light loam or sandy soil in a sunny situation, 

GIANT RUFFLED SWEET PEAS 
The highest achievement yet attained in Sweet Peas. Beautifully ruffled, duplexed and 
frilled, giving the large wavy flowers a double appearance. Long stems, each carrying four 
fully developed blooms. Twelve sprays make a more massive bunch than eighteen sprays 
. ordinary Spencer Sweet Pea. The vines make a sturdy growth and bear a profusion 
0 ooms, 
We can supply Giant Ruffled Sweet Peas in ten separate colors, as follows: 
A lovely rich rose-pink, a 
Fluffy Ruffles gleam of soft salmon, and a Ruffled Crimson 
bright creamy undertone blend into a harmonious ward the edges. 
cream-pink shade that must be seen to be ap- 
Rich satiny crimson 
that deepens a trifle to- 
Extra choice. 
preciated. A flower of exquisite texture and . Warm lavender-rose with 
fragrance, Ruffied Orchid a pastel-mauve sheen that 
Fy s duces a delicate orchid shade. Large, fully ruf- 
Soft pink self on white prs 2 
Lady Ruffles ground, the warm glow of fled blooms. 
color running well down to the base of the standard 
The best primrose or 
and wings. Received the high honor of winning the 7 x A 
Gold Medal of the Scottish National Sweet Pea, Ruffled Primrose cream; free from pink 
Society. ’ hue or blush. The flowers are of great size and 
Bright, clear blue; large heav- 
Ruffied Blue ily ruffled flowers, 
Ruffied Dark Blue ioe en 
flowers large, heavily ruffied and duplexed. 
e 
Ruffled Carmine remarkably bright, yet 
soft and pleasing. The large blooms are perfectly _ 
frilled and borne on long-stemmed sprays. 
PRICES 
exquisitely ruffled. 
Pure shade of rose that glows 
Ruffied Rose softly and gives the large 
blossoms an individual beauty, Perfectly ruffled. 
. Pure white flowers of gigantic 
Ruffled White [" often borne five to the 
spray. They are beautifully ruffled with duplex and 
triplex standards. This is undoubtedly the outstand- 
ing white Sweet Pea. 
Lovely  carmine-rose, 
Your choice of the above Giant Ruffled Varieties at {Se per packet; 2 pkts., 25c; 7 pkts., 70c; 
10 pkts., 90c. é 

Burgess’ Giant Spencer Sweet Peas 
The old-fashioned Grandiflora varieties are now superseded by the Spencer and the Giant Ruffled types. The 
Spencers have large, round open flowers of extraordinary size, usually measuring two inches across, with wavy 
standards and wide-spreading wings, a very large percentage bearing four of these immense blossoms to the 
stem, which is long and strong, making them of exceptional value for cutting. 
Burgess' Special Blend 
of Spencers 
This mixture contains 35 distinct varieties in a per- 
feet blend of colors. The color blend is, we believe, 
as near perfection as it is possible to attain. Pkt., 
15ce; 0z., 35¢; % Ib., $1.00; lb., $3.00. 
Burgess' Select Mixture 
of Spencers 
This mixture contains many of the named Spencer 
varieties, including recent novelties and superb new 
seedlings. A grand variety of shades and colors. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; %4 lb., 75c; lb., $2.25. 
Grandifiora Mixture 
For those who prefer the old-fashioned, non-waved Grandiflora Sweet Peas, 
we offer this fine mixture of many colors and shades. Pkt., 10¢; oz., 20c; 
4% Ib., 50c; lb., $1.50. - 
Sweet Pea Seed for best results. Enough Inocu- 
lation for 6 lbs. of seed for only 10c. 
INOCULATE 

Ricinus (Castor Oil Plant) 
Ornamental Foliage. Drives Away Moles, 
- Kills Grasshoppers and Japanese Beetles 
GIANT ZANZIBAR. From seed of this variety, sown in the open ground in 
May, the plants are in full foliage early in July. They attain a height of 12 to 
14 feet and form a perfect pyramid of foliage and brilliant colored fruit, pre- 
senting a beautiful tropical appearance. Enormous leaves, 2 to 4 feet across, 
and highly colored light and dark green, coppery-bronze and dark green with 
reddish ribs. The plants are a repellent to Moles and the foliage death to Jap- 
anese Beetles and Grasshoppers. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25¢; 14 Ib., 75c, postpaid. 

PORTULACA OR ROSE MOSS 
One of the most popular low-growing annuals. The brilliant dis- 
play of colors is very effective when used as edgings and borders. 
Also unexcelled for beds and rock gardens, as the 4 to 6-inch 
spreading plants form a thick carpet that is a mass of bloom from 
early summer -until frost. Of easy culture and thrives best in 
bloom. 
| Double Rose Flowered. Unsurpassed for brilliancy. Seed saved 
from perfect double flowers, so will produce a large percentage of 
double blossoms, A fine mixture of Scarlet, Orange-Scarlet, Rose, 
Golden Yellow, White, ete. Pkt., 15c; 4, 0z., 40c. 
Single Giant Flowered. Very showy and fine to sow broadeast 
over sunny banks as a ground cover. Flowers in mixture of the 
richest colors. Ptk., 10c; % oz., 45c. 
ef ~. 
weather. 

Cupid or Dwarf Sweet Peas 
CUPID Sweet Peas 
The Cupid or Dwarf Sweet 
Peas are excellent for bedding 
and borders; form a line of em- 
erald green foliage a little over 
a foot wide and 6 inches high, 
and from June until late sum- 
‘mer are literally a sheet of 
All the best colors and 
shades mixed, Pkt., 15c. 


Sweet Peas are hardy annuals 
and should ve planted in cool 
They may be sown in the 
fall as well as the early spring. 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 


Giant Ruffled Mixed 
A most gorgeous mixture of Giant Ruffled varie- 
ties. Pkt., 15c; 2 pkts., 25c; oz., 40c; 14 lb., $1.20; 
lb., $3.80, postpaid. 






Early Flowering Spencer 
Sweet Peas 
Our Early Flowering Spencer Sweet Peas come into 
bloom from 2 to 4 weeks earlier than the Giant Spencers. 
Valuable for greenhouse culture, for outdoor planting 
in sections of the South where later varieties cannot 
be successfully grown, and for early blooms in cool 
climates. Choice mixture of all shades and colors. 
Pkt., 10¢; 0z., 35¢; 14 Ib., 95e3 Ib., $3.00. 
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