House Plants and Bedding Plants 
Our greenhouse department offers you a very complete list of house plants that we can supply through¬ 
out the year. We exercise the greatest care in packing to insure against frost and breakage in transit. 
House plant orders are sometimes held up during sub-zero weather, but never for more than a few days. 
The low prices we charge for small house plants give our customers an opportunity of securing a nice 
lot of choice plants at very little expense. 
WE GUARANTEE ALL HOUSE PLANTS TO REACH YOU IN GOOD GROWING CONDITION 
and will replace free of charge any that do not, provided we are notified within ten days from date 
plants reach you. 
Unless otherwise Instructed, all house plants will be packed with damp moss on roots and delivered by parcel post, post¬ 
paid. We can send them with earth on roots, at the same prices, provided customers are willing to pay the express 
charges and will order in quantities of ten or more plants. 
HOUSE PLANT SEEDS 
Some of our customers prefer starting house plants from seed. Much enjoyment can be had growing some kinds in tills 
way, so we are offering shed of such varieties as we can supply and recommend. Our house plant seeds are fresh and of 
the very best strains, and we sell them at the lowest prices for which strictly high grade seeds can be produced. 
CHINESE BELL FLOWER OR FLOWERING MAPLE GIANT ANGEL’S TRUMPET 
Baby Tears (Helxine)—30c Each 
BABY TEARS 
(Helxine or Irish Moss.) A 
compact, dense growing plant 
with miniature leaves. Of neat 
habit, and while forming a round¬ 
ed mass of moss-like foliage, is of 
partially creeping or drooping 
tendency, which adds much to its 
attractiveness. Fine for shaded 
window boxes ; grows easily under 
living-room conditions. In mild 
climates may be used in the rock 
garden and as an edging plant. 
Plants, 30c each, postpaid. 
72 Burgess House Plants Are Guaranteed to Reach You in Good Growing Condition 
Night Blooming Cereus (40c Each) 
A sub-tropical trailing plant native of Mexico. Tke large white 
flowers commence to open after sun-down and are at their best 
about midnight. When fully developed they often reach twelve 
inches in diameter and over 
two pounds in weight. Of 
easy culture when grown 
indoors. Plants, 40c each; 
3 for $1.00, postpaid. 
The Brugman- 
sia, or Giant 
Perennial 
Angel’s Trumpet. 
is a magnificent 
indoor and gar¬ 
den p l a n t. It 
blooms Indoors 
in winter and in 
the garden in the 
summer. Large 
tropical leaves 
with beautiful 
trumpet - shaped 
flowers, pure 
white, and as 
fragrant as the 
Jasmine.' One of 
the most gor- 
Angel’s Trumpet (40c Each) geo us of all 
blooming plants. 
Easily grown from seed. Packet, 25c. Plants, 
40c each; 3 for $1.00, postpaid. 
(Abutilon). A very decorative plant for the house in winter, and for bedding 
outside in the summer. In the southern part of United States and in California it 
can be grown outside as a shrub. Produces attractive maple-shaped leaves and bell¬ 
shaped flowers. Will bloom 
in six months from seed. 
SAVITZI. A very popular 
variety with variegated green 
and white foliage and yellow 
flowers. 
SNOWSTORM. Green leaves 
and pure white flowers. 
SPLENDENS. Green leaves 
and deep red flowers. 
ECLIPSE. Green leaves 
blotched with yellow. Flow¬ 
ers salmon pink. 
Plants, your choice of the 
above varieties, 40c each; 4 
for $1.35, postpaid. Seeds in 
mixture of varieties only, 20c 
per packet. 
NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS 
Queen of the Night 
Artillery Plant 
An interesting novelty used for win¬ 
dow boxes and as specimen plants. 
Graceful frond-like foliage and many 
small flowers. The flowers produce a 
snapping sound when sprinkled with wa¬ 
ter and the discharge of pollen gives the 
effect of smoke. Plants, 25c each, post¬ 
paid. 
Abutilon (Flowering Maple)—40c Each 
AFRICAN VIOLET 
(Saintpaulia lonantha) 
A charming little pot plant 
producing violet-blue flowers 
resembling violets. The foli¬ 
age is similar to that of the 
Gloxinia. Blooms luxuriantly 
during the winter months. 
Plants, 30c each, postpaid. 
