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Burgess Annual Flower Seeds 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 ce ai : 
soms 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 “ e ke R J ; 
of years of careful selection, and no better strains are to be obtained at any price. ALL FLOWER SEEDS U i i : e § U fs 
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 oz., 60c; 1% oz., $1.00. 







Giants of California Double Asters 
- Giants of California 
_ Double Asters 
Giants of California are enormous flowers - 
with long, attractively curled petals of the 
Ostrich Feather type, rivaling giant Japanese 
Chrysanthemunrs, and grow up to 6 inches in 
diameter, on stems 144 to 2 feet long. The 
vigorous, freely branching plants grow 2 to 
3 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. Mixed colors—Pkt., t5c; 
Z % oz., 50¢; % oz., 85c; % 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- 
i ; — Queen of the Market fect of the interlacing ostrich feather type petals. Lovely soit 
: 5 : : shell pink, blending to a creamy pink at the center. 2% to 3 
Wilt-Resistant Late Branching Bie BCS, Oo naeS to 8 long, non-lateral stems per plant. 




A grand strain of American Asters. Plants form SUPER GIANT EL MONTE. The only really giant flowered 
strong, branching bushes, 2towetS feet in height, crimson Aster. Similar to Super Giant Los Angeles, except 
8 5 color, which is 2 rlowi imson.!. Pkt., [5e;, 4 4 , 
bearing on long, strong stems, flowers which are very PSEA Bo Stew aigerse css EEG LSE a ee aor 
double and, under ordinary cultivation, average 5 SUPER GIANT WHITE. Immense flowers and stems; the 
a 4 " F z 3 > . largest flowered white Aster. Superb for florists. Pkt., 8c; 
inches across. A fine mixture, including Crimson, % oz., 50¢. 
Scarlet, Bright Rose, Flesh Pink, Sky Blue, Purple, Bee ilgpe ee tava soap * Ue 
White, etc. Seed in mixed colors only—Pkt., 0c? 35¢ Special 1%,{tese whe, want the, finest Asters, yo 
¥% oz., 35c; %4 02z., 60c; % oz., $1.00, varieties. Three packets, one of each, for 35c. 
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a ilt-Resistant. ranching a ] 
—E Giant Sunshine Asters 



- SENSATION Improved Anemone-Flowered 
(Wilt-Resistant) ‘A beautiful type of Aster, forming well-branched bushes carrying a _ pro- 
This is the reddest of all fusion of excellent long-stemmed flowers. Some of the flowers have twisted 
Asters, the color being a petals and some have quilled petals; all have a cushion center of tiny quills of 
dark mich armetor ox-blood a contrasting color which makes a flower look as if it were covered with snow 
oe a & : F flakes. The blue flowers are dotted with a paler blue and some in white, and 
red, which glistens in the the rose in a lighter shade of pink or white. Their delicate beauty is hard to 
sunshine like a live Coal. describe. Excellent for garden display and particularly fine for cutting. We 
Grows 18 to 20 inches high, offer a fine mixture of colors, including the bright and delicate shades of blue, 
well branched, and covered lilac, crimson, rose and white. Pkt., 5c; % oz., 70c. 
with double flowers. The : ‘ 
NO ee ae acces Heart of France (Wilt Resistant) 
average 314 inches across, 
-and resemble Dabhlias. 
Bloom from early August A wonderful pure red Aster.. Nearly all others have shades of blue or too 
until frost. Pkt., 150; % much yellow in the color pigments. Heart of France opens red as the purest 
a Oc: ¥, 2 70c “ -ruby, deepens with age and retains its remarkable beauty to the very end. 
oeeh Nae ere aE: f The petals appear strikingly changeable, showing now a glow and sheen quite 
~ -unique, now a soft warm velvety texture. In any light, natural or artificial, 
aad we Heart of France is startlingly beautiful and will, command instant admiration. 
* Giant The flowers are large and full with never a trace of hollow center. Pkt., 15c; 
_ Ostrich Feather 
¥% oz., 50c; 14 0z., 85c. 
Fie rn 7 @ e , ° 
‘ Wilt-Resistant. Magnificent, Burgess Special Aster Mixture Sunshine Aster 
feathery, full fluffy flowers of © ; , . inte 
large size, on long stems. Fine For those who want a mixture of all varieties of Asters, we have Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
mixture of colors. Pkt., 0c; % made a blend of all varieties deseribed on this and the next page. GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 
~oz., 40c. Sa am. The mixture is well balanced for color and variety. Pkt., 20c. ' 















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