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French and German 
Hydrangeas 
These are the Hydrangeas that are so extensively grown by florists. They are 
especially adapted for pot or tub plants for indoor, porch, lawn or garden deco¬ 
ration. In some soils the flowers turn blue, and this color can be secured 
artificially by mixing one-half pound of broken alum with each one-half bushel 
of soil. These Hydrangeas are easily grown and will many times repay you for 
the little time required in caring for them. Hardy out of doors in mild climates. 
BLUE PRINCE. A new variety producing immense flower heads of lavender- 
pink changing to blue under soil conditions described above. 
GERTRUDE GLAHN. Very large flowers of dark rose-pink. 
HELGE. One of the most popular of the newer sorts. Deep carmine red 
and very early. 
LE CYNE. Large pure white flowers. The leading white variety. 
MARECHAL FOCH. A very popular variety because of its earliness. Very 
early and a good forcer. Flowers of deep carmine. 
MME. CHATTARD. Large deep salmon-pink florets in immense, compact 
flower heads. 
PRICES: Your choice of the above Hydrangeas at 30c each, postpaid. 
Special Offer 
6 French Hy¬ 
drangeas, one of 
each of the above 
varieties, for only 
$1.50, postpaid. 
French Hydrangea (30c Each) 
Everblooming Impatiens 
or Sultana Hybrids 
One of the most beautiful and free blooming bedding or 
house plants. They produce a great abundance of bright 
colored flowers which are well shown off by a background of 
heavy, rich foliage. Colors pink, orange-pink and brilliant 
vermilion. Continuous bloom may be expected from July to 
October. We can supply both seed and plants in finest mix¬ 
ture of colors. Pkt., 20c; y S2 oz., 95c. Plants, 25c each, post¬ 
paid. 
I PMON VPRRFN A a universal and well known favorite 
l^LLilYlvri i V that j s grQ Wn principally for its fra¬ 
grant lemon-scented foliage. It is a low growing, tender plant with white 
flowers; may be grown in the garden in the summer and in pots in winter. 
Its pale green delightfully scented foliage is fine for bouquets and goes 
well with any flower; leaves may be dried and laid among linens. Pkt., 
15c; Vie oz., 45c. Plants, 25c each, postpaid. 
Cobra Orchid 
Burgess* Fuchsias 
One of the most desirable house plants grown. In most varieties the 
sepals and corolla are of a different color, making a very pleasing com¬ 
bination. Of easy culture and will thrive 
in the temperature of an ordinary living 
room. 
CARMELIATA. The finest of all double 
white Fuchsias. Very free flowering; 
scarlet and pure white. 
LIBERTY BELL. Largest flowering 
Fuchsia in cultivation. Tall and branch¬ 
ing like a tree. The glossy green leaves 
are veined crimson. The enormous scar¬ 
let and purple flowers, 3V 2 inches across, 
are very double. 
LITTLE BEAUTY. One of the most 
desirable varieties in cultivation. Neat, 
compact habit, well branched and a con¬ 
stant profusion of bloom. Scarlet and 
violet-purple. 
SPECIOSA. Rosy carmine. A com¬ 
pact grower. 
TROPHEE. An easy variety to grow 
and a continuous bloomer. Double 
flowers, waxy white and violet-blue. 
TRAILING QUEEN. Entirely different 
from other varieties in its trailing habit. 
A good subject for the fernery or hang¬ 
ing basket. Flowers scarlet and purple 
produced in large drooping clusters. 
P n ipr C Take your choice of 
AN I L.-* JCi O the above Fuchsia 
plants at 25c each; 3 for 60c, postpaid. 
FUCHSIA SEED. A fine mixture of 
varieties. Pkt. (20 seeds), 25c; 3 pkts.. 
Fuchsia (3 for 60c) 60c. 
It Catches Flies, Eats Raw Meat, 
Likes Ants and Bugs 
One of the 
queerest and 
most fascinating 
plants known to 
man. It resem¬ 
bles the hooded 
cobra of the jun- 
g 1 e s of India, 
and is one of 
the few carniv¬ 
orous plants 
known to sci¬ 
ence. 
The plant has 
no leaves, the 
stalks are 
twisted and fun¬ 
nel shape, small 
at the bottom, 
growing larger 
with a rounded 
hood at the top 
from which hang 
two crimson and 
green appendages 
which have the 
appearance of 
i feelers or whis¬ 
kers, is of strik¬ 
ing aspect and beautiful in coloring. 
The top of the hood is beautifully mottled by 
white translucent areas through w'hich the in¬ 
terior is lighted. Both hood and appendages bear 
many honey glands, the excretion from which 
tempts bugs, ants, flies, in fact all kinds of in¬ 
sects toward the mouth, an orifice on the under 
side of the hood, and are lured inside the funnel¬ 
like stem from which they can not come back, as 
the stem is lined with innumerable little hair-like 
prongs all pointing downward, and once they get 
below a few of these points they have to con¬ 
tinue on downward where the victim is absorbed 
in the digestive fluid or liquid in the bottom of 
the stem. 
The Cobra Orchid, or Darlingtonia, is usually 
grown as a house plant, in pots of sandy soil and 
leaf mould. It is, however, a perennial which will 
grow year after year out of doors, provided it is 
given a shady position and never allowed to be¬ 
come dry. They blossom in the spring, having 
beautiful purple flowers. 
If kept in a room free from all insects, it is 
advisable once or twice weekly to place a few 
small particles of raw beef, about the size of a 
grain of wheat, in the orifice for its nourishment ; 
however, if placed where there are other plants, 
in the average room, a sufficient number of insects 
will be attracted from them, making artificial feed¬ 
ing unnecessSry. 
Plants shipped prepaid, anywhere in the United 
States, at $1.00 each; 3 for $2.50. 
BURGESS SEED & PLANT CO., Galesburg, Michigan 
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