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. 
Rust-Proof Antirrhinums (Snapdragon) 
In point of beauty very few flowers approach the Antirrhinum or Snapdragon, yet this most beau¬ 
tiful flower has been relegated to a more or less inferior place because of the ravages of the rust 
disease. The University of California Experiment Station, after several years of painstaking experi¬ 
mentation, succeeded in developing a strain that is immune to rust. The original University of 
California mixture contained mainly the darker shades. Since 1933 our growers have extensively 
propagated these new rust-proof strains and to the original colors have been added desirable pinks, 
yellows and whites to round off the color range. We now have a wonderful mixture of colors and 
have improved on the original strain until now 85% of the plants, when exposed to the most severe 
rust conditions, will remain completely immune in all instances. 
The All-American Selection Committee, realizing the development of rust-proof snapdragons was 
so outstanding in the annals of horticulture, and the contribution so great to American gardeners, 
they, in recognition of the University’s work, issued a “Certificate of Honor” to Rust-proof 
Antirrhinums. While this committee makes Gold Medal Awards, Awards of Merit, etc., to various 
new novelties and introductions each year, this is the first Certificate of Honor ever to be awarded. 
Pkt., 20c; 3 pkts., 50c. 
ANTIRRHINUM MAXIMUM (Tall Giant Flowered Snapdragon). 5 feet high; flowers of magnifi¬ 
cent size. Half-hardy perennial, treated as an annual in the Northern States. 
APPLE BLOSSOM. Pink and white. Pkt., 10c. SNOWFLAKE. White. Pkt., 10c. 
GOLDEN QUEEN. Clear yellow. Pkt., 10c. THE ROSE. Deep rose pink. Pkt., 10c. 
PURPLE KING. Deep garnet. Pkt., 10c. MIXED. Fine mixture of colors. Pkt., 10c. 
Special: 5 packets, one each of the above separate colors, for 35c. 
ANTIRRHINUM, Semi-Dwarf. Fine mixture of colors; good sized flowers. Pkt., 8c. 
ARRONIA Umbellate (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 ppAfl ITMII TIM ^ h anc lsome everlasting with white 
w rVI a nd pink flowers about an inch in 
diameter, and composed of many fine petals of silky appearance. 
Bdrne 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 fall. 4 inches. Pkt., 8c. 
LILAC QUEEN. Deep lavender-lilac; dwarf, compact habit. 
Pkt., 10c. 
SWEET. Of trailing habit; flowers white ; very sweet. Pkt., 5c. 
Acroclinium 
Antirrhinum (Snapdragon) 
Oriental 
Flower Garden 
50 varieties of annual flowers 
from Japan and China, en¬ 
tirely adapted to our climate. 
Fine mixture of varieties, all 
in one packet, 10c. 
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. 
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 
BURGESS SEED & PLANT CO., Galesburg, Michigan 
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