Burgess’ Annual Flower Seeds 
Flowers are enjoyed by everyone and are so easily raised that any home can have an abundance of blos¬ 
soms during the entire year. We list with the annuals a few varieties of biennials and tender perennials 
which bloom and do their best the first year from seed and are usually treated as annuals. The seeds we 
offer are the products of the best growers. No better strains are to be obtained at any price. 
ALL FLOWER SEEDS ARE DELIVERED POSTPAID AT PRICES GIVEN. 
BURGESS’ Giant Antirrhinum 
(Giant Flowered Snapdragon) 
Our wonderful new strain of Antirrhinum far surpasses anything previously 
introduced, growing about 5 feet high, with flowers of magnificent size. The rich¬ 
ness and diversity of their colors and their great freedom and protracted blooming 
season give them great value as bedding plants, as well as for cutting. Half hardy 
perennial, treated as an annual in the Northern States. We can supply the follow¬ 
ing Giant Flowered varieties: 
APPLE BLOSSOM. Pink and white. Pkt., 10c. 
GOLDEN QUEEN. Clear yellow. Pkt., 10c. 
PURPLE KING. Velvety, deep garnet. Pkt., 
10c. 
SNOWFLAKE. White. Pkt., 10c. 
THE ROSE. Deep rose pink. Pkt., 10c. 
MIXED. Fine mixture of colors. Pkt., 10c. 
Special: 5 packets, one of each of the above separate colors, for 35c. 
ANTIRRHINUM, Semi-Dwarf. Fine mixture of colors; good sized flowers. Pkt., 8 c. 
A DO AMI A Umbellata (Sand Verbena). A charming trailing plant with Verbena-like heads 
of fragrant flowers of bright rose with white center. It delights in a dry. poor 
•soil and sunny situations on rockwork. Pkt., 10c. 
A handsome everlasting with white 
and pink flowers about an inch in 
diameter, and composed of many fine petals of silky appearance. 
Borne singly on long stems. When cut in bud, they can be dried 
.and used for winter bouquets. Plants 18 inches tall and cov¬ 
ered with a mass of bright blooms. Pkt., 10c. 
Ageratum 
MEXICANUM. A most effective bedding plant; beautiful 
fluffy blue flowers in great profusion. 2 feet. Pkt., 5c. 
PRINCESS VICTORIA LOUISE. A beautiful variety of com¬ 
pact, even growth; 8 inches. Sky-blue with white center, the 
contrast being really exquisite. Pkt., 10c. 
Alyssum 
LITTLE GEM. Makes a perfect “carpet of snow,” commenc¬ 
ing to bloom in spring when very small, and continuing without 
interruption until late fail. 4 inches. Pkt., 8 c. 
LILAC QUEEN. Deep lavender-lilac; dwarf, compact habit. 
Pkt., 10c. 
SWEET. Of trailing habit; flowers white ; very sweet. Pkt., 5c, 
Acroclinium 
ACROCLINIUM 
Antirrhinum (Snapdragon) 
Oriental 
Flower Garden 
50 varieties of flowers from 
Japan and China, entirely 
adapted to our climate. This 
fine mixture of varieties, all 
in one packet, 10 c. 
Balsam (Lady Slipper) 
BALLOON VINE. A rapid and graceful climber; 6 to 10 
feet high. The numerous seed pods are inflated pouches re¬ 
sembling balloons. Small white flowers; Seeds are black with 
white heart-shaped spot; often strung as beads. Pkt., 8c. 
BALSAM (Lady Slipper). Choice Double. A charming old- 
fashioned garden flower. A fine mixture of colors which will 
give a wonderfully showy bed or border. Large flowers and 
very double. Blooms from July until frost, Pkt,, 8c. 
BALSAM APPLE (Momordica Balsamina). Very curious 
climbing vine, with very fine glossy green ornamental foliage 
and golden-yellow, warted fruits. The fruit bursts when ripe, 
exposing bright orange-scarlet interior, which resembles a hand¬ 
some flower. Fine for trellis, rockwork, stumps, etc. 10 feet. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Blue Lace Flower 
Amaranthus (Rainbow Plant) 
CAUDATUS (Love Lies Bleeding). Blood red; 
drooping 3 feet. Pkt., 5c. 
PRINCE’S FEATHER (Cruentus). Dark red, feath¬ 
ery heads, drooping like 
a large ostrich plume. 
Pkt., 8c. 
TRICOLOR (Joseph’s 
Coat). Beautiful plant, 
growing 3 to 5 feet high, 
with ornamental leaves va¬ 
riegated in red, yellow and 
green. The large attractive 
flower-heads are bright crim¬ 
son. Pkt., 10c. 
MIXED. Many kinds 
mixed. Pkt., 5c. 
Blue Lace Flower 
(Didiscus Coeruleus). A beautiful Australian an¬ 
nual which is becoming very popular on account of its 
soft blue color, graceful form and beautiful lace-like 
flowers. The Blue Lace Flower grows into an upright, 
very much branched plant of about 2 feet in height. Each branch 
ends in an umbel of light sky-blue flowers which spread out in 
an umbrella-like fashion, crowning each shoot with a beautiful 
and delicate head of flowers. The name Blue Lace Flower is 
most appropriate since the blossoms resemble the most delicate 
and dainty lace. The many large flower clusters are composed of 
a great mass of florets on long, graceful stems, are unsurpassed 
for cut flowers and last unusually long in water. It is very easily 
grown, blooms freely in the gar¬ 
den from July to October, or un¬ 
til the first hard frost. Pkt., 10c; 
3 pkts., 25c. 
BURGESS SEED & PLANT CO., Galesburg, Michigan 
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