
BOSTON. A wonderful Fern with long, drooping 
fronds (leaves) which often attain a length of 6 to 8 
feet. 
OSTRICH PLUME. One of the easiest and healthiest 
ferns to grow. Each frond is delicately cut and curved, 
somewhat resembling the grace of an ostrich plume. 
Fronds often measure a foot in width, 
SILVER FERN. Light green fronds with a band of 
silver. A most unusual fern and of very easy culture. 
The Gardenia is the most fashionable flower of today. 
much in esteem as the Orchid, but less expensive. 
house plant. 
is a picture difficult to visualize. 
temperature. 
finely screened and keep moist but not wet. 
simple, but they will grow an aristocrat in flowerdom. 
each ; 3 for $1.20, postpaid. ~ 
OLEANDER 
still inereasing in demand. 
of double, fragrant blooms in early summer. 
Oleander is well known as a lawn specimen or a hedge plant. 
Choice House Ferns 
GARDENIA, Flower of Romance 
It is as 
It makes a grand 
The beautiful, waxy-white flowers together with the 
glossy, green foliage make an almost ‘‘fairy-like’’? combination. 
The plants like a warm livingroom 
Pot the plants in a rich, sandy sod loam that has been 
These instructions are 
Plants, 50c 
The Oleander has been a popular tub plant for generations and is 
It can be trimmed in either shrub or tree 
form, requires very little care and rewards the grower with a wealth 
In mild climates, the 
We can furnish plants in Pink, Red or Yellow, your selection at 





ASPARAGUS FERNS 
PLUMOSUS (Lace Fern). 
ery foliage. Seed, 20¢ per packet. 
Very finely divided 
feath- 

es; fine for hanging baskets and window boxes. , Seed, 
20c per packet. ca ‘ea 
PRICES 
Plants of the five varieties of Ferns on - 
this page at 40c each; 5 for $1.60. - 
» 
It 
40c 

Silver Fern 


Fuchsia Fascination 

CARNATION 
CHABAUD GIANT IMPROVED. A fine strain of 
giant-flowered Carnation which blooms the first year 
if seed is sown early in the Spring. The plants 
make compact bushes 2 to 3 feet tall and bear, on 
tall stems, a mass of nicely fringed, intensely fra- 
grant double flowers. In many sections of the coun- 
try they do well outdoors. Mixture of colors. Pkt., 
Se5~46 0z.,, 7503. 24 07.) $1,255.47 
WEATHER PLANT 
If the leaves stand upright the weather will be_ 
fine. If they stand out straight, changeable weather 
is expected, and the leaves droop or “‘go to sleep” 
during a storm. Light purple flowers; brilliant red 
seeds which are used for beads. Pkt., 25c. 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 


each; 3 for $1.00, postpaid. 
EVERBLOOMING LANTANAS 
Everblooming Hybrids. An unexcelled bedding or border plant? also 
] used as a pot plant, in hanging baskets, porch boxes and vases. Ver- 
esas : bena-like heads of flowers almost constantly in bloom. 
Seed in mixture of colors. Pkt., 15¢e; 14 0z., 45c. 
FUCHSIAS 
FASCINATION. (Giant Pink) 
pink and deep pink sepals. 
LORD BYRON. Purple flowers with bright red sepals. 
SUNRAY. 
blending of green, pink and white. 
salmon sepals. 
TROPHEE. An easy variety to grow and a continuous bloomer. 
flowers, waxy white and violet-blue. 
PRICES: Your choice of the above Fuchsias at 35¢ each; 4 for $1.20, post- 
paid. 
A fine mixture of varieties. 
Fuchsia Seed 350 "tu 
CIGAR PLANT Sei. <5 Sees 
ing act house plant, literall d with scarlet tubular y 
fowats taeoushout the youry Staple culeae eer ny mn ae WAX PLANT 
LOBELIA SAPPHIRE 
A beautiful trailing plant; a mass of large sapphire-blue flowers with 
A most-desirable plant for pots, baskets, 
white eye; never out of flower. 
urns, beds and borders. Seed only. Pkt., 20c. 
ce COLEUS" 
LARGE-LEAVED RAINBOW HYBRIDS. Leaves often 
measure 8 to 10 inches in length, heart-shaped and beauti- 
fully crimped, toothed and frilled; handsomely variegated 
and with color combinations that are remarkably rich. Seed 
only. \PE 256; 
MINIATURE ROSE 
Just imagine a rose bush in full bloom small 
enough to place beneath a tumbler. The variety 
~ offered here is outstanding for use in the rockery 
or in small pots indoors,~where it blooms the 
greater portion of the entire year. ; 
POMPON DE PARIS. The tiny buds, no larger 
than a pea, open into well formed, double rose-pink 
flowers about the size of a dime. 
this plant bloom when only a few inches high and 
so small the entire plant could be placed beneath 
an ordinary water glass. 
Plants 60c each; 3 for $1.50; 12 for $4.80, post- 
paid. 
{ 
2 to 3 feet. 
Giant double ruffled flowers of soft rose- 
Dwarf. 
A very unusual plant with variegated ornamental foliage, a 
The flowers are rosy-purple, with déep 

Pkt. (20 seeds), 25c; 
We have seen | 
Starfish 
STARFISH - 
A branching succulent plant from Africa 
somewhat resembling a Cactus. Produces gro 
tesque star-shaped flowers nearly two inches 
across, spotted yellow and brown. A very at 
tractive plant and a great curiosity. 30c each; 
8 for 75c, postpaid. y : 















Double 






The true Wax Plant or Hoya Car- — 
nosa is an easily grown climbing — 
house piant suitable for window gar- 
_ dens and trellis work. Umbels of 
fragrant, waxy, white flowers with — 
pink centers, produced in succession. 
The shining, suceulent, dark green 
foliage makes it an interesting plant 
even when not in bloom. Plants, 40c¢ 
each; 3 for $1.00, postpai 


