Watermelon Begonia 
WATERMELON BEGONIA 
An excellent house plant for the window or 
table. The leaves withstand the dry air of rooms 
better than the majority of plants. Leaves thick 
and waxy-like, are distinctly variegated white 
and green, and have the appearance of being 
powdered with frosted silver. Plants. (50¢ 
each) (2 for 90c) prepaid. 
BEEFSTEAK BEGONIA 
A low spreading Begonia, with circu- 
lar leaves, red beneath and dark glossy 
green above, 
and of heavy 
tie Guise: 
Dainty coral- 
red flowers. @ 
The finest pot & 
Begonia for 
house cul- 
ture. Grown 
as easily as 
a geranium. 
(49c each) (2 
for 85c) pre- 
paid. 
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Beefsteak Begonia 
TRAILING 
Painted Leaf Begonia 
PAINTED LEAF BEGONIA 
Few house plants are so entirely satisfactory in every 
way as the Painted Leaf or Rex Begonias. They are rich 
in color and beautiful in design and are easily handled 
under almost any condition. The large, broad leaves, 
high colorings and exquisite markings make them_in- 
valuable as decorative plants for house culture. They 
make excellent plants for baskets and vases if given 
plenty of moisture and not exposed to the full rays of 
the sun. We can supply a fine assortment of varieties, 
all beautifully marked, some with broad bands and borders, some 
Many odd combinations of colors, some 
with markings of deep maroon, various shades of red, silvery-rose, 
blotched and speckled. 
silver, bronze, ete. 
We cannot fill orders for special colors or varieties but each 
Delivered from 
$1.75) 
plant on your order will be a different variety. 
September until June. 
Each Plant a Different Variety. 
prepaid. 
SEMPERFLORENS HYBRIDS. 
Pkt. 90c). 
($1.00 each) (2 for 
BEGONIA SEED 
As a bedding plant, 
ranks with Coleus and Geraniums. Of sturdy growth, about 
one foot high, forming dense bushes, which from May until 
frost are completely hidden with flowers. As a house plant, 
it blooms throughout the entire year. A fine mixture of col- 
ors, from pure white to deepest crimson. (Pkt. 35¢) (Jumbo 
ANGEL WING BEGONIA 
Giant Angel's Trumpet | 
The Giant 
Angel’s Trum- 
pet (Datura ar- 
borea) is amag- 
nificent plant. 
Hardy outside 
in the South. 
In the North- 
ern States it 
can be kept in- 
doors in winter 
and on the 
porch or gar- 
denin summer. 
Blooms both 
winter and 
summer. Large 
tropical 
leaves; beauti- 
ful _ trumpet- 
shaped f 1 0 w- 
ers nearly a 
foot long, pure 
white, and as 
fragrant as the 
Jasmine. One 
of the most 
gorgeous of all 
blooming 
plants. Seeds. 
(Packet 25c) 
(Jumbo Pkt. 
60c). 
Blooming age 
plants ($1.00 
each) (3 for 
$2.50 ) prepaid. 
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Unusual wing-shaped waxy leaves with bright red 
BLOOD LEAF BEGONIA 
The Blood Leaf Begonia is not a true Begonia but is known 
botanically as Irisine. It so closely resembles the Begonias 
in habit that it is often mistaken for one. We know of no 
plant that is easier to grow, thriving under conditions so 
poor that most plants will die. ‘The oval shaped leaves up 
to 2 inches long are blood red in color with darker blotches. 
They are produced the entire length of long drooping branch- 
es that hang over the edge of the pot. An excellent plant 
for urns, hanging baskets and ferneries. (45c¢ each) (2 for 
75c) prepaid. 
Primrose Obconica Grandiflora 
PRIMROSE 
OBCONICA GRANDIFLORA. One of the finest and most 
important winter blooming pot plants. Can be easily grown 
in any light window, flowering abundantly and continuously, 
bearing immense trusses of large flowers in choice assort- 
ment of colors, from pure white and soft pink through the 
different shades of rose and red to the brightest crimson. 
(Pkt. 30¢) (Jumbo Pkt. 75c). 
flowers. Will bloom all winter for you. Very new. (50c 
each) (2 for 85c) 
BEGONIA COLLECTION: 1 each of Angel Wing, 
Beefsteak and Watermelon, all 3 only $1.25 prepaid. 
CALCEOLARIA 
Rich and Varied Colors 
An ornamental house plant, producing a mass of 
beautiful pocket-like flowers in the spring; a universal 
favorite with florists. The Calceolaria is grown from 
seed. Our select strain of seed is, we believe, the finest 
in cultivation; flowers large in size and beautifully 
spotted and blotched in exceedingly rich and varied 
colors; very free flowering. No plants to offer. Seed. 
(Pkt. 35¢) (Jumbo Pkt. 90c). 
NIGHT-BLOOMING JASMINE 
The Night-Blooming Jasmine (Cestrum Parqui) is a 
highly prized house plant. The foliage is a deep green 
color; produces richly fragrant blooms. Their fra- 
grance is most noticeable at night. (50c¢ each) (3 for 
$1.25). 
SNAKE PLANT — Sansevieria 
This is the old favorite that must be a part of every 
indoor garden. Will stand almost any kind of treat- 
ment and survive indefinitely, even without sunlight. 
(45¢ each) (3 for $1.00). 
CARNATION 
CHABAUD GIANT iMPROVED. A fine strain of 
giant-fiowered Carnation which blooms the first year if 
seed is sown early in the Spring. The plants make com- 
pact bushes 2 to 3 feet tall and bear, on tall stems, a 
mass of nicely fringed, intensely fragrant double flow- 
ers. In many sections of the country they do well out- 
doors. Mixture of colors. (Pkt. 20c) (Jumbo Pkt. 50c). 
WEATHER PLANT 
If the leaves stand upright the weather will be fine. 
If they stand out straight, changeable weather is ex- 
pected, and the leaves droop or ‘‘go to sleep’’ during 
a storm. Light purple flowers ; brilliant red seeds which 
are used for beads. (Pkt. 25c) (Jumbo Pkt. 60c). 
54 Burgess Seed & Plant Co., Galesburg, Michigan 
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Giant Angel’s Trumpet 
Calceolaria 
NUT ORCHID 
Achimenes 
Grows Indoors or Outdoors 
One of the easiest of all bulbs to grow 
indoors. Blooms in ten weeks from plant- 
ing. We recommend three bulbs to a pot. 
Also suited to outdoor culture in semi- 
shade. The flowers are 11% to 2 in: across 
and similar in appearance to Gloxinias. 
They come in various shades of Blue, 
Lavender, Purple, Red, Pink and White. 
Blooming size bulbs available from De- 
cember until March. Mixture of colors — 
only. (3 for 80c) (6 for $4.50) prepaid. ~ 
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