Burgess* Choice Petunias 
Petunia Triumph of the Giants 
Double Giant Fringed Petunia 
Double Portulaca 
PORTULACA 
For outdoor decoration, porch or window boxes, few plants equal the 
Petunia in effectiveness. They commence flowering early and continue a 
sheet of bloom until killed by frost. 
Giant Flowering Varieties 
GIANT FLOWERED HYBRIDS. A wonderful assortment of colors; mam¬ 
moth in size; single. Pkt., 15c. 
GIANT FRINGED. Flowers of extraordinary size, deeply fluted, ruffled 
and fringed; varied and brilliant colors. Pkt., 20c. 
DOUBLE GIANT FRINGED. An excellent, carefully hand-pollenized strain 
yielding a large percentage of plants having double, finely fringed flowers. 
Embracing a splendid variety of colors and many-beautiful combinations. 
Seed in mixture of colors only. Small pkt., 30c; 3 pkts., 75c. Plants, in 
separate colors—purple, white, magenta, pink and variegated—at 30c each; 
3 for 85c; or 5 for $1.35. 
TRIUMPH OF THE GIANTS. The largest and finest single Petunia. 
(Flowers often measure 7 inches across. A variety of gorgeous colors and 
markings that is unsurpassed. Pkt., 25c. 
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Balcony Petunias 
A most valuable type of Petunias for porch boxes, hanging baskets, beds, 
terraces, or among rockwork. Individual blossoms measure 3 inches in diam¬ 
eter and they are borne so profusely as to cover the plants throughout the season. 
We offer this seed in mixture of colors only, our mixture containing the most 
(popular colors, such as rich velvety purple, brilliant rose-pink, pure white, etc. 
'Pkt., 15c. 
Single Bedding Petunias 
ORNAMENTAL COTTON 
Many people in the North have never seen 
cotton growing. As it is by far a more beautiful 
plant than many of the ornamentals and can be 
successfully grown in the North for ornamental 
purposes, it makes a very desirable addition to 
any flower garden ; large, showy flowers, followed 
by large fluffy balls of white cotton. Pkt., 10c; 
3 pkts., 20c. 
PlYAIIC Tropaeloides. An excellent 
little plant for edging or pots; 
blooms all summer in the greatest profusion ; yel¬ 
low flowers, rich brown foliage. Pkt., 10c. 
> Countess of Ellesmere. Rose with white throat. Pkt., 10c. 
General Dodds. Velvety blood red. Pkt., 10c. 
Howard Star. Attractively marked with a five- 
pointed white star on purplish crimson ground. 
Pkt., 10c. 
GOOD MIXED. A splendid mixture of single 
bedding varieties. Pkt., 10c. 
MOLTEN FIRE The 
This is a most magnificent foliage plant and is attracting a great deal of 
attention wherever grown. It belongs to the Amaranthus family, and grows 
Rapidly, attaining a height of 3 feet. It has handsome bronze foliage until 
it reaches a height of about 2 feet, when the leaves change to clear, glisten¬ 
ing, fiery rose-crimson, increasing in size and brilliancy until the whole plant is illuminated 
with huge tufts of flaming fire which can be seen for half a mile. Retain their brilliancy 
for 3 months or more. Very easily grown. Pkt., 15c. 
Double Rose Flowered. Unsur¬ 
passed for brilliancy and beauty. 
Seed saved from perfect double 
flowers, so will produce a large 
percentage of double blossoms. 
A fine mixture of Scarlet, Orange- 
Scarlet, Rose, Golden Yellow, 
White, etc. Pkt., 10c. 
Single Giant Flowered. One of 
the showiest low annuals, of easy 
culture, thriving best in light 
loam or sandy soil and in a sunny 
situation. Fine for massing in 
beds, edgings or rock-work, and 
frequently used to sow broadcast 
over sunny banks, etc. 6 inches. 
Flowers in mixture of the richest 
colors. Pkt., 5c. 
Phlox Drummondi (Annual Phlox) 
The annual Phlox is one of the most brilliant and one of the easiest and most satisfactory 
plants which can readily be grown from seed. It will grow and thrive in any kind of soil if 
given a sunny position. In a few weeks after the seed is sown the plants are a sheet of bloom, 
remaining so until frost. They show to best advantage when grown in masses, beds or borders ; 
excellent for cut flowers. 
The following colors are of the finest type, having-the largest heads of blooms as well as the 
largest individual flowers, of strong, sturdy growth, attaining a height of about 15 inches. 
Brilliant Scarlet. Pkt., 8c. Yellow. Pkt., 8c. 
Deep Rose. Pkt., 8c. Violet-Blue. Pkt., 8c. 
Soft Shell-Pink. Pkt., 8c. White. Pkt., 8c. 
LARGE-FLOWERING MIXED. All of the above colors as well as a great many others. Pkt., 8c. 
STAR PHLOX. The flowers are either starred or fantastically fringed. A novel variety; manj 
bright shades; mixed colors. Pkt., 10c. 
BURGESS SEED & PLANT CO. t Galesburg, Michigan 
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