WINTER SNAPDRAGONS 
12 BEST SORTS FOR SPRING CROP 
Following are selected strictly for spring crops; they are not 
necessarily earliest winter bloomers, but all are at their best 
under spring conditions. 
Tr. Pkt. 
Glorious. Fine intense deep bronze shaded scarlet; extra 
compact spikes .$1.50 
Afterglow. Attractive deep golden bronze; same habit 
as Rose Queen. 1.00 
Ceylon Court. Standard medium deep large yellow.1.00 
Klondike Supreme. Extra deep line yellow for spring 1.50 
White Wonder. Finest early pure paper white. 1.00 
Lucky Strike. Strong growing heavy producing white 
for spring .:. 1.00 
Cheviot Maid Reselected. An exceptionally even fine 
strain of this standard rose. 1.00 
Rose Queen. Deepest rose we offer; spikes quite com¬ 
pact and fine in spring. 1.00 
New Cincinnati. A medium deep rose with fine spikes 1.00 
Daybreak. Bright clear pink; good spikes. 1.00 
Lilac (Windmiller). A good true lavender. 2.00 
Velvet Supreme. Warm crimson red; fine in spring. 1.50 
Ball Forcing Mixture. A formulae mixture of the 
above sorts . 1.00 
STANDARD LIST OF FORCING SORTS 
Bertha Baur. Standard lavender; some rogue colors.$1.00 
Captor. Pure white; fair habit . 1.00 
Celestial. Long stemmed light yellow . 1.00 
Cheviot Maid White. Fair sized flower .'. 1.00 
Cheviot Maid Yellow. Good stem and bright color . 1.00 
Christmas Cheer (New). Extra early heavy producing rose 2.00 
Coates’ Yellow Perfection. Bright deep color . 1.00 
Ethel (Kramer). Deep yellow, exceptionally early . 1.50 
Gilbert’s Pink. Similar to Rose Queen in color and habit 1.50 
Ideal (Hodaly’s). An attractive and unusual bicolor .. 2.00 
Kirkwood Beauty. Bronze orange ... 1.00 
Marie Louise. A beautiful light shell pink; especially in 
spring; very even . 2.00 
Maiden’s Blush (Thomson). Pink suffused over white 
or appleblossom ; choice. V 2 Tr. Pkt. 85c.1.50 
Marion. White; good habit and fairly early . 1.50 
Mary Ellen (New). Very fine clear rose pink for either 
Christmas or spring, extra early and heavy producing, and 
very even. SOLD OUT UNTIL JUNE 15, 1941 . 2.00 
Miss Wooster. Extra large fine flowered light golden orange 1.00 
New Deal. Extra early bronze; prefer Sunlite . 1.00 
Orchid (Schrock’s). Varies some in color . 1.00 
Peggy Schumann. Glowing rose pink; excellent full spikes 2.00 
Radiance. Large extra early pink . 1.00 
Schaffroth’s Early Pink ('Net v). Fine early pink . 2.00 
Schumann’s Lavender. Fine lavender for spring . 2.50 
St. Louis Early Pink (Row) (New). A luminous silvery 
pink; good early and heavy producer . 2.00 
Sunlite. Extra early golden bronze . 1.00 
Suntan. Quite early flowering bronze or tan . 1.00 
Sunray (New). A deep, bright yellow extra long spikes.... 2.00 
Terry’s Surprise. Improved. Unusual rose shaded orange; 
color at its best in spring ... 100 
Velvet Beauty. Standard crimson . 1.00 
Westover’s Fringed White. Large fringed white for spring 1.00 
White Prosperity. Clear white; good producer. 1.50 
White Rock. Standard white .50 
A fine crop of the attractive Marie Louise grown here at West 
Chicago last spring in Vic’s gravel culture. Tr. 
Pkt. 
Windmiller’s Christmas Cheer (New). Extra early rose.... 2.00 
Windmiller’s Rose Pink Cheviot. .. ... 1.50 
Windmiller’s Appleblossom. Clear medium rose.. 1.50 
Windmiller’s Snow White. Excellent white for Easter.... 1.50 
Winter Helen. Improved Helen; a coral rose . 1.00 
Yellow Wonder (New Bezdek). Good deep yellow by 
the originator of White Wonder ... 2.00 
Standard Early Mixed. Carefully blended mixture of 
above . 75 
PLEASE NOTE GROUP PRICES 
$1.00 per pkt., we supply any 3 for $2.50; any 5 for $3.50; any 7 
for $4.55. 
$1.50 pkts., we supply any 3 for $4.00; any 5 for $6.50. 
$2.00 pkts., we supply any 3 for $5.00; any 5 for $7.50. 
Yi Trade Pkts: All varieties offered at $ 1.00 per pkt. are supplied 
in half pkts. at 60c. 
BALL CALENDULA 
Originated and introduced by us 20 years ago. They continue 
to be the Standard Cut Flower Class. 
Prices (except mixtures): Tr. pkt., 40c; Ya oz., 60c; 1 oz., 
$2.00; 2 ozs., $3.50; 4 ozs., $6.50; 1 lb., $20.00. 
Prices on weight lots will be accepted on 2 or more varieties 
together. For instance on Yi oz. each of 4 varieties, instead of 
allowing 60c each, the ounce price of $ 2.00 will be accepted, or, 4 
ozs. of 4 different varieties should be priced at $6.50. 
*Ball Improved Long Orange (New). Bright golden orange, 
light eye—extra for stem and flower size. 
Ball Long Orange. Clear orange with light center. 
Sensation. Similar to our Ball Orange. 
*BaIl Masterpiece. Clear orange with dark center. 
Ball Supreme. Similar to Masterpiece, but lighter colored and 
smaller flowered. 
*Ball Gold. Large deep golden yellow. 
Ball Lemon Queen. Lemon-yellow with dark brown eye. 
Ball Apricot. Light straw or buff shades with dark eye. 
Campfire (Sensation-New). An excellent strain of orange. 
*BalI Calendula Formula Mixture. Made up of the above 
varieties with fully half orange. 
Ball Art Shades Mixture. Original and interesting colors. 
Prices on both above Mixtures: Tr. pkt., 35c; Ya oz., 50c; 
1 oz., $1.50. 
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