WEST CHICAGO 
ILLINOIS 
Seliz Pausy 
A Ball Introduction 
Uniformly true to type, with well ruffled 
flowers of good size carried on fairly dwarf 
plants. Colors are rich and unusual—includ- 
ing purple, apricot and wine shades together 
with pastel bronzes and smoky tones difficult 
to describe. Each flower is marked with the 
dark “whiskers” characteristic of this strain, 
and the over-all effect is indeed striking. New 
crop seed available in Aug. Tr. pkt., $1.25; 
1% oz., $3.00; 14 0z., $5.50; 1 0z., $16.00. 
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Primulas 
(Primroses) 
PRIMULA OBCONICA 
(4,000 seeds per 149 oz.) 
These colorful and showy plants still provide the grower with 
one of his best sources of mid-winter pot plant material. In spite 
of their effect on some people’s skin, they continue to be widely 
grown and called for. 
Sowings made during June and July will produce nice pot plants 
for late winter and spring. We carry them along in 2%%-inch bands 
from the seed flat, shifting when ready to their final size pot. 
Important points are a soil that drains readily and a cool, well 
shaded location during the summer. Fasbender’s Red and Mohn- 
stein’s Atrosanguinea are the preferred reds; Berlin Rose is the 
best pink. Blue and white are wanted in smaller quantities. 
@Fasbender’s Red. An outstandingly fine, extra large flowered 
deep crimson-red. 
@ Better Days. Bright carmine-red. 
Mohnstein’s Red. (Atrosanguinea). Popular deep red. 
@ Mueller’s Berlin Rose (Mueller’s Rosea). Soft medium rose, 
Heavy compact plants and large flowers. 
Salmon-Rose (Lachsrosa). Salmon-rose shades. 
®Sky-Blue (Coerulea). Clear mid-blue. A choice strain. 
White. Rather tall growth. 
@ Formula Mixture. Carefully blended from above colors. 
Prices above 8, each: tr. pkt., $1.25; 464 oz., $2.75; 15 oz.. 
$5.00. 
Violet Blue. (New). Deep violet. Tr. pkt., $1.25; 4%4 0z., $3.00; 
Veo oz.. $5.50. 
Wyaston Wonder. A special selection of this famous English 
variety. Vigorous growing, large flowered bright crimson. Tr. 
pkt., $1.50; 144 02z. $3.00; 145 oz., $5.50. 
PRIMULA CHINENSIS 
(Chinese Primula) 
A popular class with many retail growers. Very colorful and 
showy. Sow from March on for Christmas and later. 
® Kardinal. Vivid, intense orange. Improves Dazzler in depth 
and brilliance. Tr. pkt., $1.50; 14 0z., $5.00. 
Special Mixture. A choice assortment of colors. Tr. pkt., 
$1.25; 185 oz., $3.75. 
Nation - wide Sales Promotion for FELIX! 
Look out—for your sales opportunity in Felix Pansy in 1953. 
Pansies rank among the leaders in spring plant sales, and here’s a chance for you to 
increase your Pansy sales. Nation-wide Pansy sales promotion featuring Felix will reach 
the public early in 1953. This is just what your customers have been looking for—some- 
thing distinctly new and attractive in Pansies. We will have special labels and promo- 
tional material available. More details in our January °53 catalog. 
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PRIMULA MALACOIDES 
(12,000 seeds per 149 02.) 
Baby Primroses, as they are often called, provide the grower 
with one of his most valuable sources of colorful materials for 
Valentine’s Day and early spring combination boxes. You'll find 
they move readily as pot plants, too. 3’s and 4’s are the most 
profitable sizes, and they can be had from late January on by 
sowing from August to October. 
Malacoides Primulas are of easy culture if they are grown in 
an airy, cool house (45° night temperature) and not allowed to 
get dry between waterings. Equally important is the avoidance of 
fertilized soil in the seed flat or early stages of growth. 
@ No. 32 Glory of Riverside Imp. One of the finest varieties with 
freely produced, beautiful salmon-rose flowers. 
@No. 41 White Giant. This is by far the finest pure white va- 
riety available. Large flowers and heavy stems. 
®No. 43 Brilliancy Improved. Large, beautifully fringed flowers 
of rich wine-red. This is our own origination and should not 
be confused with the old, small flowered Brilliancy. 
@No. 51 Mrs. Eriksson of Riverside. Large flowers of deep 
rose-red on compact plants of medium height. The brightest 
color in Baby Primroses. 
@No. 62 Ball Lavender. Flowers are large and of a beautiful 
orchid-lavender shade. Many are attractively fringed, adding 
much to their appearance. 
No. 50 Mixture. Carefully blended by formula from named sep- 
arate color varieties. 
@ No. 64 Red Velvet. (New). Newly opened flowers are a bright 
coral-rose changing to deep, velvety crimson-red as they mature. 
This is our own origination and is an entirely new color in 
Malacoides. 
Prices above 7, each: tr. pkt., $1.25; W%4 0z., $2.75; 4 oz., 
$5.25. 
DOUBLE MALACOIDES 
Fairy Jewels. Double pink. Tr. pkt. 
(1000 seeds), 
Vos oz., $2.50. 
$1.50; 
14 The dot (@) indicates varieties most dependably catisfacfory in our experience and observation. 
