
B ir ‘A ual Flowe Seed for Cut Flowers 
Flowers are enjoyed by everyone and are so easily raised that any home can have an abundance of blos- ; Frag ra n Cc e a | 
#oms 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 8 k R =) Ss U | f Ss 
of years of careful selection, and no better strains are to be obtained at any price. ALL FLOWER SEEDS U | C 
ARE DELIVERED POSTPAID AT PRICES GIVEN. g 
Disease=-Treated Aster Seed 
Queen of the Market 
(Wilt-Resistant) 
The Earliest Aster 
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. {0c per packet; 6 pkts., 
40c; % oz., 35c; 14 0z., 60c; 1% oz., $1.00. 

Giants of California Double Asters 
- Giants of California 
Double Asters 
Giants of California are enormous flowers 
with Jong, attractively curled petals of the 
Ostrich Feather type, rivaling giant Japanese 
Chrysanthemums, and grow up to 6 inches in 
diameter, on stems 11% to 2 feet long. The 
vigorous, freely branching plants grow 2 to 
8 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., 15¢; 4% oz., 50c; 
% 02Z., 85c; 4% oz., $1.50. 

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 Queen of the Market 
shell pink, blending to a creamy pink at the center. 2% to 3 
Dit, 150s 4024 doe, 2S ee Nmiatenal Sens per pin’ Wilt-Resistant Late Branching 
SUPER GIANT EL MONTE. The only really giant flowered A grand strain of American Asters. Plants form 
crimson Aster. Similar to Super Giant Los Angeles, except strong branching bushes, 2 to 2% feet in height, ~ 
color, which is a deep glowing crimson. Pkt., 5c; % oz., 40c. Bish ae ‘ airs ? 
bearing on long, strong stems, flowers which are very 
i SE EER ey Ee hal Pe cemiete Hn see double and, under ordinary cultivation, average 5 
ree. ae. ee ae) Ainthes aera aimeced i mired colors sunlyssAvehne 
° For tt , Panaenery xe : mixture, including Crimson, Scarlet, Bright Rose, 
For those who want the finest Asters ye : . ee meee Paeenn gOS i Die Z 
35c Special developed, we recommend the above three Flesh Pink, Sk Blue, Purple, White, ete. Pkt., 10c; 
varieties. Three packets, one of each, for 35c. 18 0z., 85¢; %4 0z., 60c; 14 oz., $1.00. 
Giant Sunshine Asters 
Improved Anemone-Flowered SENSATION 
A beautiful type of Aster, forming well-branched bushes carrying a _ pro- 








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Wilt-Resistant Late Branching 



fusion of excellent long-stemmed flowers. Some of the flowers have twisted (Wilt-Resistant) 
petals and some have quilled petals; all have a cushion center of tiny quills of This i 
a contrasting color which makes a flower look as if it were covered with snow us is the reddest of all 
flakes. The blue flowers are dotted with a paler blue and some in white, and Asters, the color being a 
the rose in a lighter shade of pink or white. Their delicate beauty is hard to dark rich garnet or 0x-blood 
describe. Excellent for garden display and particularly fine for cutting. We | red, which glistens in the 
offer a fine mixture of colors, including the bright and delicate shades of blue, sunshine like a live coal. 
lilac, crimson, rose and white. Pkt., 15¢; % oz., 70c. Grows 18 to 20 inches high 
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e ° vell branched, rer 
Heart of France (Wilt Resistant) with: double owen sam 
flowers are perfect in form, 

A wonderful pure red Aster. Nearly all others have shades of blue or too average 3% inches across 
much yellow in the color pigments, Heart of France opens red as the purest a ges 
ruby, deepens with age,and retains its remarkable beauty to the very end. and resemble Dahlias. 
The petals appear strikingly changeable, showing now a glow and sheen quite Bloom from early August 
unique, now a soft warm velvety texture. In any light, natural or artificial, | Until frost. Pkt., 10c; /% 
Heart of France is startlingly beautiful and will command instant admiration. 0Z., 40¢; 14 0z., 70c. 
The flowers are large and full with never a trace of hollow center, Pkt., {5c; 6 
% oz., 50c; %4 oz., 85c. 
Giant Ostrich Feather (Wilt-Resistant) Burgess’Special 
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Sunshine Aster Magnificent, feathery, full fluffy flowers of large size, on long stems. Fine Aster Mixture 
mixture of colors, Pkt., 10c; % oz., 40c. 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 


Our own special mixture of 
GIANT PEONY-FLOWERED ASTERS all the varieties of Aster de- 
Exceptionally fine double blooms measure 4 to 5 in. across; 15 to 20 in. stems, ‘Scribed on this and the next 
Choice mixture of all colors. Pkt., 10¢; % oz., 50c; %4 oz., 85c. page. Pkt., 20c. 

