Hibiscus Mallow Marvel 
LUPINUS 
Improved Giant Hybrids. 3 to 4 ft. 
June-July. Long graceful spikes, 
which are loaded with pea-shaped 
flowers. Fine for perennial beds and 
backgrounds and excellent for cut 
flowers. Can supply in Blue, Rose, 
White, and Mixed Colors at 10c per 
packet; 3 pkts., 25c. 
Physostegia (30c Each; 3 for 60c) 
New Flaming Giant 
Hibiscus or Mallow Marvel 
The Flaming Ciant is a new Mallow Marvel Hibiscus of un¬ 
usual color and habit. The large flowers, 10 inches in diameter, 
are a brilliant, flaming scarlet and are produced from August 
until the plants are killed by frost, each plant producing from 
50 to 100 blooms. The plant is of robust habit, frequently 
growing 6 to 8 feet high. The foliage is similar to that of the 
Cut-leaved Japanese Maple. Leaves deep green turning red in 
the fall. Blooming size plants, 40c each; 3 for $1.00, postpaid. 
12 Mammoth Mallow Marvels $1.75 
These are a wonderfully improved form of our greatly 
admired Hibiscus, in which flowers of enormous size, fre¬ 
quently 10 to 12 inches in diameter, have been developed. 
Plants 4 to 7 feet high and produce an abundance of 
flowers in all shades of crimson, pink and white. Do well 
on either dry or wet ground and hardy as an oak. Bloom 
continually from July to October. Our field grown plants 
are* blooming size, and are the richest and finest mixture 
of colors we have seen. Seed and plants in mixture of 
colors only. Pkt., 10c. Blooming size plants, 25c each; 
3 for 60c; 12 for $1.75, postpaid. 
Penstemon 
MYOSOTIS (Forget-Me-Not) 
Few spring flowers are more admired than the lovely 
Forget-Me-Nots, which are especially effective when 
grown in masses. The Alpestris varieties are biennial 
and come into bloom very early in the spring and are 
largely used for bedding or borders in connection with 
spring-flowering bulbs. Pansies, etc. They also bloom 
again in the fall; bloom freely the first season and still 
more profusely the second spring. They do best in 
shady, moist situations. 
ALPESTRIS, BLUE (Biennial). Dwarf bushes of 
trailing habit. A mass of light blue flowers which stand 
out sharply from the rich green foliage. Pkt., 10c. 
ALPESTRIS, ROSE (Biennial). Beautiful rose-pink; 
a color rather rare among Forget-Me-Nots. Pkt., 10c. 
PALUSTRIS SEMPERFLORENS (Perpetual Flower¬ 
ing). 8 inches. This lovely perennial Forget-Me-Not is 
of ever-blooming type. Flowers of lovely bright sky-blue 
color, begin to flower about a month later in the spring 
than the biennial varieties and continue blooming until 
late autumn. Prefers a moist location which makes it 
invaluable as a border around a pool or along a stream. 
Pkt., 15c. Plants, 30c each; 3 for 75c; 12 for $2.00, 
postpaid. 
Myosotis (Forget-Me-Not) 
PHYSOSTEGIA (False Dragonhead) 
VIVID. 2 to 3 feet. September and October. One of the 
most beautiful late summer and early fall perennials. Dense 
bushes bearing long spikes of delicate lavender-pink tubular 
flowers. Larger spike and flower and brighter color than the 
old-fashioned Physostegia Virginica. Fine for landscape work 
and for cut flowers. Plants, 30c each; 3 for 75c; 12 for $2.00, 
postpaid. 
Lathyrus (Perennial Sweet Peas) 
Showy, hardy climbers that remain in the ground year after 
year; often 8 to 10 feet in height and bearing a mass of flowers 
throughout the summer. Fine for covering old stumps, fences, 
etc., and excellent for cutting. Mixed colors. Pkt., 10c. Plants, 
25c each; 3 for 60c; 12 for $1.75, postpaid. 
PENSTEMON 
GLOXINIAFLORA HYBRIDS. 2 feet. July-October. A beau¬ 
tiful strain bearing graceful spikes of large Gloxinia-like flowers. 
The colors and markings are gorgeously varied from pink and 
rose to scarlet and maroon. Not hardy in the extreme North, 
but may be treated as an annual as it will bloom the first sea¬ 
son from seed sown indoors early in the spring. Pkt., 10c. 
LILY OF THE VALLEY 
9 inches. May-June. These popular and fragrant flowers do 
their best in a shady situation. 20c each; 6 for 35c; 12 for 60c; 
25 for $1.00; 100 for $3.50, postpaid. 
Early Flowered Hardy Primrose 
Primula Cashmeriana. Large ball-shaped heads 
of purplish blue flowers grow on 10 to 12 inch stems 
from a small tuft of dark green leaves. Grows in 
either sun or shade. One of the earliest perennials 
to bloom in the spring. Fine for the border or 
rockery. Blooming size plants, 35c each; 3 for 
75c; 12 for $2.00, postpaid. 
PLUME POPPY 
(Bocconia Cordata) 
A stately hardy perennial, 6 to 8 feet high, bear¬ 
ing panicles of creamy-white flowers, on spikes 2 to 
3 feet long. Handsome for shrubbery border or 
massing, and a welcome addition to the mixed 
bouquet. Pkt., 10c. Plants, 30c each; 3 for 75c; 
12 for $2.00, postpaid. 
HARDY ORCHID 
(Cypripedium) Lady Slipper or Moccasin Flower 
Terrestrial Orchids hardy in the Northern States. Their 
large showy flowers are produced on 12 to 15 inch stems. They 
prefer a cool moist situation in shade or semi-shade. Espe¬ 
cially suitable for planting in the rockery, around the pool 
and along streams. 
HARDY ORCHID (Cypripedium Acaule), Pink. 30c each; 3- for 75c; 
12 for $2.00, postpaid. 
HARDY ORCHID (Cypripedium Pubescens), Yellow. 30c each; 3 for 
75c; 12 for $2.00, postpaid. 
BURGESS SEED & PLANT CO., Galesburg, Michigan 
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