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CALENDULA 
GREENHOUSE VARIETIES. 3000 S. 
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. 
@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. 
Campfire. Popular deep orange. 
Prices above 6, each: tr. pkt., 50c; 4 oz., $1.00; 1 0z., $3.00; 
4 ozs., $9.00. 
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., 40¢; 14 0z., 80¢; 1 0z., $2.40; 
4 ozs., $7.20. 
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 0z., 60¢; 1 0z., $2.00. 
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., 20c; %4 0z., 30¢; 1 0z., $1.00; 
4 ozs., $3.00. 
Yellow Colossal. Extra double, clear bright yellow. Tr. pkt., 
35c; %4 oz., 50c; 1 oz., $1.50. 
CALLIOPSIS 
90,000 S. Fairly dwarf and very free flowering bedding plants. 
Gold Crest. Large (2% to 3 in.) semi-double golden yellow 
flowers with reddish brown eyes. Tr. pkt., 20¢; 1 0z., 75e. 
Dwarf Mixture. 6-8 in. Attractive dwarf compact mixture of 
red and yellow shades. Tr. pkt., 20¢; 1 0z., 60c. 
CAMPANULA 
Annual Canterbury Bells Mix- 
ture, 50,000 S. 2 ft. An annual 
form of the well-known peren- 
nial, flowering 6 months from 
sowing. Tr. pkt., 20c; %4 o02z., 
40c; 1 oz., $1.25. 
Campanulas. See 
Perennial 
page 52. 
CANNA 
Giant Mixed (Indica). Formu- 
la mixture of selected Ameri- 
can-grown varieties. 1 oz. 
(about 100 seeds), $1.50; 
4 ozs., $5.00. 
CANNA 
Try some Ball Giant White Candytuft 
CANDYTUFT 
HYACINTH-FLOWERED. 9,500 S. 
@ Bali Giant White. Several six-hundred-foot benches at our 
West Chicago greenhouse are used each year to maintain, 
improve, and produce seed of this excellent cut-flower strain. 
Every retail grower should have Candytuft for filler. A 
Mum and Snap grower who grows for the Chicago market 
has reported to us that his bed of Candytuft yields a higher 
return than any Snap or Mum bench. This indicates the pos- 
sibilities in well grown Candytuft. Ball Giant White blooms 
2-3 weeks ahead of the regular strain. Tr. pkt., $1.00; 
% oz., $1.95; 1 oz., $3.35; 4 ozs., $10.00. 
Giant White, Regular. Tr. pkt., 25¢; % oz., 50c; 1 0z., 90¢; 
4 ozs., $3.00; 1 lb., $10.00. 
Miniature Gem. A nice very early flowering rock or border 
plant; 4 in. high. White. Tr. pkt, 20¢; 14 0z., 30c¢; 1 0z., $1.00. 
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 exception- 
ally fine variety. 
@ Carmine @ Lavender (Lilac) 
Crimson (Purpurea) @ Rose Cardinal 
Flesh-Pink White 
Formula Mixture 
Prices above 7, each: tr. pkt., 20¢; 1 0z., 55¢; 4 ozs., $1.75. 
Dwarf Hybrids Mixture. For pots and combinations. Very early. 
Tr. pkt., 20e; %4 oz., 30¢; 1 oz., $1.00. 
Perennial Candytuft. See Iberis, page 57. 
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., 40c; %4 oz., $1.25; 1 0oz., $3.75. 
Marguerite Double Mixture. 15-20 in. Ours is a reselected 
strain of this very free flowering summer Carnation. An old 
favorite. Tr. pkt., 25¢; %4 0z., 65¢; 1 oz., $2.25. 
CHABAUD’S GIANT IMPROVED STRAIN. 
@Cardinal Red Flesh-Pink 
(Sparkler) (Reine Rose) 
Crimson ' f 
(Blood-Red) . ree Rose 
@ Deep Rose aie aS 
(Rose Queen) eanne Dionis 
Yellow 
Deep Salmon 
(Aurora) (Marie Chabaud) 
Formula Mixture of all colors. 
Prices above 9, each: tr. pkt., 40c; % oz., $1.00; 1 oz., $3.25. 
ENFANT DE NICE. A fine standard strain. 
Red Salmon White Yellow 
Prices above 5, each: tr. pkt., 50c; % oz., $2.25. 
Formula Mixture 
Carnation Grenadin. See page 52. 
Castor Bean. See Ricinus, page 33. 
for filler. You'll find it profitable. 1 
WEST CHICAGO 
