Burgess’ Hardy Vegetable Seeds 
are the Best for All Climates 
The home-gardener and the commercial grower will find in our Vegetable Seed Department a list of the most dependable 
varieties—the best of both the old and new sorts. We do not offer as many varieties as some seedsmen, as we weed out the 
less desirable sorts, and offer only the best. We have endeavored to make selection easy by describing accurately and tell¬ 
ing both the advantages and disadvantages of each sort. 
The best test of a seed is the crop it produces. Burgess’ Hardy Michigan Seeds have no superior. 
We are supplying many of the most critical market-gardeners, in every State in the Union, with the best and purest strains 
of Vegetable Seeds. The steady increase in our market-garden trade each year, and the fact that the gardeners who began 
buying from us when we first started in business are still numbered among our best customers, is the best evidence that our 
seeds give satisfaction. 
An ounce of seed will produce about 250 plants; 2 lbs. will produce enough roots to set 
an acre. 
GIANT WASHINGTON (Improved Mary Washington Strain). A variety developed by 
the United States Department of Agriculture. A rapid growing sort with a delicious 
flavor and tenderness, yielding stalks two inches in diameter, and even when twelve inches 
long are perfectly tender. It is practically immune to “rust” and other Asparagus dis¬ 
eases and is without doubt the finest strain of Asparagus now available. Pkt., 8c; oz., 
12c; % lb., 30c; lb., $1.00; 2 lbs., $1.80; 5 lbs., $4.25, postpaid. 
PALMETTO. Another excellent variety and, with the exception of Giant Washington, 
is the nearest rustproof of any. It is a wonderful yielder, producing large, thick, dark 
green shoots, nearly as large as Giant Washington. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; % lb., 25c; lb., 
70c; 2 lbs., $1.25; 5 lbs., $2.95, postpaid. 
Artichoke 
Asparagus 
reen Globe Artichoke 
« 
An ounce of seed will produce about 
500 plants. 
LARGE GREEN GLOBE. A delicious 
vegetable which is cultivated for its large 
flower-heads, which are cooked like As¬ 
paragus. It is considered a delicacy 
and demands a high price in all better 
city markets. The plant is a perennial 
and set in good soil and given slight 
winter protection of leaves or straw, will 
remain in bearing several years, but for 
best results it should be renewed every 
two or three years. Pkt., 10c; oz., 45c; 
% lb., $1.50, postpaid. 
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE. Very ap¬ 
petizing when baked like potatoes. Best 
hog food known. An acre will keep 20 
to 30 hogs from October to April. 300 
lbs. plant an acre. Easily grown. Tu¬ 
bers, 30c lb. ; 3 lbs., 75c; 10 lbs., $2.00, 
postpaid. By express, not prepaid, 25 
lbs., $2.25; 50 lbs., $4.00; 100 lbs., 
$7.50. 
Giant Mary Washington Asparagus 
Asparagus Plants 
Due to the superior quality 
of the Improved Mary Wash¬ 
ington Strain of Giant Wash¬ 
ington we have discontinued 
the growing of all other varie¬ 
ties of Asparagus. The plants 
we have to offer are choice one- 
year-old plants. We always 
recommend one-year-old Aspa¬ 
ragus plants, for in addition to 
costing less than two-year-old 
plants, they come into hearing 
just as soon and are a more satis¬ 
factory size for transplanting. As¬ 
paragus plants should be set 18 inches 
apart. 
CHOICE PLANTS—12 for 30c; 25 
for 50c; 50 for 80c; 100 for $1.50; 
250 for $3.50, by parcel post, post¬ 
paid. By express, not prepaid, 500 
for $5.00; 1,000 for $9.50; 5,000 for 
$45.00. 
DEATH TO BEETLES 
Without Spraying or Dusting 
An Ornamental Plant That is Deadly to Beetles. No Danger From 
Poison to Children or Pets. 
It lias recently been discovered that the foliage of a certain ornamental variety 
of Castor Oil Bean is attractive to the Japanese Beetle, and that the beetles die from 
the effect of eating the leaves. It is claimed by those who have been experimenting 
with the Castor Bean as a means of exterminating the Japanese Beetle that a group 
of 8 or 10 of these plants will be sufficient to attract the beetles away from the 
ordinary small garden, thus saving the other plants from the ravages of these pests. 
The beetles seem to be very fond of the leaves and dead beetles by the hundreds 
can be swept from the ground under the plants. 
It would be impossible at this time to determine just how much of a contribution 
to agriculture this discovery is going to prove to be. These experiments have been 
carried on for three seasons only, but we believe these tests have been sufficient to 
prove the great importance of the Castor Bean as a means of beetle control. 
The Castor Beans thrive best when grown in a sunny situation. 
Be sure that you plant seed of the right kind of Castor Beans, as experiments 
have shown that only one variety has much effect on the beetles. Tills variety is 
a rapid growing, and a showy, handsome plant for either the lawn or garden. It 
often grows to a height of 14 feet, with enormous leaves, 2 to 4 feet across, and 
highly colored in various shades of light and dark green, coppery-bronze and red. 
We can supply our customers with this strain of Castor Oil Bean seed. These are 
large seeds, usually running 40 to 60 to the ounce. One oz., 25c; lb., 75c; lb. 
$2.50, postpaid. 
On Express Shipments, Not Prepaid, Deduct 1 0c Per Lb. from Postpaid Prices 
