Burgess’ Annual Flower Seeds fer cut Flowers 
a ce ar et” Fragrance and 
Quick Results 
Flowers are enjoyed by everyone and are so easily raised that an S 
S } : J s sily rais y 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 
do their best the first year from seed and are usually treated as annuals. The seeds we offer are the products 
of years of careful selection, and no better strains are to be obtained i y JER SE 5 
ARE DELIVERED POSTPAID AT PRICES GIVEN. ica OMe cha 
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 (Pkt. 15c). Mixed colors. (Pkt. 10c). 
(Jumbo Pkt. 25e) (1% oz. 85c). 
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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 
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. [5c) 
(Jumbo Pkt. 35c). 
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- 
fect of the interlacing ostrich feather type petals. Lovely soft 
shell ‘pink, blending to a creamy pink at the center. 2% to 3 
feet in height, with 6 to 8 long, non-lateral stems per plant. 
(Pkt. 20c) (Jumbo Pkt. 50c) (%4 oz. $1.00). 
SUPER GIANT EL MONTE. The only really giant flowered 
crimson Aster. Similar to Super Giant Los Angeles, except 
color, which is a deep glowing’crimson. (Pkt. 20c) (Jumbo Pkt. 
50c) (%4 oz. $1.00). 
SANTA MARIA WHITE. Immense flowers and stems; the 
largest flowered white Aster. Superb for florists. (Pkt., 20c) 
(Jumbo Pkt. 50c) (4% oz. $1.00). 
4 For those wh F nes sters 
50c Specia those who want the finest Asters yet 
developed, we recommend the above three 
Queen of the Market 
AMERICAN BRANCHING 
(Wilt-Resistant) 
A late flowering strain of American Asters. Plants 
form strong, branching bushes, 2 to 2% feet in height, 
bearing on long, strong stems, flowers which are very 
double and, under ordinary cultivation, average 5 
inches across. A fine mixture, ineluding Crimson, 
Searlet, Bright Rose, Flesh Pink, Sky Blue, Purple, 
White, etc. Seed in mixed colors only—(Pkt. 10c) 
(Jumbo Pkt. 25c) (14 oz. 75c). 
Giant Sunshine Asters 
Improved Anemone-Flowered 
varieties. Three packets, one of each, for (50c). 
American Branching 
A beautiful type of Aster, forming well-branched bushes carrying a pro- 
fusion of excellent long-stemmed flowers. Some of the flowers have twisted 
petals and some have quilled petals; all have a cushion center of tiny quills of 
a contrasting color; which makes a flower look as if it were covered with snow 
flakes. The blue flowers are dotted with a paler blue and some in white, and 
the rose in a lighter shade of pink or white. Their delicate beauty is hard to 
describe. Excellent for garden display and particularly fine for cutting. We 
offer a fine mixture of colors, including the bright and delicate shades of blue, 
lilac, crimson, rose and white. ( Pkt. 15c) (Jumbo Pkt. 35c). 
‘Heart of France (Wilt Resistant) 
A wonderful pure red Aster. Nearly all others have shades of blue or too 
much yellow in the color pigments. Heart of France opens red as the purest 
ruby, deepens with age and retains its remarkable beauty to the very end. 
The petals appear strikingly changeable, showing now a glow and sheen quite 
SENSATION 
(Wilt-Resistant) 
This is the reddest of all 
Asters, the color being a 
dark rich garnet or ox-blood 
red, which glistens in the 
sunshine like a live coal. 
Grows 18 to 20 inches high, 
well branched, and covered 
with double flowers. The 
flowers are perfect in form, 
average 3% inches across, 
ae 
unique, now a soft warm velvety texture. : a tific 
Heart of France is startlingly beautiful and will command instant admiration. 
The flowers are large and full with never a trace of hollow center, (Pkt. {5c) 
ome z (Jumbo Pkt. 35c). 
In any light, natural or artificial, 
and resemble Dahiias. 
Bloom from early August 
until, front. (Pkt. 150) 
(Jumbo Pkt. 35c). 
Sunshine Aster 
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Burgess’ Special Aster Mixture 
For those who want a mixture of all varieties of 
Asters, we have made a blend of all-varieties de- 
scribed on this and the next page. The mixture is 
well balanced for color and variety. (Pkt. 20c) 
(Jumbo Pkt. 50c). ; 
POMPON ASTERS 
An early blooming, upright type with compact growth, 15” 
tall and wonderful for bedding and cutting. The small, round 
flowers come in delightful colors from white to darkest red— 
30 to 50 to a plant. (Pkt. 20c) (Jumbo Pkt. 50c). 
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