GIANT ANEMONES 
Gorgeous spring flowers, measure 3 to 5” 
across, and are borne on long stems. Colors 
Tange from light blue to brilliant scarlet with 
all the intermediate colors and white. Excellent 
eut flowers. Hardy outdoors if covered well 
during the winter, and fine for growing in the 
house.. Choice mixture of colors. (12 for 60c) 
(25 for $1.00) (50 for $1.85) (100 for $3.50) 
prepaid. 
RANUNCULUS 
Giant Double Hybrids 
Qur Giant Flowered Hybrids are by far the 
largest and finest strain. Full double flowers 
with a blending of semi-double and single 
blooms. Range in color through all the shades 
of red, rose, salmon, orange, yellow, etc. Plant 
outside after the ground thaws, or grow in- 
doors. (12 for 60c) (25 for $1.00) (50 for 
$1.85) (100 for $3.50) prepaid. 
ANEMONE-RANUNCULUS COLLECTION 
12 Anemones and 12 Ranunculus 
All 24 Bulbs Only $1.00 Prepaid 
TIGRIDIA or ‘AZTEC LILY 
Showy, bulbous plants suitable for the mixed 
border, growing about 18 in. high, bearing 
erect spikes of large flowers with oddly blotched 
cup-shaped centers. Few flowers are more 
gorgeously colored or so beautiful. Bloom from 
-middle of July to September. The bulbs are 
-edible. Easily grown. Planted and handled 
same as Gladiolus. Mixed Colors only. (6 for 
75c) (12 for $1.35) prepaid. — 
HARDY AMARYLLIS 
"The Surprise Lily" 
The Amaryliis Belladonna or ‘‘Surprise Lily’’ 
produces its fragrant rose-pink, lily shaped 
flowers in clusters of 8 to 12 delightful blooms 
on tall stems. Perfectly hardy in Southern 
Michigan with light winter protection. The 
foliage completely dies and disappears about 
July and the flowering stem appears in late 
summer, almost as a complete surprise. Large 
blooming size bulbs. (75c each) (3 for $1.95) 
prepaid. 
° “THE MAGIC LILY" 
Bloom Appears ‘‘as if by Magic’’ 
The Magic Lily, Lycoris Squami- 
gera, isa native of Japan and one 
of the most beautiful of the Ama- 
ryllis family. It produces attractive 
green foliage in the spring which 
‘disappears in midsummer. About a 
month later, as if by magic, the 
flower stalk appears, bearing a clus- 
ter of 7 to 12 fragrant Lily-like 
flowers of delicate lilac-pink, with, 
blue shades. Perfectly hardy in the 
northern States, where it may be 
left in the ground Year after year 
unmolested. (40¢ each) (3 for $1.00) 
prepaid. 
BULBS 
FOR OUTDOOR SPRING PLANTING 
AND INDOOR 
WINTER PLANTING 
It is easy to grow flowers from bulbs and the handy varieties will live for years outdoors. Lift 
bulbs that are not hardy, per instructions with eachorder. Note that many of them will bloom easily 
indoors as house plants. Ail are sent PREPAID. 
HARDY EASTER LILY 
Popular Estate Lily 
A true, long-trumpet white one like you’d pay 
$3 to $4 for at the florists. Amazingly beautiful 
and perfectly hardy. You’ll have blooms this 
summer and for years and years to come. 
Grows 2% to 3’ tall. (60c each) (3 for $1.65) 
prepaid. 
LILY COLLECTION 
GOLD BAND LILY 
With the Giant Blooms 
Auratum. Immense, fragrant flowers meas- 
uring nearly a foot in width when fully ex- 
panded. Broad. petals, gracefully recurved. 
White, thickly studded with crimson-maroon 
spots with wide gold’ band dowr center. (60c 
each) (3 for $1.65) prepaid. 
mer ‘flowering 
ble and fragrant. 
85c)- prepaid. 
SWEET SCENTED 
TUBEROSE p> 
DOUBLE PEARL TUBEROSE. One 
of the most beautiful of the late sum- 
bulbs. 
blooms enormous in size. 
(3 for 50c) (6 for 
<q MONTBRETIAS 
One of the most floriferous and 
showy of summer flowering bulbous 
. RED BAND LILY 
Waxy Pink Flowers 
Rubrum. From late July through September 
this Joveliest of all Lilies displays its bright 
pink bloom with small maroon spots. It grows 
3 to 4’ tall and its waxy flowers blend with all 
other colors in the border. Plant in sun or 
shade. (65c¢ each) (3 for $f.75) prepaid. 
One bulb each of the six (6) Hardy Lilies above 
and below. 
DOUBLE TIGER LILY 
Easiest of All to Grow 
Here is the easiest of all Lilies to grow, 
thriving in almost. any location. Its spotted 
orange flowers are produced in great profusion 
in August and throughout the fall on stems 
4 to 5’ tall. There are still few lilies that can 
beat Tiger for bloom and hardiness. (45¢ each) 
(3 for $1.20) prepaid. 
Spikes and 
Very dou- 
plants, producing in great numbers, - 
graceful spikes 8 to 12 in. in length, 
each spike bearing from eS to 30 star- 
shaped flowers, 1% to 2 in. across. 
Very popular for clumping among 
perennials and _ shrubbery, — easily 
grown. Also highly valued as cut- 
flowers and can be grown in flower- 
pots in the house. Montbretias are 
hardy, prefer a warm, sunny location, 
should be protected during the winter 
with a covering of leaves, or stored 
the same, as Gladiolus. Our mixture 
contains many bright shades of yel- 
low, salmon, orange and scarlet. Spe- 
cial Mixed (6 for 75c) (12 for $1.25) 
‘FORMOSA LILY 
Up to 10 Blooms 8” Long 
One of the whitest of the lilies with purple 
tinted on the outside. Up to 10 flowers, each 7 
to 8” long on stems 4 to 6’ tall. Blooms through 
August and into Fall. Very hardy; comes up 
year after year. Delightfully fragrant. (60c 
each) (3 for $1.65) prepaid. 
All 6 only $2.75 
REGAL LILY 
Delightful Fragrance 
Large, trumpet-shaped flowers are 4 to 6” in 
length and white slightly suffused with pink 
and with yellow at the throat. It blooms in late 
spring and early summer in great profusion and 
with a delightful fragrance. 
One of the very best of all. 
$1.20) prepaid. 
Double 
Camellia-Flowered 
TUBEROUS 
BEGONIAS 
This charming class of Begonia is 
perhaps the most handsome of all 
summer-flowering tuberous-rooted 
plants, Fine for pot plants and for 
planting outside in a semi-shady loca- 
tion. Their culture is of the simplest, 
and with the least regard-for their 
requirements they will repay with an 
abundance and brilliancy of bloom 
not equaled by any other: class of 
plants. All. blooming size bulbs. 
5 Lovely Colors: 
Available in Pink, Scarlet, Crim- 
son, Orange and Yellow. Your choice 
of colors. (8 for 80c) (6 for et ne) 
(12 for $2.50) prepaid. . 
Multiplies rapidly.» 
(45¢ each) (3 for 
Fancy-Leaved 
CALADIUMS 
Brilliant Foliage 
No plant in bloom could 
attract more attention than 
the foliage of our Caladi- 
ums. They are indispensable 
wherever brilliant decorative 
plants are required. Plant 
them in window boxes, jar- 
dinieres, and among ferns 
or other green-leaved plants 
to add color. They are also 
suitable for bedding out-of- 
doors in partial shade. Not 
hardy but easily stored for 
use again the following Sea- 
son. We especially recom- 
mend them planted among 
your Ferns. Mixed Colors 
Only. (3 for 95c) (6 for 
$1.80) (12 for $3.50) pre- 
paid. 
PERUVIAN 
DAFFODIL 
The Peruvian Daffodil 
(Pancratium) is a grand 
summer flowering bulb, pro- 
ducing with great freedom 
large Amaryllis-like pure 
white fragrant blossoms. 
Keep the bulbs in a dry, 
warm place, and plant out in 
June. Bulbs can be taken up 
in October, and after a few 
weeks’ rest, potted and flow: 
ered in the house in the win- 
ter or kept over for spring 
planting again. (40c each) 
(3 for $1.00) prepaid. 
PURPLE HEART 
CALLA LILY 
This. new Calla Lily not 
only makes a fine pot plant 
but will also. grow in our 
Northerns gardens where it 
blooms in the summer: The 
arrow shaped foliage is dark 
green, spotted white and the 
flower is creamy white with 
a purple blotch in the cen- 
ter. (75c each) ( 3 for $1.95) 
prepaid. 
COOPERIA 
or RAIN LILY 
Blooms After Every Rain 
The Rain Lily, in its na- 
tive state, blooms through 
the summer and fall after 
nearly every rain. The flow- 
ers are’ 2, to 3 in. across, 
waxy white with a tinge of.” 
pink outside. Borne on 8-in. 
stems. They flower several 
times ‘each year. Perfectly 
hardy for outdoor planting © 
and may also be used as a 
pot plant. Blooming size 
bulbs. (3 for 55c) (6 for 
$1.00) (12 for $1.85) prepaid. 
Blooms 
6 to 8” 
Across 
GIANT DUTCH Hybrid AMARYLLIS 
“Its Unbelievable Bloom Cannot Be Matched” 
No potted plant will attract more attention or give both the ama- 
teur and professional grower more.pleasure than to see one of our 
Giant Dutch Hybrid Amaryllis unfold its gigantic blooms. We have 
thoroughly tested them during the last 8 years and have found them 
so far superior to any other strain that we recommend them to you 
as best. They may seem expensive when compared in price to the 
many cheaper strains offered, but we know you will find them well 
worth the difference. All produce blooms 6 to 8 inches across and 
sometimes larger. We have seen 4 and 5 blooms on a 2 foot stem 
giving a floral display hard to believe. 
We offer Giant Dutch Amaryllis (imported bulbs) in the follow- 
ing colors. 
BRIGHT SOLID RED ROSE 
SALMON CRANGE 
RED & WHITE STRIPED WHITE 
Prices: ($2.95 each) (3 for $7.50) prepaid. 
BURGESS REDUCED PRICES 
We call attention of our friends and customers to the 
reduced prices in this catalog. 
Gorgeous, Imposing 
GIANT CANNAS 
These stately favorites with the massive bloonis 
and tropical flavor are a showy sight all summer and 
fall. The deep green of their foliagé and brilliance _of 
bloom is unsurpassed by anything. 
KING HUMBERT—Red flowers, bronze foliage. 
CITY OF PORTLAND—Pink flowers, green foliage. 
YELLOW KING—Yellow flowers, green foliage. 
(3 for 85c) (6 for $1.50) (12 for $2. 75) prepaid. 
CANNA COLLECTION—2 each of 3 above (6 roots) 
only $1.50 grepald 
na Burgess Seed & Plant Co., Galesburg, icine 
prepaid. 
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