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BURBANK'S 1921 iVZsTK CREATIONS IN SEEDS 
Agapanthus (Lily of the Nile) tiuite lately only a small blue Agapan- 
" \ J / ll^^^^ known. I now offer seed which 
grows very readily, of one of the most beautiful and permanent of all decorative 
plants. A new gigantic pure white Agapanthus, bearing immense heads of snow- 
wiiite flowers on strong stems, nearly four feet in height. The flowers last for 
months and have a most unusual decorative value. A distinct new florists' flower 
which will become popular everywhere. This is quite hardy throughout most of 
California and may be grown in tubs in the cold Eastern states. 
Packet, 25c; ounce, $3. 
Aquilesia New Hybrids This favorite flower has lately been greatly im- 
^ ^ ^ proved in variety and combination of colors, in- 
cluding yellow, red, orange, rose, blue, purple, cerise, white, salmon and mauve. 
Graceful, hardy, and easily grown. Packet, 15c; three, 40c. 
Amarantus Abyssinicus A" enormous "Love Lies Bleeding." A tall, striking 
plant with drooping scarlet chenille-like tassels two 
to three feet long. Packet, 10c; three, 25c. 
Argemone — New Large Flowering Hybrids P}}^^ gi^een spiny foliage with 
^ to £> J' silvery veins. Satiny poppy- 
like flowers, three inches across, and are now becoming double. Deep yellow to 
creamy white. Blooms all Summer. Packet, 10c; three, 25c. 
Bidens Dahloides ^ beautiful new tuberous type of Cosmos-like flowers, pro- 
duced from the "Black Dahlia." The plants bloom abun- 
dantly the first season from seed and may be kept over and divided like Dahlias. 
These charming plants grow about eighteen inches in height, and produce, large, 
graceful, white, black, red, and pink flowers on long, slender, wiry stems all 
Summer. One of the best of all the absolutely new plants. 
Packet, 20c; three, 50c. 
Boltonia New Dwarf Deep lavender aster-like flowers in greatest profusion. 
This line variety originated on my grounds and is 
now offered. Packet, 25c. 
A Flowering Bulrush ^^^^ plants appear like the common bulrush, but each 
^ stalk bears a cluster of rosy crimson flowers very early 
in the Spring. Perennial; readily raised from seed. Packet, 15c. 
Cactus Pitaiaya ^ thorny club cactus which produces wonderful, fragrant, 
^ pure white flowers six inches across, and fruits as large as 
plums, with a white flesh of excellent quality. Will endure freezing down to 
about 10 degrees above zero. Easily raised from seed. Packet, 25c. 
Shasta Daisy well known the world over to need description. Most care- 
fully selected and best mixture ever offered of this most popular 
of all white flowers. Packet, 25c. 
Ashland, Ohio, Feb. 26, 1919. — Have had very good success with the seed purchased, especially 
with tlie Shasta Daisy. Have been growing this flower very nicely for a number of years, having 
eacli year planted new seeds, selecting the best stock. Last year I took to the greenhouse one dozen 
from one clump, the stems of which were twenty inches long and this kind in particular con- 
tained so many half-opened flowers more like large tuberoses, which the florist though were 
unusual, which they certainly were. I gave him a start of this particular kind of daisy. 
- C. W. G. 
The Shasta Daisy will produce four times as much bloom as any other variety, and when cut, 
this will remain in a fresh condition for fully a fortnight, which makes it a unique flower for 
decoration. Plants will bloom in six months from time the seed is sown, while the varieties of 
Maxima will only bloom the second year from seed. The Shasta Daisy will succeed in any soil, 
and is perfectly hardy, it is perennial, blooming better and more abundantly each season, and 
may be multiplied by simple division of the root. — ROBERT HOLMES, F. R. li. S., Tuckswood 
Farms, Norwich, England. 
The Shasta Daisy is one of the most marvelous productions in the flower line that has ever 
been brought to the notice of floriculturists. — JAMES VICK'S SONS, Rochester, New York. 
The Shasta Daisy is one of the striking creations of Luther Burbank, who has done more than 
ever man did before in originaling new fruits, flowers and vegetables, a new flower of wonderful 
hcauiy.— JAMES J. II. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
I have watched the development of the Shasta Daisy in Mr. Burbank's grounds for several years 
past, and pronounce it the best wliite flower for gardeia and house decoration which I have ever 
seen. It is worthy of all the praises bestowed upon it. — CARL PURDY. 
The Shasta Daisy exhibits a grace and refinement lacking in other daisies belonging to this 
genus, * « ♦ superior to the common daisies, Paris daisies, ChrysanUiemum Maximum 
and the white asters in grace and purity of color. It has met witli a good demand at all times 
at prices which may be considered high as compared with those obtained from any other outdoor 
Summer stock. — Florist's Exchange. 
