New home of our seed business at West Chicago, Illinois, with our modern greenhouse plant in the background and cloth 
houses on right. This building is of concrete and steel throughout with every modern facility for properly caring for our seed 
business, including air conditioning. It carries out our determination to spare no cost in efficiently serving your seed business, 
including our well known policy of “getting every order back in the mail the day it is received." 
OUR SPECIALTIES 
BALL STOCKS (Non-branching). 
Through extensive single plant selection methods, we have improved Four good colors 
in this class to a high state oF non-lateral habit. Others are coming on. In their improved 
Form this is a highly valuable class oF Stocks. As promptly as other good colors, From 
any source, are put into true non-branching Form you can depend on us for them. 
We devote a large area oF our glass to the improvement oF these Stocks. 
BALL CALENDULA. 
Originated and introduced by us 12 years ago, this Fine long-stemmed class set up an 
unapproachably fine standard, adding real cut flower value to your mid-winter crops. 
WINTER PEAS. 
We devote much of our glass to this crop for cut flowers. This gives us first hand 
experience and information on the choicest varieties and you will find this information 
reflected in our list of 12 best varieties. 
WINTER SNAPDRAGONS. 
We realize the need of true to color strains of this crop and to assure this we produce 
our own seed in our greenhouses or supply from others produced in this way. Grow¬ 
ing under glass does not assure 100% true to color strains, but we well know that it 
is far better than ordinary field grown seed. 
CINERARIAS. 
As these lines are written we have trials in flower of Cinerarias in all types and from 
all responsible growers. This enables us to know what we offer and to supply you 
with the best to be had in this very valuable pot plant. 
PETUNIAS. 
Summer visitors to our plant at West Chicago will find a very complete line of Petunia 
trials. Through regular trips to European and California growers we keep in direct 
touch with recent developments. We are as sure as we can be that finer strains of 
Petunias than we furnish are not available from any source. 
ASTERS. 
Our business was started by a fine crop of Asters 30 years ago. Every season since, we 
have worked on them. At present we are largely interested in the development of 
stem rot resistant strains and we invite you to inspect this work during the summer 
at West Chicago. 
MISCELLANEOUS “FLOWER SEEDS FOR FLORISTS.” 
Our selections in this line embrace “All the best and nothing else.” 
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