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HYDRANGEA BLUEBIRD 
On Cope Cod, Massachusetts, in a garden once belong¬ 
ing to a clipper ship captain, was found a beautiful 
specimen of hydrangea opuloides. The owner per 
mitted a few cuttings to be taken from this won¬ 
derful plant which he said his father brought 
from China many years ago. The color is a 
deep, intense blue not found in the green¬ 
house varieties. A protected location is 
recommended in cold climates. We 
can now offer a limited number of 
fine blooming-age plonts of 
this beautiful shrub at 
$1*50 each. 
Postpaid 
COMPLETE 
INDEX 
on pages 127 and 126 
In this catalog are listed over eight 
hundred varieties of seeds and over 
nine hundred varieties of plants and 
bulbs. Vegetables, Annual Flowers, 
Hardy Perennials, House Plants, Roses, 
Shrubs, Evergreens, Shade and Fruit Trees, 
Berry Plants, etc. Index on pages 127 and 
128 gives the page on which each item can 
easily be found. 
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BURGESS’ 
Guarantee of Satisfaction 
Wc positively guarantee all seeds and plants sold by us to be 
exactly as described in this catalog, and free from disease and 
insect pests. We also guarantee them to be true to name, and 
will replace free of charge any that may prove otherwise through 
a possible error. 
Golden Goddess 
A fine garden plant of neat, upright 
growth with fine, gray-green foliage, the 
magnificent flowers of clear chamois-yel¬ 
low are 3 to 3 1/2 inches in diameter and 
produced on stiff, upright stems 2 feet tall. 
A very prolific bloomer, producing flowers 
the entire summer, even in hot, dry 
weather. Golden Goddess is perfectly hardy 
where other yellow varieties winterkill. Un¬ 
excelled as a cut flower. 
Blooming size plants, 40c each; 3 for 
$1.00, postpaid. 
While we guarantee all seeds and plants to reach you in good 
growing condition, we do not guarantee crop, and cannot be held 
responsible if later the plants fail. The life of a plant after it 
reaches the planter in good condition depends entirely upon condi¬ 
tions over which we have no control. A tree, shrub or other plant 
is a living organism, as much as a cow, horse or man. It breathes, 
drinks and feeds, and is subject to attacks of disease and insects. 
Even with Burgess' superior quality seeds and plants, success de¬ 
pends largely upon cultivation, soil and weather conditions. It is 
agreed that in no cose shall the Burgess Seed & Plant Co. be liable 
for more than the original purchase price- 
CHARMING 
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IN BLOOM FOR EASTER 
A charming new race of dwarf growing dahlias 
brought to us from Europe. Highly recommended for 
pot culture and for borders. The habit of the plant is 
compact and dwarf, producing flowers when hardly a 
foot high. The flowers are of medium size and mostly 
of the Hybrid Cactus type. They make ideal house 
plants in winter and when planted outside commence 
blooming weeks ahead of the regular garden types. 
By planting in January in a sunny window they can 
be brought into bloom for Easter. After warm weather, 
transplant them outdoors where they will continue to 
bloom until frost. 
GERTRUDE. Clear sulphur-yellow blooms of good 
size. Very compact. 
KATE. Bright showy flowers of lacquer-red. Dec¬ 
orative type. 
URSULA. Intense blood-red flowers with carmine 
reverse. Large flowers. 
Blooming size tubers which should flower two 
months after potting and continue to bloom until 
frost. 60c each; 3 for $1.50, postpaid. 
Disease-Treated Seeds 
For Market Gardeners 
and Florists 
Twenty-six years of plant breeding, research and 
improvement enables us to produce superior, pedi¬ 
greed strains of vegetable and flower seeds that 
yield larger crops of better quality. And, by our 
scientific chemical treatment of the many varieties, 
more than one-half of all plant disease is prevented. 
Leading market growers, florists and planters all 
over the world are finding Burgess' chemically 
treated vegetable and flower seeds more depend¬ 
able than those secured elsewhere. 
If you want seeds sent by express or freight, not pre¬ 
paid, you may deduct 10c per pound from our postpaid 
prices. If your order calls for a total of ten pounds or 
more of seed, you can usually save money by having them 
shipped by express. Do not ask us to make an express 
shipment of less than a total of 5 lbs. of seed, or a freight 
shipment of less than 50 lbs. We allow no discount from 
packet and ounce prices, and on orders which call for both 
packets and seeds in bulk at the "not prepaid" prices, we 
reserve the right to include the packets and ounces in the 
same shipment. 
Orders to be shipped by freight should be sent early to 
allow for delays in transit. Express shipments go through 
as promptly as parcel post. 
Do not order at the "not prepaid" prices and ask us to 
make shipment by parcel post. If you want seeds sent by 
parcel post, order at the postpaid prices. 
Be sure to give your express office when ordering 
express shipments. 
