Burgess Annual Flower Seeds 9" Cut Flowers 
Flowers are enjoyed by everyone and are so easily raised that any home can have an abundance of blos- 
soms during the entire year. We list with the annuals a few biennials and tender perennials which bloom and 
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do their best the first year from seed and are-usually treated as annuals. The seeds we offer are the products @ k PI | 
of years of careful selection, and no-better strains are to be obtained at any price. ALL FLOW ER SEEDS U | Cc t= S U fs 
ARE DELIVERED POSTPAID AT PRICES GIVEN, 
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 fiowers. White, Pink, Crimson, 
Light Blue, Dark Blue, Scarlet. Separate 
colors or mixed. {0c per packet; 6 pkts., 
40c; % oz., 30c; %4 oz., 50c; % oz., 90c. 



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 
Chrysanthemums, and grow up to 6 inches in 
diameter, on stems 1% 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. Mixed colors—Pkt., [5e; 
% oz., 50c; % oz., 85c; % oz., $1.50. 

Super Giant Aster 
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- Queen of the Market 
fect of the interlacing ostrich feather type petals. Lovely soft 
shell pink, blending to a creamy pink at the center. 2% to 3 
Te ee aoe to 8 long, non-lateral stems per plant. AMERICAN BRANCHING 
SUPER GIANT EL MONTE. The only really giant flowered (Wilt-Resistant) 
crimson Aster. Similar to Super Giant ei greece, gh re A late flowering strain of American Asters. Plants 
color, which is a deep glowing crimson. Pkt., 15¢; % 0z., form strong, branching bushes, 2 to 21%4 feet in height, 
SUPER GIANT WHITE. Immense flowers _and alemee bearing on long, strong stems, flowers which are very 
ie a peered white Aster. Superb for florists. Pkt, '9¢5 double and, under ordinary cultivation, average 5 
Te Aa ai: re, : inches across. A fine mixture, including Crimson, 
= For those who want. the finest Asters ye Pas F Ee hex vid aya Wine # ee 
35c Specia developed, we recommend the above three Same Bright Rose, Fic BH Pink, Sk —— hes 
varieties. Three packets, one of each, for 35c. White, etc. Seed in mixed colors only—Pkt., 10c; 
1% 02z., 30c; 14 0z., 50c; 14 0z., 90c. 
Giant Sunshine Asters 
Improved Anemone-Flowered 






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American. Branching 
SENSATION 

; (Wilt-Resistant) 
A beautiful type of Aster, forming well-branched bushes carrying a pro- 
fusion of excellent long-stemmed flowers. Some of the flowers have twisted This is the reddest of all 
petals and some have quilled petals; all have a cushion center of tiny quills of Asters, the color being a 
a contrasting color which makes a flower look as if it were covered with snow dark rich garnet or ox-blood 
flakes. The blue flowers are dotted with a paler blue and some in white, and “4. which: glistens in the 
the rose in a lighter shade of pink or white. Their delicate beauty is hard to r é idee Be Tard cn 
describe. Excellent for garden display and particularly fine for cutting. We sunshine like : live coal, 
offer a fine mixture of colors, including the bright and delicate shades of blue, Grows 18 to 20 inches high, 
lilac, crimson, rose and white. Pkt., 15¢; % oz., 60c. well branched, and covered 
with double flowers. The 
e e flowers are perfect in form, 
Heart of France (Wilt Resistant) average 344 inches across, 
nd resemble E 
A wonderful pure red Aster. Nearly all others have. shades of blue or too anal ae 0) 
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much yellow in the color pigments. Heart of France opens red as the purest til frost Pkt., 3c; % 
ruby, deepens with age and retains its remarkable beauty to the very end. RE ae ky — 2 
The petals appear strikingly changeable, showing now a glow and sheen quite 0z., 40c; %4 0z., 70c. 
unique, now a soft warm velvety texture. In any light, natural or artificial, 
Heart of France is startlingly beautiful and will command instant admiration. e 
The flowers are large and full with never a trace of hollow center. Pkt., 15; Giant 
¥%, oz., 50c; 4 oz., BSc. ee 
“a re es ae i Ostrich Feather 
Sunshine Aster Burgess’ Special Aster Mixture Wilt-Resistant, Magnificent, 
feathery, full fluffy flowers of 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. large. size, on lone re 
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For those who want a mixture of all varieties of Asters, we have 
made a blend of all varieties described on this and the next page. 
The mixture is well balanced for color and variety. Pkt., 20c. 

mixture of colors. Pkt., 0c; % 
oz., 40c. 
