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HELP WIN 
THE WAR 
WITH BURGESS’ SUPERIOR 
Seeds and Plants 

This Will Tell You Why — 
 ~-You Need Burgess’ Seeds: 
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Back of every order we ship is 31 years of plant breeding, research and improvement. 
which has enabled us to produce superior pedigreed strains of vegetables and flower 
seeds that yield larger crops of better quality. Thousands of rich acres are required 
to grow the hardy Northern bred seeds, bulbs and plants sold by Burgess each year. 
The Burgess’? Seed Breeding Station of 300 acres, located in the heart of the seed grow- 
ing district near Galesburg, Michigan, is devoted to vegetable seed breeding and stock 
seed production, and may be said to be the cornerstone of a business based on quality 
of seed and confidence of satisfied users. 
Gordon Morrison, who is nationally known as one of America’s best informed horti- 
culturists and most skilled propagators, is Director of Burgess’ Seed Breeding .and Re- 
search Department. Since obtaining a degree of horticulture from Michigan State Col- 
lege, where he was for a time Foreman of Orchards and Gardens of the Michigan. Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station, Mr. Morrison has devoted 20 years to research and seed 
breeding. The standardization of meritorious old varieties and the development of brand 
new varieties of special merits has been the principal activity of this plant scientist. 
He was for three years a member of the research staff of the Carnegie Institution of 
Washington, and has for many years applied his knowledge of seed breeding toward 
the improvement of vegetables for American Gardeners. 
For the benefit of new and inexperienced Victory Gardeners, we extend to them a 
special invitation to join the ranks of many thousands of discriminating growers in 




America and elsewhere throughout the world who have for years, in peace time and 
war time, attributed their success in gardening to Burgess’ Seeds and Plants. 
As a war time measure of strict economy of man power and materials we are devot- 
: 
ing nearly all of our energies and facilities to the production of seeds and plants most 
essential to war time gardening. For the duration the number of our ornamentals is 
restricted. Please do not ask for varieties not listed in this catalog as we cannot 
‘supply them. — : 
Please order as early as possible because there is a shortage of some varicties of 
We will do all that is humanly possible to supply the varieties 
seeds and plants. 
cd. In the event that any variety ordered cannot be-furnished we will not make 
substitution without your permission. It would be advisable for you to indicate a sec-’ 
ond choice in your original order or give us permission to make the most suitable sub- 
stitution. ~All of the varicties that we list are good varieties and you may be agreeably (age 
surprised to learn that the substitution is equal to or even better than your favorite. 
It always pays to buy the best seeds and plants... that’s why it pays to BUY 
FROM BURGESS. Time, labor, fertilizer, etc., are the greatest expense of gardening, 
‘so poor seeds and plants are dear at any price. That’s why it costs much less in’ the 
long run to sow seed of the best quality. Why be satisfied with less when you can have 
healthy plants and good yields from Burgess’ seeds ... and still SAVE MONEY? 
BURGESS SEED & PLANT CO., Galesburg, Michigan 



original purchase price. 


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The Burgess 
GUARANTEE 
E positively guarantee all seeds 
and plants sold by us to be ex- 
actly 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. 4 : 
We guarantee all seeds and plants to 
reach you in good growing condition, so 
it is hereby agreed that if any shipment 
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 depends entirely upon 
conditions over which we have no con- 
trol, 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 sub- 
ject 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 
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A Nursery Scene of Burgess’ Apple Trees 
