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WEST CHICAGO 
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— Primalas 
(Primroses ) 
PRIMULA MALACOIDES 
12,000 seeds per 142 oz. Baby Primroses, as they are often called, 
provide the grower with one of his most valuable sources of color- 
ful material 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 Jan- 
uary 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. 
Brightness (New.) The first Fy Hybrid Primula 
ever offered! Flowers are a rich, luminous, deep rose and, as 
observed in our trials, Brightness was “head and shoulders” 
above any other variety in uniformity, vigor and profusion of 
blooms. A genuinely outstanding Primula. Tr. pkt., $1.25. 
@Glory of Riverside Imp. An excellent variety with freely pro- 
duced, beautiful salmon-rose flowers. 
White Giant. Fine pure white; large flowers and heavy stems. 
Brilliancy Imp. Large flowers of rich wine-red. 
@Mrs. Eriksson of Riverside. Large flowers of glowing rose-red 
on compact plants of medium height. 
Ball Lavender. Bright orchid-lavender. 
Mixture. Our own balanced formula mixture. 
Prices above 6, each: 
Tr. pkt., $1.25; 164 0z., $2.75; 42 oz., $5.25. 
@Red Velvet. Newly opened flowers are a bright coral-rose 
changing to deep, velvety crimson-red as they mature. ~ 
Tr. pkt., $1.50; 4408 0z., $2.50. 
DOUBLE MALACOIDES 
Fairy Jewels. Double pink. 
Tr. pkt. (1000 seeds), $1.50; og oz., $2.50. 
PRIMULA OBCONICA 
4,000 seeds per 149 oz. These colorful and showy plants still pro- 
vide 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 24-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 Red 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. 
Salmon-Rose (Lachsrosa). Salmon-rose shades. 
Sky-Blue (Coerulea). Clear mid-blue. 
Violet Blue. Deep violet. 
White. Rather tall growth. 
Wyaston Wonder. A special selection of this famous English 
variety. Vigorous - growing, large flowered bright crimson. 
@ Formula Mixture. Carefully blended from above colors. 
Prices above 10, each: 
Tr.-pkt.,.- $1525; Yea 0z., $2.75; 2 0z., $5.00. 
PRIMULA CHINENSIS 
(Chinese Primula) 
18,000 S. A popular class with many retail growers. Very color- 
ful and showy. Sow from March on for Christmas and later. 
Kardinal. Vivid, intense orange. Tr. pkt., $1.50; 164 0z., $5.00. 
Special Mixture. A choice assortment of colors. 
Tr; -pkt.;-$1.25; 140 02z., $3:75. 
CROSSANDRA 
Glossy, Gardenia-like foliage and flower 
spikes of overlapping clear salmon florets. 
Flowers in 7 to 8 months in a warm house 
and in rich, well-drained soil. Requires at 
least 70° night temperature for satisfactory 
germination. Minimum of 65° for best 
growth. 
50 seeds, $2.00; 200 seeds, $6.00. 
GERANIUMS 
@Florist Mixture (New). 
flowered singles saved from named va- 
rieties. This is acknowledged by experts 
to be the country’s finest strain of seed 
grown Geraniums. 
500 seeds, $1.75; 2,000 seeds, $5.25. 
Extra large 
NAEGELIA (Temple Bells) 
1,500,000 S. 
Art Shades. Dwarf.plants with Gloxinia- 
like leaves and clusters of slender, tubular 
fiowers in shades of pink, red, yellow and 
orange; all with spotted throats. This 
showy pot plant requires the same culture 
as Gloxinias. Tr. pkt., $1.50. 
10 The dot (@) indicates varieties most dependably satisfactory in our experience and observation. 
