at 
last given us an Annual Canterbury Bell 
which blooms from seed in less than six 
months. It should now be possible to 
have this beautiful flower in bloom at al¬ 
most any time of the year. The plant 
grows from two to two and a half feet 
tall, each plant having from six to eight 
spikes of blooms. We offer this in mix¬ 
ture, containing the following colors: dark 
blue, light blue, pink, rose and white. 
Pkt. (500 Seed), 10 cts. 
2335 New Lupinus Hart- 
wegii Giants Mixed— 
A new improved strain of Annual Lupi¬ 
nus. Hartwegii Giants are from three to 
four feet tall, have the base branch¬ 
ing habit, with four to six long spikes to 
a plant. Each spike has from twenty-five 
to fifty more blooms than the Hartwegii 
type. The blooms are also a little larger. 
The leaves are about one and a half times as large, 
making a very handsome plant. Colors include dark 
blue, sky blue, rose and white. We feel confident that 
this new strain will increase the popularity of this fine 
Annual Lupine, so easily and quickly grown from 
seed. Pkt. (100 Seed), 25 cts. 
2525 Verbena Beauty of Oxford 
(Hybrida Grandiflora Type.) A beautiful giant hybrid 
raised from a cross between Verbena Luminosa and. 
Beauty of Oxford. While following closely the color of 
Beauty of Oxford, it also inherits a touch of salmon 
pink from Luminosa which gives a lovely softening ef¬ 
fect to the sometimes harsh coloring of Beauty of Ox¬ 
ford. The color shades from clear Rose-Pink to Rose- 
Red, making this the brightest Rose Verbena ever pro¬ 
duced from seed. The individual florets measure over 
one inch in diameter. They are half as large again as 
Beauty of Oxford and will easily cover a silver half 
dollar. The foliage is a dark cress green. Pkt. (400 
Seed), 25 cts. 
2524 Verbena, Carmine Ball 
A beautiful Erecta Compacts Verbena of similar form 
to Beauty of Oxford. It forms a perfectly symmetrical 
plant about ten inches high and twelve inches across 
and is completely covered with bright Carmine flowers. 
The plants in our trials easily carry fifty to sixty 
trusses in bloom on the plant at one time. It is a 
continuous bloomer and will make a wonderful bed¬ 
ding plant, besides being indispensable for pot plants 
and borders. See color illustration outside back cover. 
Pkt. (300 Seeds), 25 cts. 
Hybrids 
Grow flowers for your friends. They are always appreciated when sick or well. 
