To Our Florist Customers: 
Snapdragrons are profitable! The very intensive breeding work being done by us and others in the 
F1 Hybrid field is giving you earliness combined with vigor, long spikes, uniformity and excellent mar- 
ket colors that weren’t even dreamed of in Snaps 10 years ago. Single stemmed culture combines ideally 
with our new Hybrids to give you a top quality crop of Snaps in the shortest possible bench time. You 
will find brief notes on single stemmed growing on page 3 of this catalog and more details in our 
monthly GROWER TALKS and our new BALL RED BOOK. 
I think you'll like, as I do, our new, enlarged presentation of Pansies on pages 12, 13 and 14. 
Ruffled Rainbow is our most noteworthy 1952 Pansy introduction. Felix will be widely promoted in 
garden magazines to your Pansy customers next spring and will highlight the new wave of enthusiasm 
by home gardeners for Pansies. Pansy plants, especially Felix, will be valuable property next spring. 
Sborge A Call 
President 
Aquilegia Scott Elliott’s Hybrids. 
CATALOG No. 
DISCOUNTS ON SEED ORDERS (Except Lawn Grass). Cash or C.O.D. 
Discount! When cash is enclosed, or on C.O.D.’s: under $5.00 net; $5.00 
to $25.00, 5%; $25.00 and over, 8%. Bulbs, 2%. 
On Charge Seed Orders! If paid within 10 days from date of invoice: 
under $5.00, net; $5.00 to $50.00, 200; $50.00 to $100.00, 5%; $100.00 
and over, 8%. Bulbs, 2% 10 days. 
NO CASH DISCOUNT on Lawn Grass, Plants, Plant Band Material, and 
other Supplies. These items cannot be sent C.O.D. 
If this is your first order, it should be signed with some individual’s name 
in writing. Payment should accompany all orders unless credit has been 
established. C.O.D. shipments 50% in advance. 
All prices in this catalog subject to change without notice. 
All Seed Orders sent prepaid in U. S. and Canada at catalog prices. 
ABOUT HYBRIDS 
A few “hybrid” varieties are listed in this catalog that are essentially field-grown mixtures where polli- 
nation is done by bees or insects. Examples are soine Hybrid Delphiniums, Pyrethrum Robinson’s Hybrids, and 
65—SUMMER 
Such mixtures should not be confused with true Fi Hybrids from pure line-bred parents, such as all the 
Snaps designated as HYBRID in this catalog. All other genuine Hybrids are designated as Fi Hybrids. 
1952—-BUSINESS TERMS 
IMPORTANT. Make all checks or money orders payable to Geo. J. Ball, 
Inc., WEST Chicago, Illinois. Not responsible for currency sent in the 
mail. 
Business Hours (holidays excepted) are 8 to 12 and 1 to 5 Monday 
through Friday: 9 to 12 Saturday. Our phone number is West Chicago 299. 
OUR BUSINESS IS WITH FLORISTS ONLY. WE DO NOT SELL AT 
RETAIL. 
Shortages. All items are offered subject to crop failures or shortages. 
LIMITATION OF WARRANTY. Geo. J. Ball, Inc., warrants to the ex- 
tent of the purchase price that seeds, plants, or bulbs sold are as de- 
scribed on the container within recognized tolerances. Seller gives no 
other or further warranty, express or implied. 
GENERAL INDEX 
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Achillea: Smee boltonia eee 19 Dicentra ..... 19 Heuchera ..... 21 Salvicaee ee 22 
Aconitum ..... i) Oe LOOT eee 1S Dictamnus ee! Oe libiccucneeee Dae DAyOuOtIs 2. es eee 22. Saponaria ..... 22 
Alstroemeria .. 18 BULBS ....... 24°) Digitalis’ 2) es. 1OD Hollyhock 5). 21 Nepets 29 Scabiosa 23 
Alyssunt ) oe 18 f Doronicum .... 19 yore ben Pape Bee te ME a fae ia ae SNAPDRAGONS 
Anchusa ease © 18 CALCEOLARIA 8 es lm tie 21 Oenothera 2 I. 2, 3, 4. 9 
Anemone ...... 18 CALENDULA . 7 Echinops ...... 19 ans P.. 2) ~venothera ers Seah ae 93 
Anthemis ...... 1g Campanula .... 19 Edelweiss, see TS aa Brae 21 PANSY 12.013. 94am STOCKS SuuniatniG 
AQUILEGIA .. 18 Carnation Soe 19 Leontopodium 21 [LARKSPUR ... 10 Pentstemon .... 22 Stokesia 23 
Arabisr opie 18  Catananche .... 19 Euphorbia ..... 19 Lathyrus ...... 21) (Phlox: 4. ele OW EE eA 
Armeria. 18 Centaurea Sears 19 i Lavandula ..... Dee phy sa lice 22 1KGy, ake 
Artemisia ... 18 Cerastium ..... LORS Kh everteWieeseae 21 Leontopodium . 21. Physostegia .... 22 
Asclepias ..... 18 Cheiranthus SEL. ee ; i atts 91, — PLANTS ~ Cover 3.) Thalictrum ses 
Asparagus .... 18 Chrysanthemum 19 — Gaillardia .... 21 Lilicsee eee 21 Platycodon .... 22 Thermopsis .... 23 
Aster pean 18 CINERARIA .. 8 Geum ......... 21 Linum ........ a1 Poppy tana 22 ST ritomae eee 23 
Aubrietia ..... 18 Clematis ...... 19 Gilia oss. oN a Lobelia see 21 PRIMULA Trollius 23 
AZALEAS Cover 4 Coreopsis... 19; ~Gypsophila Su.) 20 Uy inaria 8.0. 21 Annual ..... 14 Wane us 
Baptisia 18 CYCLAMEN .. 9 Grass, Lawn .. 11 Dupin ca 21 Perennial... 22 Veronica =)... 23 
BEGONIA: —... -6 Daisyo" 319s) Helianthemum, /21 Pychnis Ue. eA SASS Do 22 Noa ee Pee at 
Bella? tes, Bod 19 DELPHINIUM 20 Helleborus .... 21  Matricaria, see ROSES ...Cover 3 xc 
Bocconia ...... 19) Dianthus) ose 19 Hesperis ...... Pal Reverfews eq 2 lle Rudbecki aman 20mmEDY 1 Coca 23 
