Phlox Drummondi 
(Annual Phlox) 
The annual Phlox is one of the most brilliant and one of the easiest and 
most satisfactory plants which can readily be grown from seed. It will grow 
and thrive in any kind of soil if given a sunny position. In a few weeks 
after the seed is sown the plants are a sheet of bloom, remaining so until 
frost. They show to best advantage when grown in masses, beds or borders; 
excellent for cut flowers. 
The following colors are of the finest type, having the largest heads of blooms as well as the 
largest individual flowers, of strong, sturdy growth, attaining a height of about 15 inches. 
Brilliant Scarlet. Pkt.,8c; % oz.,30c. Yellow. Pkt., 8c; % oz., 30c. 
Deep Rose. Pkt., 8c; % oz., 30c. Violet-Blue. Pkt., 8c; % oz., 30c. 
Soft Shell-Pink. Pkt., 8c; % oz., 30c. White. Pkt., 8c; y 8 oz., 30c. 
LARGE-FLOWERING MIXED. All of the above colors as well as a great many others. 
Pkt., 8c; y 8 oz., 25c; % oz., 40c; y 2 oz., 70c. 
STARRED AND FRINGED PHLOX. The flowers are either starred or fantastically fringed. 
A novel variety; many bright shades; mixed colors. Pkt., 10c; y 8 oz., 30c; % oz., 50c. 
STOCKS 
Salvia (Scarlet Sage) 
The Scarlet Sage has long been a favorite 
bedding plant. We offer disease-treated seed 
of the two finest varieties in cultivation. 
AMERICA. The earliest, freest and most 
continuous bloomer of all Scarlet Sages, and 
the most uniform in habit of growth. The 
bushy plants do not grow over 15 inches high, 
with the spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers 
thrown well above the foliage, making a total 
height of about 2 feet. The importance of 
this uniformity will be appreciated by those 
who use Scarlet Sage for beds or borders. 
Pkt., 15c; y 8 oz., 60c; % oz., $1.00. 
SPLENDENS. The largest flowering Scarlet 
Sage, well-grown plants measuring 3 to 4 feet 
tall; a scorching scarlet of unsurpassed bril¬ 
liancy. Pkt., 10c; y 8 oz., 35c; % oz., 60c. 
SENSITIVE ROSE 
Phlox Drummondi 
(Mimosa Pudica). An interesting plant 
which will fold its foliage when touched. 
Beautiful, fluffy, pinkish-white flowers. Pkt., 
8c; ^ oz, , 2!5c ) ^ oz., 40c. 
Salvia 
The stock is one of the most popular annuals, either for bedding or pot culture. For bril¬ 
liancy and diversity of color, fragrance, profusion and duration of bloom it is unsurpassed. 
MAMMOTH EARLY BRANCHING NICE. This variety is now recognized as the most valuable of all Stocks 
for cutting purposes and the most popular for general use. If sown early, they come into flower with the 
extra early small varieties; the flowers are large and double, and the branching habit renders them invaluable 
for florists. Height, 18 inches. Wonderful assortment of colors. Pkt., 10c; y 8 oz., 40c; % oz., 70c. 
DOUBLE GIANT EXCELSIOR. This new non-lateral Stock grows to a height of 3 to 4 feet. Each plant 
produces one large flowering spike. The individual florets measure 2 to 2 y 2 inches in diameter, and are very 
double. This is the latest improved strain of Stocks, and our fine mixture of seed contains all the light and 
dark shades and colors. Pkt., 15c; y 8 oz., 60c; % oz., $1.00. 
Evening Scented Stock 
(Perfume Plant) 
Matthiola Bicornis. No annual 
in cultivation, even including the 
Mignonette, surpasses this in the 
delicate perfume of its flowers. 
The pink and lilac blossoms are 
partially closed during the 
day, but expand and pro¬ 
duce their fragrance in 
the evening. Pkt., 10c; y% 
OZ., 25c; oz., 40c. Giant Excelsior Stock 
SUNFLOWERS 
DOUBLE CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOWERED YELLOW. Tvich 
golden-yellow; double as a Chrysanthemum and as large as a 
man's hat. 7 feet high. Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c. 
DOUBLE CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOWERED RED. A gor¬ 
geous novelty, with flowers as large as the Yellow Chrysanthe¬ 
mum-Flowered. Some variation in color and doubleness. Av¬ 
erage percentage of doubles runs about 50%. Pkt., 25c. 
SINGLE RED SUNFLOWER. Flowers of different shades of 
red and red margined with yellow; ranging from 2 to 5 inches 
in diameter. Plants grow branchingly, 3 to 4 feet high, and 
bloom freely. Pkt., 10c; *4 oz., 25c; y 2 oz., 40c. 
MAMMOTH RUSSIAN. The largest variety of Sunflower, 
single heads measuring 12 to 22 inches in diameter, and con¬ 
taining an immense quantity of seed, w 7 hich is highly valued 
as a food for poultry, being one of the best egg producing 
foods known. Pkt., 10c; *4 lb., 15c; lb., 30c; 5 lbs., $1.10. 
Double Chrysanthemum-Flowered Red Sunflower 
BURGESS SEED & PLANT CO., Galesburg, Michigan 
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