“Flower Seeds 
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WEST CHICAGO 
ILLINOIS 
MISCELLANEOUS ANNUALS—Continued 
CALENDULA 
GREENHOUSE VARIETIES 
This long-stemmed class will flower freely during the spring 
months from a January sowing. 
© Ball Improved Long Orange. The longest stemmed and largest 
flowered variety. Golden orange with light eye. 
@Ball Masterpiece. Deep glowing orange with dark eye. 
@ Ball Lemon Queen. Lemon-yellow with dark brown eye. 
@Ball Gold. Deep golden yellow with light eye. 
Ball Orange. Extra deep, intense orange. Light-eyed. 
Ball Apricot. Dark-eyed buff or straw-yellow. 
Campfire. Popular deep orange. 
Prices above 7, each: tr. pkt., 40c; %4 0z., 60¢; 1 oz., $2.00; 
4 ozs., $6.50. 
Ball Formula Mixture. Carefully made up of our named varie- 
ties with fully half orange. 
Ball Art Shades Mixture. Contains many original and unusual 
shades and interesting bi-colors. 
Prices above 2, each: tr. pkt., 35¢; 14 0z., 50c; 1 oz., $1.50; 
4 ozs., $5.00. 
BEDDING VARIETIES 
Showy for bedding where summer heat is not excessive. 
PACIFIC BEAUTY CALENDULAS 
These improved Calendulas are more resistant to summer heat 
than the ordinary bedding class. 
Apricot Beauty. Attractive two-toned rich apricot. 
Cream Beauty. Creamy white shading to soft yellow. 
Lemon Beauty. A pure lemon-yellow; wide petals. 
Persimmon Beauty. Brilliant, true persimmon-orange. 
Pacific Beauty Mixture. A blend of the above four. 
Prices above 5, each: tr. pkt., 35¢; 14 oz., 50¢; 1 oz., $1.50. 
Lemon Queen. Light lemon-yellow. 
@ Orange King. Deep orange with dark eye. 
@ Ball Bedding Mixture. Well proportioned dwarf mixture. 
Prices above 3, each: tr. pkt., 15¢; 14 oz, 25¢; 1 oz, 85c; 
4 ozs., $2.40; 1 lb., $7.00. 
Yellow Colossal. Extra double, clear bright yellow. Tr. pkt., 
35¢; % oz., 50c; 1 oz. $1.50. 
CALLIOPSIS 
90,000 S. Fairly dwarf and very free flowering bedding plants. 
Gold Crest. Produces large (24% to 3 in.) semi-double golden 
yellow flowers with reddish brown eyes. Tr. pkt., 15¢; 1 oz., 
60c. 
Dwarf Mixture. 6 to 8 in. Attractive dwarf compact mixture 
of red and yellow shades. Tr. pkt., 15¢; 1 0z., 50c. 
CAMPANULA 
Annual Canterbury Bells Mixture. 50,000 S. 2 ft. An annual 
form of the well-known perennial, flowering 6 months from 
sowing. Tr. pkt., 15c; 14 oz., 25¢; 1 oz., 85e. 
Perennial Campanulas. See page 52. 
CANDYTUFT 
HYACINTH-FLOWERED. 9.500 S. 
@Giant White. (Ball Strain.) This is our own unsurpassed 
strain that has been especially bred for greenhouse cut- 
flower use. Uniform in growth and large flowered. Tr. 
pkt., 20¢; %4 oz., 45¢; 1 0z., 80c; 4 ozs., $2.65; 1 Ib., 
$8.50. 
Miniature Gem. A nice very early flowering rock or border 
plant; 4 in. high. White. Tr. pkt., 15¢; %4 0z., 25¢; 1 0z., 85c. 
UMBELLATA. A popular spring greenhouse cut flower. Sow 
in January; plant out 8x10 in. Is also widely used as a winter 
outdoor crop in Florida and southern Texas. Rose Cardinal 
is an exceptionally fine variety. 
@ Carmine @ Lavender (Lilac) 
Purpurea (Crimson) @ Rose Cardinal 
Flesh-Pink White 
Formula Mixture 
Prices above 7, each: tr. pkt., 15¢; 1 0z., 50¢; 4 ozs., $1.65. 
Dwarf Hybrids Mixture. An attractive 3- to 4-in. miniature 
Umbellata. Very early. Tr. pkt., 15¢; 1 0z., 60c. 
Perennial Candytuft. See Iberis, page 55. 
CARNATION 
14,000 S. From an early sowing planted outdoors preferably under 
cloth protection, these strains will produce a nice crop of summer 
Carnations for cutting. Some supporting necessary. 
®Giant Malmaison, J. M. Bridgeford. Of sturdy upright habit. 
If well grown, supported and disbudded, flowers comparable 
to those produced in the greenhouse can be had outside where 
summers are moderate. Many colors are represented in this 
superior mixture. Tr. pkt., 35¢; %4 oz., $1.10; 1 oz., $3.30. 
Marguerite Double Mixture. 15-20 in. Ours is a reselected 
strain of this very free flowering summer Carnation. An old 
favorite. Tr. pkt., 25¢; 14 0z., 65¢; 1 oz., $2.25. 
CHABAUD’S GIANT !MPROVED STRAIN. 
@ Cardinal Red Flesh-Pink 
Z (Sparkler) (Reine Rose) 
rimson 
(Blood Red) SOLES 
@Deep Rose ®@ White ae 
(Rose Queen) (Jeanne Dionis) 
Deep Salmon Yellow 
(Aurora) (Marie Chabaud) 
Formula Mixture of all colors. 
Prices above 9, each: tr. pkt., 35¢; 14 oz., 90c; 1 0z., $3.25. 
ENFANT DE NICE. A fine standard strain. 
Red Salmon White Formula Mixture 
Prices above 4, each: tr. pkt., 50¢; 14 0z., $2.00. 
Carnation Grenadin. See page 52. 
Castor Bean. See Ricinus, page 41. 
CELOSIA 
28,000 S. One of our most easily grown and showy annuals, but 
must not be planted out until weather is warm. Does well even in 
poor soils and hot climates. 
PLUMOSA. Plumed or feathery type producing spire-like branch- 
es mostly from base of plant. The dwarf varieties are wide- 
ly used for bedding and as spring and summer pot plants, while 
the taller strains make useful cut flowers in late summer. 
28 The dot (@) indicates varieties most dependably satisfactory in our experience and observation. 
