The BURGESS GUARANTEE 

7 E 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. 
We guarantee all'seeds and plants to reach you in good 
growing condition, so it is hereby agreed that if any ship- 
ment made to you becomes damaged through delay or 
other causes in transit, you will be protected against loss, 
provided we are notified within ten days. 
The life of a 


plant after it reaches the planter in good condition de- 
pends entirely upon conditions over which we have no 
control, so we cannot be held responsible if later the plant 
fails. 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 depends largely upon cultivation, soil and 
weather conditions. It is agreed that in no case shall the 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. be liable for more than the orig- 
inal purchase pricé. 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co., Galesburg, Michigan. 


of Fruits, Flowers, Vegetables and Plants 
Grown from Burgess’ Seed and 
Nursery Stock 
We are always anxious to receive new and interesting photographs 
which can be used in our catalog. Should you or your neighbors grow 
some exceptionally attractive flowers or ornamental plants or fine 
specimens of fruits or vegetables, take a picture of them—snapshots 
or small kodak or candid camera pictures will do 
photos to us on or before October 25th, 1942. 
prizes will be given for the best nine photographs; 
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In addition to the above prizes we will 
pay $1.00 for each photograph we use which 
does not win a prize. 
You can grow just as good flowers, fruits, 
vegetables, shrubs or trees as anyone, and 
it costs you nothing to enter this contest. 
You can send as many photographs as you 
wish, the only conditions being that all photo- 
graphs sent. to us become our property to use 
as we see fit; that the subjects photographed 
bé grown from seeds, bulbs, plants or nur- 
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sery stock originally secured from us; and 
that the name and address of the contestant 
and the name of the variety of vegetable, 
fruit, flower or plant be written on the back 
of each photograph. The judges will be of- 
ficers of the Burgess Seed & Plant Co. and 
the decision of the judges will be final. In 
ease of ties, duplicate prizes will be award- 
ed. Contest closes October 25th, 1942. The 
names of the winners will be published in 
our 1943 catalog. 

























Last Year's Prize Winners 
First prize, Mrs.’ Ernest Lewetag, Curtisville, Pa., photograph of French Hydrangea; 2nd 
prize, Florence Higgins, Grangeville, Idaho, photograph of Pride of Muscatine Watermelons ; 
3rd prize, Mrs. Gilbert Kvamme, Palermo, N. Dak., photograph of Vegetable Spaghetti; 4th 
prize, Mrs. E. L. Lemons, Durant, Okla., photograph of Chinese Long Cucumbers; 5th prize, 
Miss Eleanor Read, Barre, Mass., photograph of Gloxinia; 6th prize, Lottie A. Thompson, 
R. 5, Oskaloosa, Iowa, photograph of Little Marvel Peas; 7th prize, Dorothy S. Fink, 2128 
Ponce De Leon Blyd., Coral Gables, Fla., photograph of Brugmansia; 8th prize, Mrs. John 
Tyrrell, Goehner, Neb., photograph of American Wonder Lemon; 9th prize, Mrs. A, D. 
Brown, R. 2, Newfield, N. Y., photograph of Vegetable Spaghetti. 
A MILLION. SATISFIED CUSTOMERS 
Thousands of Acres Required to Grow the Seeds, Bulbs and 
Plants Sold by Us Each Year 
Twenty-nine years of plant breeding, research and improvement enable us to produce su- 
perior, pedigreed strains of vegetable and flower seeds that yield larger crops of better qual- 
ity. And, by our scientific chemical treatment of the many ‘varieties, more than one-half of - 
all plant diseases are prevented. 
Thousands of discriminating planters in all parts of the world attribute their success to 
Burgess’ Seeds and Plants. Time, la- 
bor, fertilizer, etc., are the greatest 
expenses of gardening and the cost 
of the seed the smallest.- It costs 
just as much to sow poor seed or or- 
dinary quality as it does to sow the 
best, Dependable service and a su- 
perior product at fair and reasonable 
prices account for the phenomenal 
growth of the Burgess Seed & Plant 
Co. 
Burgess’ seeds and plants are sold 
direct to the planter and not through 
local dealers. To insure that our cus- 
tomers plant only the best obtain- 
able, you can readily see the neces- 
sity of our dealing direct with the 
gardener. 





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