HARDY EVERGREEN 
RHODODENDRON 
The Garden Aristocrat with the Ever- 
green Foliage and Tremendous Bloom 
ROSEBAY RHODODENDRON (R. 
maximum), This garden aristocrat with 
the lustrous, dark green leaves through- 
out the year and 4 inch clusters of 
delightful white flowers in late June or 
July, should be in every garden. Plant 
in acid soil in a northern or western ex- 
posure where it gets plenty of light but 
little direct sun. Maintain a permanent 
mulch of pine needles, oak leaves or 
peat moss on the ground around it. 
Grows slowly to a height of 10 to 15 feet 
and nearly equal spread, Hardy in Zone 
3. (90c each) (3 for $2,25) prepaid. 
Everblooming 
BUTTERFLY 
BUSH . 
Perpetual blooming 
shrub, flowering without 
a break from early sum- 
mer until frost. Attracts 
butterflies by hundreds. 
4to 6 ft. Dies to ground 
each winter, Our young 
pot plants will . bloom 
this year. Hardy in Zone 
4, 
ELEANOR — Bright 
Eleanor Blue, the near- 
est to a true blue Bud- 
dleia. 
PINK DAWN — The 
best truly pink. Wonder- 
ful cut flower. 
RED GLORY — Rich, 
ruby-red. 
ROYAL PURPLE — 
‘ Rich, glowing purple. 
: or SNOWBANK—A_ new 
Butterfly Bush white with large - fully 
round sprays. 
PRICES: (50c each) (3 for $f.25) (1 each of 5 above 
$1.95) < , 
FRAGRANT VIBURNUM 
num Carlesi (Pink Snow- 
ball) grows 4 ft. high 
and is probably the most 
spectacular of all spring 
flowering shrubs. Large, 
ball-shaped flower heads 
“cover the plant. White, 
with a tinge of pink, 
with the fragrance of the 
Trailing Arbutus. You 
will never regret owning 
this one regardless of 
price. Hardy in Zone 4. 
($4.00 each) (38 for 
$10.09) prepaid. 
NEW HYBRID LILACS 
These new varieties 
are far superior to any. 
Large double florets, an 
inch across, are pro- 
duced in huge heads un- 
heard of a few years 
ago. Covered*by U. S. 
patents. Hardy in Zone 
4. 
PINK SPRAY—Single 
flowers of clear carmine- 
pink. A vigorous grow- 
er and heavy bloomer. 
Late. 
PURPLE GLO R Y— 
Single flowers of dark, 
ruddy purple, Very large 
blooms to over an inch 
across. Mid-season. 
SUMMER SKIE S— 
Very large blooms of 
clear sky-blue. Long, digeos flower clusters produced in 
abundance. Early. 
WHITE HYACINTH—Very large, creamy-white flow- 
ers with refiexed petals which suggested the name 
White Hyacinth. Long flower clusters. Very fragrant. 
Late blooming. 
PRICES: ($2.50 each) (4 for $9.00) prepaid. 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 
The fragrant Vibur-> 
Kalmia latifolia (Amer 
_rel). One of the most eau 
the broad-leaved evergreen s 
hardy into Zone 4 with a | 
tection against wind and sur 
thick, waxy leaves make a s 
effect. the year round. . 
white buds expand into- 
white and flesh colored — 
They will attain the size of : 
tree, or may be trimmed pi ; 
landscape. (90¢ ech) es 
$2.25) prepaid. 
PLANT A LIVING FENCE 
ROSA MULTIFLORA is being planted all 
over the United States for ‘‘fences’’ that 
improve with age, confine every kind of 
farm animal, provide a refuge for wildlife, 
are ornamental and cost less than wire. These 
fences, actually thorny hedges which grow 
6 to 8 feet high and 5 to 7 feet wide, are 
easy to plant and they. grow fast. One man 
with a grub hoe can plant several hundred 
feet an hour. If the plants are set a foot 
apart, they will confine cows, calves, horses, 
sheep and goats in 2 to 3 ‘years and will 
usually hold even hogs in another year or 
two at less cost than woven-wire. No up- 
keep! Plants set 6 inches apart will posi- 
tively confine hogs. Better than wire for 
contour-fencing, these Rosa multiflora 
hedges help to control erosion. : Z ‘s wr 
If you want to remove the hedge, simply Burgess Low Prices: 
Sry i ded Gia vets oF Ub talute creme a AE Aon a) ee 
sections. Order early because the demand for plants (100 for $8.00) (500 for $30. a (100¢ 
increases yearly and our supply is limited. $50.00) prepaid. 
HOW TO USE THE HARDINESS MAP 
So many of our customers in the northern states that it will survive the winters in any territory mai ked 
want to know just how much cold a “hardy’’ shrub 2 or higher, on the map below. AS a general r 
or plant will stand that we have incorporated as much most plants will survive one zone farther nit? d 
of this information as possible into our catalog. Wher- planted in a sheltered location. 
ever this information is available, we have given it in This map was redrawn from one furnished 
the description of each variety. As an example, Pussy through the courtesy of the Arnold Arboretum 
Willow is listed as ‘‘Hardy in Zone 4.’’ This means Jamaica Plains, Mass. ae 
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These zones are bosed on average annual minimum i<s 
temperatures as listed by the U. S. Weather Bureau Galveston 
for the years 1895-1935 ond published in the Atlas . 
of American Agriculture, U. S. D. A., Washington, 1936 
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