-— The Pigmy Date Palm is a close relative of the 
PIGMY DATE PALM 
Fruit for Your Living Room 
larger commercial variety. While in warm cli- 
mates it will reach a height of ten feet, it seldom 
grows over two or three feet high indoors. From 
an ornamental standpoint, the Pigmy Date Palm 
is just as attractive and desirable as other varie- 
ties. of Palms, and in addition it will produce 
edible fruit in your own living room, under pot 
culture, as well as outside in the South. Plants 
GROW YOUR HOUSE PLANTS 
FROM SEEDS 
Our SPECIAL MIXTURE of House Plant Seeds con- 
tains the following list of varieties and others, all 
easily grown. 
Begonia 
Primrose 
Weather Plant 
Cineraria 
Coleus 
Cyclamen 
Asparagus Fern 
Cigar Plant 
Carnation 
You can secure a nice collection of House Plants at 
practically no cost by sowing this seed in pots or boxes 
in the house. This collection contains 18 or more va- 
rieties that can be easily and successfully grown in 
the ordinary home. The seed is put up in mixture of 
varieties, a few seeds of each, and at our price of 75c 
a packet, a large assortment of plants can be grown 
for less money than you would pay a florist for one 
plant. Were you to buy these seeds in separate packets, 
they would cost you from $3.00 to $4.00. We have a 
good stock of these seeds and expect to be able to sup- 
ply everyone who wants them, but should our supply 
of one or more varieties run short, we reserve the right 
to substitute other choice varieties or return your 
money. This is a bargain package that will please the 
most critical lover of house plants. With each packet 
we send full directions for planting the seed and car- 
ing for same, (Pkt. 75c) (Jumbo Pkt. $1.85). 
Cactus 
Fan-Leaf Palm 
Fuchsia 
Geranium 
Heliotrope 
Lantana 
Lobelia 
Periwinkle 
Jerusalem Cherry 
Giant Angel's Trumpet 
The Giant 
Angel’s Trum- 
pet (Datura ar- 
borea) isamag- 
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 
t Pierp: i cal 
leaves ; beauti- 
ful trumpet- 
shaped f 10 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 30c) 
(Jumbo Pkt. 
TOC) 
Blooming age 
plants ($1.00 
each) (3 for 
$2.50 ) prepaid. 
Giant Angel’s Trumpet 
($1.00 each) (2 for $1.75) prepaid. 
BIRD OF PARADISE 
Rich, golden-yellow flowers with long, incurved fan- 
like stamens and pistils of bright crimson. Flowers 
measure 214 inches across and are produced in im- 
mense trusses. Foliage is also highly decorative. 
Should be grown as a pot plant, except in the warmer 
Parts of the South where it is hardy. (Pkt. 38¢) (Jumbo A charming compact house plant, literally covered 
Pkt. 75e). with scarlet tubular flowers throughout the year. Sim- 
= ple culture. (Pkt. 30c). Plants (50c each) (2 for 85c). 
PERIWINKLE Vinca Rosea FAN-LEAVED PALM planis known 15 
Bushy plants with glossy leaves and 14-inch blooms. Finest of all Palms. Easily grown from seed. Ele- ; i man. It resem- 
— Bloom over long period. 18 inches. Grows outdoors as ents as F Pte 1 + f bles the hooded 
Been te : c gant fan-shaped leaves of rich, dark green; beauti 
a perennial in mild climates. (Pkt. 20c) (Jumbo Pkt. fully fringed with long, thread-like filaments along the cobra of the jun- 
50c). i segments of the leaves. A compact grower, well gles of India, 
OLEANDER adapted to pot culture, and succeeds in any situation. 4 and is one of 
= Needs no petting; stands dust and dry air;: lack of ; the few carniv- 
The Oleander,has been a popular tub plant for gen- sunshine does not bother it. The fan leaves do not de- orous plants 
erations and is still increasing in demand. It can be velop until the 2nd year. (Pkt. 35c) (Jumbo Pkt. 90c). known to scli- 
trimmed in either shrub or tree form, requires very lit- One-year plants ($1.50 each) prepaid. once 
tle care and rewards the grower with a wealth of dou- s 
ble, fragrant blooms in early summer. In mild cli- et a) SHOO-FLY PLANT a plant pe 
mates, the Oleander is well known as a lawn specimen It is said that flies will not stay in a room where 6 We ENE Eh) 
or a hedge plant. it is grown if they can conveniently escape. What : stalks are 
- *We can furnish plants in Pink, Red or Yellow, your there is° about it that repulses them is not. clear, twisted and fun- 
selection, (80c each) (3 for $1.95) prepaid. as the plants and flowers have no odor. It is a beau- nel shape, small 
‘ tiful flowering plant, and blooms in a short time (60 at the bottom, 
; CARNATION days) from seed. It is a profuse bloomer in pots growing larger 
\ CHABAUD GIANT IMPROVED. A fine strain of 
giant-flowered Carnation which blooms the first year if 
i 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. (Pf. 25c). 
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. 30c) (Jumbo Pkt. 75c). 
LOBELIA SAPPHIRE 
A beautiful trailing plant; a mass of large sapphire- 
blue flowers with white eye; never out of flower. A 
most desirable plant for pots, baskets, urns, beds ge 
borders. Seed only (Pkt. 25c) (Jumbo Pkt. 60c). 
CIGAR PLANT 
Cobra Orchid 
It Catches Flies, Eats Raw Meat, 
Likes Ants and Bugs 
One of the 
most fascinating 
both summer and winter, the blossoms being large, Lio F with a rounded 
hood at the top 
from which hang 
two crimson and 
green appendages 
which have the 
appearance of 
cup-shaped and of a lovely light blue color with 
white center. (Pkt. 20c) (Jumbo Pkt. 50c). 
EVERBLOOMING LANTANAS 
Everblooming Hybrids. An unexcelled bedding or 
border plant; also used as a pot plant, in hanging bas- 
kets, porch boxes and vases, WVerbena-like heads of F 4 
flowers almost constantly in bloom. 2 to 3 feet. Seed feelers or whis- 
in mixture of colors. (Pkt. 20¢e) (Jumbo Pkt. 50c). kers. 
NIGHT-BLOOMING JASMINE Tue hood is beautifully colored, and mottled by 
The Night-Blooming Jasmine (Cestrum Parqui) is a terior is lighted. Both hood and appendages bear 
highly prized house plant. The foliage is a deep green many honey glands, the excretion from which 
color; produces richly fragrant blooms. Their fra- 1 
Ay ; 5 tempts bugs, ants, flies, in fact all kinds of in- 
B5c) ft aS ane noticeable at night. (90e each) (2 for setts teaats the mouth, an orifice on the under 
prepaid. M 
side of the hood, and are lured inside the funnel- 
like stem from which they can not come back, as 
the stem is lined with innumerable little hair-like 
prongs all pointing downward, and once they get 
below a few of these points they have to ~con- 
tinue on downward where the victim is absorbed 
in the digestive fluid or liquid in the bottom of 
the stem. 
The Cobra Orchid, or Darlingtonia, is a peren- 
nial which will grow year after year out of doors, 
provided it is given a shady position and never 
allowed to become dry. Along the banks of a pool 
is an ideal place. It also may be grown as a 
house plant, in pots of sandy soil and leaf mould. 
If kept in a room free from all insects, it is 
advisable once or twice weekly to place a few 
small particles of raw beef, about the size of a 
grain of wheat, in the orifice for its nourishment ; 
however, if placed where there are other plants, 
in the average room, a sufficient number of insects 
will be attracted from them, making artificial feed- 
ing unnecessary. 
The Cobra Orchid blooms in the spring, having 
unusual purple and yellow flowers. Available from 
October 1st until June. 
Plants ($1.75 each) prepaid. 
Cactus for Dish Gardens 
The Cactus family makes most interesting 
house. plants. Many have gorgeous and 
beautiful sweet scented blossoms, and bloom 
profusely. These oddest of all plants grow 
in many shapes and sizes, are easily grown, 
thrive and bloom with very little care, and 
endure the heat and dryness of the ordinary 
living room. Plant them in individual 
small bowls or in dish gardens. This fine 
collection of Cacti and Succulents, our se- 
lection of varieties, 5 plants, each a differ- 
ent variety. ($1.00 for the 5) prepaid. 
<q NUT 
ORCHID 
Achimenes. One of 
the easiest of all 
bulbs to grow in- 
doors. Blooms in ten 
weeks from planting. 
‘We recommend three 
bulbs to a pot. Also 
suited to outdoor cul- 
ture in semi-shade. 
The flowers are 1% 
to 2 in. across and 
similar in appearance 
to Gloxinias. They 
come in various 
shades of Blue, Lav- 
ender, Purple, Red, 
Pink and White. 
Blooming size bulbs 
available from De- 
cember until March. 
Mixture of colors 
only. (3 for $1.00) 
(6 for $1.75) pre- 
paid. 
h 
CACTUS SEED 
A mixture of 30 choice varieties in- 
cluding many rare and unusual kinds. 
An interesting hobby. (Pkt. 35c) (Jumbo 
Pkt. 90c). 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 55 
