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Burgess PET U Nl 
Bedding Petunias 
CELESTIAL ROSE. This dwarf, compact, deep-rose Petunia 
is the best of all the pinks. Its "2147 blooms are a brilliant 
sight all summer, and they do not fade. Grows to 12”. (Pkt. 
20c) (1/16 oz. 70c). : 
FIRECHIEF. This All-America Winner has 2%4” blooms that 
are intense red when first open and change to a somewhat 
duller red after being open a day or two. It is one of the 
most popular bedding Petunias. Grows to 12”. (Pkt. 25c) 
(1/16 oz. 90c), - 
FLAMING VELVET. Velvety, deep mahogany-red with a 
luster of scarlet. Magnificent 214” single blossoms in great. 
profusion, Semi-compact plants grow to 18”. (Pkt. 20c) (1/16 
oz. 70c). “ 
HEAVENLY BLUE. The most satisfactory blue bedding 
Petunia. The compact plants are only 12” tall and covered 
with 2%” silvery-light-blue, non- fading flowers. (Pkt. 20c) 
(1/16 oz. 70c). 
POPCORN. This new extra dwarf and compact strain is the 
largest flowering of all whites. Blooms 3 to 4” across on 10” 
free-flowering plants. It is early blooming and excellent for 
pot culture, bedding or borders. (Pkt. 20c) (1/16 oz. 70c). 
BEDDING PETUNIA COLLECTION: One (1) each of the 5 
varieties above only 85c. 
BEDDING MIXTURE. A splendid mixture of single bedding 
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Finest Yellow — 
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A distinct color in Petun- — 
ias. Delicate ~ golden-yellow fi 
3” single flowers beautifully 
fringed and produced in gen- 
varieties, including a complete range of colors and “color com- 
binations. All with blooms 2 to 3” across on plants 144 to erous quantities on neat, 
RU FFLED GIANTS 2’ tall. (Pkt. 15c) (1/16 oz. 40c) (1% oz. 65c). compact, semi-dwarf- plants. — 5 
Plant in shaded place to show | 
its best yellow color. Plants ; 
grow to about 14” tall. Thi 
is one of the most unusual 
Petunias, both in color and — 
form. Be sure to include in — 
Largest of all—6" Across—Many Colors 
Ruffled Giants are truly giant-flowering Petunias. Their blooms 
measure up to 6” across and are deeply ruffled. A wide range of 
colors and color combinations. A supreme strain for bedding, borders 
and window boxes. (Pkt. 35c) (Jumbo Pkt. 90c). 
BALCONY PETUNIAS 
Best type for porch boxes, hanging baskets, beds, terraces 
or rockery. Big 3” blooms borne so profusely they cover the 
plant all season. Mixture of colors including velvety purple, 
s e _red, brilliant rose-pink, pure white, ete. (Pkt. 15c) (1/16 oz. your order. (Pkt. 30¢) (Jum- 
The F, Hybrid Petunias beak em bo Pkt, 750}. 54) aia 
The hybrid vigor of the new Fi Hybrids make them really outstand- va :. Ps’ a 
ing. They have far greater uniformity, they grow faster and stronger, fo =f 
and the colors are infinitely brighter, clearer and more niform., Paey TS 
are also earlier. 
RICINUS 
Giant Castor Oil Plant 
This tropical looking plant is. fine for back- | 
grounds and group plantings. Plants grow to 
74 with rich green leaves with reddish ribs 
which grow up to 3” across. They have bril- 
liant crimson seed pods. Planted in the gar- 
den, they are believed to discourage moles and ~ 
NICOTIANA 
The Sweet-Scented Tobacco 
Sensation. The long tubular flowers are 
star-shaped and close in midday. When they. 
open in the evening they are very fragrant. 
A mixture of crimson, red, chartreuse, white 
and shades of rose. The plants are bushy, 
free-flowering and 2’ tall. (Pkt. 15c) (%4 oz. Cony ane Booties. (Pit oe peaks 
60c). 
SCABIOSA 
NIEREMBERGIA The Pincushion Flower 
Fine for the Low Border Giant Double. Exquisite shades of pink, 
rose, cherry red, fiery scarlet, white. yellow, — ea, 
FIRE DANCE 
This 1956 All-America Winner 
is an exquisite new bedder of the 
dwarf, fringed grandiflora type. 
its 3” flowers bloom freely from 
spring to frost, and have a rich 
searlet coloring with a _ bright 
golden-yellow throat, the most 
striking new color in Petunias. 12 
to 15”. (Pkt. 50¢c) (Jumbo Pkt. 
$1.25). 
This bright Fi Hybrid should 
find a place in every garden. Its’ 
2%” bright rose-pink blooms on 
16 to 20” plants are extra uni- 
form and as free-flowering as any 
bedding Petunia. Very outstand- 
ing. (Pkt. 50c) (Jumbo Pkt. 
$1.25). ‘ 
30 Burgess Seed & Piant Co., Galesburg, Michigan 
F, HYBRID PETUNIA COLLECTION 
One (1) Pkt. each of the 4 Fi Hybrids above only $1.60. 
CRUSADER 
The sharp contrast in colors 
makes this new one unusually at- 
tractive. The large 3 to 4” 
fringed flowers are striped rose- 
pink on white. Plants are uni- 
formly dwarf, compact growers 
about 12” tall. An ideal new one 
for pots, borders, boxes and bed- 
ding. (Pkt. 50c) (Jumbo Pkt. 
$1.25). 
COMMANCHE 
The first of the Fi hybrids and 
by all odds the best red Petunia 
ever produced. Its 2%4” flowers 
are truly redder than red, and 
even holds its color under shady 
conditions. It grows 13 to 15” 
tale oe CP kts 50c) 
$1225): 
(Jumbo Pkt. 
Hippomanica. A most dependable low bor- 
der plant, Rapidly grows to a dense mat only 
8” high and 15” across. Covered with 114” 
lavender-blue, cup-shaped flowers. (Pkt. 20c) 
(Jumbo Pkt. 50c). 
STRAWBERRY POPCORN 
Attractive Decoration—Pops, Too 
Tiny 2” ears are rich, shiny mahogany color 
like a huge Strawberry. Makes attractive dec- 
oration with its decorative husk. It pops, too! 
(Pkt. 25c). 
ICE PLANT 
Fine trailing plant for borders and hang- 
ing baskets, and valuable for dry, sunny 
situations on banks, rockwork, old walls, 
etc. The flowers are small, pink and white 
varying to rose. The foliage glitters in 
the sun and gives the appearance of ice 
globules. (Pkt. {5ce) (% oz. 40c). 
POPPIES—Shirley Double 
And They Defy Frost 
Gorgeous mixture of giant double flowers. 
They defy frosts, so can be seeded direct in 
the garden early in the spring. One of the 
showiest poppies. Grows to 1%’. (Pkt. 10¢) 
(44 0z. 30c). = ge 
lavender, light and dark blue and 2 
Blooms_ July — 
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SCHIZANTHUS © 
BUTTERFLY FLOWER. These long deine 
dainty flowers even make wonderful corsages. 
They have loads of charming blooms that com- 
pletely obscure the delicate fern-like foliage. 
Easily grown, they come in white throug 
shades of cream, and pink to crimson and 
mauve. Grows to 16”. (Pkt, 20c) (4% oz. 60c). 
TITHONIA 
Fine for Cutting 
TORCH.. Spectacular fiery orange-scar at | 
Binge dablia-like blooms 3 to 4% across. 
amethyst, 
purple. Blooms 2% to wi across. 
a frost. Grows to 214’ (Pkt, 
45c). 
play and the strong, straight: stems are fin ie 
cutting. Flowers last a long times (Pk 1 
(1% oz. 50c). : 3 
cut flowers during the winter. 
easily-grown Everlastings outdoors ace 
spring, cut the flowers at the peak of their 
beauty, tie them in small bunches ar 
hang them heads down in a dry place unti 
needed for. winter pamaices Our ee 
