HARDY GLOXINIA 

Oriental Rose Vine 
ORIENTAL ROSE 
VINE 
or Hardy Double Morning Glory 
A valuable trailing plant or low growing vine. 
Full double, rose-like flowers of clear, bright pink, 
1% to 2 inches across, produced throughout the 
entire summer. Fine for planting along dry sunny 
banks that need a ground cover, or wherever a 
low vine is needed. Climbs about 4 to 6 feet on 
a trellis, This is one vine which takes all kinds 
of abuse and still produces a profusion of flowers. 
Plants, 35¢e each; 3 for 75c; 12 for $2.50, post- 
paid. 
Lady Slipper 
or HARDY ORCHID 
The Lady Slipper or Cypripedium is a 
popular member of the Orchid family, in 
fact so popular that it has become almost 
extinct in its native haunts. The beautiful 
yet curious flowers are produced on 12 inch 
stems in early summer. They are best suited 
to a shaded location with ample moisture. 
They are especially suited for planting 
around pools in the shade of overhanging 
trees. We can furnish plants in the follow- 
ing colors: PINK, YELLOW, WHITE, at 35c 
each; 3 for 75c; 12 for $2.00, postpaid. 








PAINTED DAISIES 
(Pyrethrum) 
A most valuable and decorative plant for the 
border. The gaily colored flowers grow on 18 to 
24 inch stems in May and June. Very ‘hardy and 
easy to grow. Highly prized as cut flowers, and 
if planted in groups of three, they produce a very 
effective and colorful clump. 
ROSEUM. The large, bright daisy-like flowers 
range in color from pure white and light pink to 
brilliant scarlet and dark red, with bright yellow 
centers. Pkt., 15c. Plants, 35¢ each; 3 for 75c; 
12 for $2.50, postpaid. 
DOUBLE SELECTED. Seed saved from the 
finest double flowers, and a choice mixture of col- 
ors. When grown from seed, only a small per- 
centage will come double the first year. Pkt., 25c. 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 

HARDY GLOXINIA (Incarvil- 
lea) is a fine plant for the gar- 
den.” The large, trumpet shaped 
pink flowers are produced in 
clusters on 18 inch stalks and 
somewhat resemble an indoor 
Gloxinia. Blooms in June and 
July and prefers a dry location. 
Best planted in groups of 3 to 
6 plants. Pkt.,~25c. Plants, 
40c each; 3 for $1.00; 12 for 
$3.25, postpaid. 
NIEREMBERGIA 
Five hundred individual cup 
shaped blue flowers are not at 
all unusual for this plant to 
produce in a single season. It 
is probably the most dependable 
low a heey plant for 
an endless succession 
HIBISCUS 
Rose Mallow 
of bloom. It grows 
Huge 6 to 8 inch flow- 
less than a foot high 
but bushes out to the 
ers on dense tall growing, 
size of a half bushel 
basket. The plant is 
perennial but requires 
winter _ protection. 
Pkt., 25c. Plants, 35¢ bushy plants. Flowers 
each | 33> fore 7OCs 5 we appear from June until 
for $2.50, postpaid, October and range in 
color from white with 
NO C.O.D. 
ORDERS 
Owing to the short- 
red eye through pink to 
deep red. They are very 
showy and do well in any 
age of labor and the soil. They will thrive on 
extra time required very wet ground where 
for filling C.O.D. or- | little else will grow. Pkt., 
dons, Fc ie 1 V4.a DL Ce -1540c--8e 08, 22oee Pianisy 
should be sent in full 
for all orders sent to ~ 
us between January 
1st and July Ist. 
30c each; 3 for 65c; 12 
for $2.00, postpaid. 


Lemon Lily Hyperion 
LEMON LILIES 
If you could see some of the new hybrid forms of 
Hemerocallis or Lemon Lilies, you would not won- 
der at their ever increasing popularity. They thrive 
in the moist ground around pools and along streams 
and-seem to do equally well in poor soil and on hot 
dry banks. They will also do well in partial shade. 
Few plants are at home under such varied condi- 
tions. The following collection will supply blooms 
over a long period. : 
HYPERION. The flowers are a fine citron-yellow 
and produced in great numbers on stout 40 inch 
stems. The finest of recent introductions, delight- 
fully fragrant and an ideal cut flower, the buds 
opening well in water. A few years ago it sold for 
$2.50 each. Plants, 75c¢ each; 3 for $1.95; 12 for 
$7.25, postpaid. 
DOUBLE KWANZO. The only double flowering 
Day Lily. Bronzy orange flowers on 30 inch stems. 
Plants, 35¢ each; 3 for 75c; 12 for $2.50, postpaid. 
CITRONA. Tall sulphur-yellow fragrant blooms. 
Plants, 35¢ each; 3 for 75¢c; 12 for $2.50, postpaid. 




Nierembergia 

Hibiscus, or Rose Mallow 
Lily-of-the-Valley 
9 inches. May-June. These pop- 
ular and fragrant flowers do their 
best in a shady situation. 6 for 30c; 
12 for 50c; 25 for $1.00; 100 for 
$3.50, postpaid. 

Russell Lupinus 
LUPINUS Russell Hybrids 
No flower has ever created a greater sensation than the 
Russell Lupines with flower spikes 4 to 5 feet long, The 
flowers, which resemble sweet peas, are set closely along 
the stalk. They are rich and brilliant in color, ranging 
through shades of yellow, orange, red and purple, with 
many bi-colored and two-toned combinations. An ex- 
cellent cut flower, blooming with the poppies and lasting 
over a long period. Pkt., 20c. Blooming size plants, 40c 
each ; 3 for $1.00; 12 for $3.25, postpaid. 
Inoculate Lupinus for best results. Inoculation, 10¢. 
LYTHRUM 
_ A_mass of flowers from early summer until fall—always 
in bloom. Spike after spike, loaded with beautiful flowers, 
grows out of the crown of the plant, literally flowering its 
way upward to a height of about 30 inches. After the 
spikes have flowered themselves to maturity they should be ' 
cut. In an incredibly short time more flowering branches 
wili make their appearance—a real ‘‘cut-and-come-again”” 
that needs no pampering. . A satisfying plant that is neat of 
habit and easy to grow, and will provide a summer of com- 
plete enjoyment. We can supply the two following varieties: 
BEACON. Clear, deep carmine-red. 
PINK PROFUSION. Deep pink, 
PLANTS—Your choice of the two above varieties, 35c 
each; 3 for 75¢; 12 for $2.50, postpaid. 
PASSION FLOWER 
With Edible Fruits 
The Passion Flower or Passion Fruit has for years been 
a highly prized plant, not only for the beautiful and un-_ 
usual flowers but for the religious significance placed upon 
it for centuries past. Passiflora incarnata is a climbing 
perennial vine with blooms measuring about 2 inches across. 
The color is white with a band of light purple. The blooms 
are followed by edible fruits. Not hardy in the far North, 
where it makes an excellent house plant. Plants, 35¢ each; 
3 for 75c; 12 for $2.50, postpaid. \ 
HARDY PRIMROSES 
Munstead Giants 
Interesting, colorful low growing plants. _ Almost any 
color or combination of colors you can think of, except 
blue, will be found in these beautiful hybrid primroses. 
They can be planted in the shade and do especially well in 
a moist situation. They bloom very early in the spring and 
the flower sprays almost entirely cover the foliage. Plants, 
40c each; 3 for $1.00; 12 for $3.25, postpaid. : e 
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