Burgess' Annual Flower Seed 
e for Cut Flowers 
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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 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 years of careful selection, and no better strains are to be obtained at any price. ALL FLOWER SEEDS 
ARE DELIVERED POSTPAID AT PRICES GIVEN. 
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GIANT PEONY-FLOWERED ASTERS 
Exceptionally fine double blooms measure 4 to 
Choice mixture of all colors. Pkt., 10c; Vs oz., 
5 in. across; 15 to 20 in. stems. 
35c. 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 
(Wilt-Resistant) 
The Earliest Aster 
Giant Sunshine Asters 
Improved Anemone-Flowered 
A beautiful type of Aster, forming well-branched bushes carrying a pro¬ 
fusion of excellent long-stemmed flowers. Some of the flowers have twisted 
petals and some have quilled petals; all have a cushion center of tiny quills of 
a contrasting color which makes a flower look as if it were covered with snow 
flakes. The blue flowers are dotted with a paler blue and some in white, and 
the rose in a lighter shade of pink or white. Their delicate beauty is hard to 
describe. Excellent for garden display and particularly fine for cutting. We 
offer a fine mixture of colors, including the bright and delicate shades of blue, 
lilac, crimson, rose and white. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 40c. 
Heart of France (Wilt Resistant) 
A wonderful pure red Aster. Nearly all others have shades of blue or too 
much yellow in the color pigments. Heart of France opens red as the purest 
ruby, deepens with age and retains its remarkable beauty to the very end. 
The petals appear strikingly changeable, showing now a glow and sheen quite 
unique, now a soft warm velvety texture. In any light, natural or artificial, 
Heart of France is startlingly beautiful and will command instant admiration. 
The flowers are large and full with never a trace of hollow center. Pkt., 15c: 
Vs oz., 40c; Vi oz., 70c. 
Burgess' Special Aster Mixture 
Our own special mixture of all the varieties of Aster described on this and 
the next page. Pkt., 20c. 
Sunshine Aster 
Disease 
-Treated Aster Seed 
Queen of the Market 
Our early strain of Queen of the Market 
is a most valuable type for bedding as well 
as cutting, as they are entirely wilt-resistant, 
the first to come into bloom, and continue 
blooming until checked by fall frosts. Plants 
are 15 to 18 inches in height and branch 
freely near the ground, giving long stems. 
Very double flowers. White, Pink, Crimson, 
Light Blue, Dark Blue, Scarlet. Separate 
colors or mixed. 10c per packet; 6 pkts., 
40c; Vs oz., 30c; Vi oz., 50c; % oz., 80c. 
Giants of California Double Asters 
Giants of California 
Double Asters 
Super Giant Los Angeles 
3 SUPER GIANT ASTERS 
SUPER GIANT LOS ANGELES. The most fully double of all 
Asters and the largest Aster grown. Flowers 6 to 8 inches 
across, full petaled and artistically graceful in the feathery ef¬ 
fect of the interlacing ostrich feather type petals. Lovely soft 
shell pink, blending to a creamy pink at the center. 2y 2 to 3 
feet in height, with 6 to 8 long, non-lateral stems per plant. 
Pkt., 15c; Vs oz,, 40c. 
SUPER GIANT EL MONTE. The only really giant flowered 
crimson Aster. Similar to Super Giant Los Angeles, except 
color, which is a deep glowing crimson. Pkt., 15c; % oz., 40c. 
SUPER GIANT WHITE. Immense flowers and stems; the 
largest flowered white Aster. Superb for florists. Pkt., 15c; 
Vs oz., 40c. 
1 C. Qr,Q/ , m| For those who want the finest Asters yet 
jpCvlUI developed, we recommend the above three 
varieties. Three packets, one of each, for 35c. 
Giant Ostrich Feather (Wilt-Resistant) 
Magnificent, feathery, full fluffy flowers of large size, on long stems. Fine 
mixture of colors. Pkt., 10c; Vs oz., 25c. 
Wilt-Resistant Late Branching 
Queen of the Market 1 “ 
Wilt-Resistant Late Branching 
Giants of California are enormous flowers 
with long, attractively curled petals of the 
Ostrich Feather type, rivaling giant Japanese 
Chrysanthemums, and grow up to 6 inches in 
diameter, on stems iy 2 to 2 feet long. The 
vigorous, freely branching plants grow 2 to 
3 feet in height, begin to bloom in mid¬ 
season and continue until frost. Their im¬ 
mense size and beauty, long sturdy stems, 
and good lasting quality make them unsur¬ 
passed for cutting. Pkt., (5c; % oz., 40c; 
Vi oz., 75c. 
A grand strain of American Asters. • Plants form strong, 
branching bushes, 2 to 2% feet in height, bearing on long, 
strong stems, flowers which are very double and, under ordinary 
cultivation, average 5 inches across. Seed in mixed colors only. 
A fine mixture, including Crimson, Scarlet, Bright Rose, Flesh 
Pink, Sky Blue, Purple, White, etc. Pkt., 10c; Vs oz., 30c: 
Vi oz., 50c; V 2 oz., 80c. 
SENSATION 
(Wilt-Resistant) 
This is the reddest of all 
Asters, the color being a 
dark rich garnet or ox-blood 
red, which glistens in the 
sunshine like a live coal. 
Grows 18 to 20 inches high, 
well branched, and covered 
with double flowers. The 
flowers are perfect in form, 
average 3V 2 inches across, 
and resemble Dahlias. 
Bloom from early August 
until frost. Pkt., 10c; Vs 
oz., 40c. 
Cut-Flower 
Mixture of Hardy 
Annuals 
A fine mixture of hardy 
annuals blended to give a 
continuous succession of cut 
flowers from early summer 
until late fall. Pkt., 10c; 
V 2 oz., 25c; oz., 40c. 
