GIANT DAHLIA-FLOWERED 
These mammoth-size Zinnias are 5 to 6” across and look 
like perfect Dahlias. Strong growers with long, stiff stems 
that make them ideal for cutting. A complete range of deli- 
cate, bright and rich colors from white, yellow, lavender and 
rose to orange, scarlet and brightest crimson. They grow 
gracefully to 3’, (Pkt. 15c) (Jumbo Pkt. 35c) (%4 oz. 50c). 
GIANTS of 
CALIFORNIA 
Magnificent double flowers 5 to 6” 
across, aS big as Dahlia-Flowered, but 
flattened with overlapping petals that 
make a truly wonderful effect. Well- 
branched plants grow 3’ tall with including all of 
long, stiff stems. A mixture of colors. colors, (Pkt. 25c) 
(Pkt, 15c) (Jumbo Pkt. 35c) (%4 oz. 60c) (44 oz. 80c). 
50c). 
Bird Houses can easily be 
made from gourds. All that is needed is the right kind of 
gourd and a sharp knife. Hang these Gourd Bird Houses 
in trees and other places, away from the reach of cats, 
and they will attract many beautiful birds. Birds are not 
only ornamental in the garden and on the lawn, but are 
Attractive and inexpensive 
SUPER-GIANT 
MIXTURE 
A superb mixture of the four 
(4) GIANT ZINNIAS listed here, 
“Arctic Snowbirds” 
These charming and 
curious, snow birds at- 
tract the curiosity and 
admiration of 
one, 
made from Calabash 
Pipe Gourds. 
make delightful gifts, 
and also find 
sale. 
easily grown and no 
particular skill is re- 
quired; as the gourds 
are simply harvested 
when 
mounted on a wooden 
GIANT "Hybrid" ZINNIA 
These hybrids are the finest of a new race of cactus-type 
Zinnias with gracefully quilled, fluffy and ruffled petals in a 
myriad of all the colors. Huge 5” flowers stand on long 
stems that are ideal for cutting. Plants are 2% to 3’ high. 
In a fine mixture of all the Zinnia colors. Very outstanding. 
(Pkt. 25c) (Jumbo Pkt. 60c) (% oz. 90c). 
GIANT IMPROVED 
FANTASY 
These large 4” cactus-type flowers 
with irregular quilled petals, like a 
shaggy chrysanthemum, are truly a 
wonderful sight. A complete range of 
colors from brightest reds and oranges 
to pastel pinks, creams and salmons. 
Grows 214’ tall. (Pkt. 15¢) (Jumbo 
Pkt. 35c) (% 0z. 55c). 
the wonderful 
(Jumbo Pkt. 
PENGUIN 
GOURDS 
every- 
and are easily 
They 
ready 
The gourds are 
ripe, painted, 
very beneficial, destroying worms and other insect pests. rm " 
Plant some of our Bird House Gourd seed this spring and was plaster base and 
grow your own Bird Houses. (Pkt. 25¢) (Jumbo Pkt. 60c), absorbent cotton is and decorated as Penguins 
Co., Galesburg, 
placed around to represent snow. (Pkt. 
20c) (Jumbo Pkt. 50c). 
ORNAMENTAL GOURDS 
Gay, Colorful Decorations 
Gourds make gay winter decorations 
when thoroughly ripened, cured and 
varnished. When painted in bright 
color combinations, they are very at- 
tractive braided in strings for wall dec- 
orations or when loosely arranged in 
flat bowls for the table. Many useful 
things are made from Gourds, such as 
hanging baskets, vases, wall pockets, 
fruit bowls, dippers, pipes, nest eggs, 
bird houses, toys, ete. 
ALL KINDS MIXED. Our Gourd Mix- 
ture is an extra fine blend including a 
great many kinds of all shapes and 
sizes. (Pkt. 15c) (Jumbo Pkt. 35c) 
(Oz. 50c). 
Michigan 
TOM THUMB ZINNIA 
6 to 8” compact plants covered with well- 
formed perfectly double flowers 2” across. 
Colors range through red, orange, yellow, 
pink, rose white and all between. A most 
effective border plant and excellent for bou- 
quets. (Pkt. 25c) (Jumbo Pkt. 60c) (14 oz. 
80c). 
LILLIPUT or POMPON 
These dwarf, bushy and branching Zinnias 
grow 12 to 15” tall. They have a full range 
of ZINNIA colors, and look especially well 
in front of the Giant varieties, or as borders 
and edgings. Small 2” flowers are on stiff 
stems ideal for cutting. (Pkt. 15¢) (Jumbo 
Pkt. 35c) (%4 oz. 50c). 
ZINNIA COLLECTION 
1 Pkt. Dahlia-Flowered 
1 Pkt. Lilliput 
1 Pkt. Tom Thumb 
All 3 Pkts. only 45c¢ 
EARLY WONDER 
The Cut Flower Zinnia 
This ‘‘earliest of all Zinnias’”’ is different 
in that it is basal branching and produces its 
blooms on long stems 1% to 2’ tall without 
laterals, making it ideal for cutting. Full 
double flowers 3 to 4” across, and the most 
wonderful mixture of pastel colors. Different 
(Pkt. 15c) (Jumbo Pkt. 35c) 
from all others. 
% oz. 60¢). 
Striped Like a Candy Stick 
A completely new, cut-and-come-again Zin- 
nia with striped colors that remind you of 
Peppermint Sticks. Combinations of red and 
white, orange and yellow, and purple and 
white striping give it the most unusual ap- 
pearance. Blooms 2144” across on 2’ plants, 
(Pkt. 20c) (Jumbo Pkt. 50¢) (14 oz. 75e). 
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Burgess’ Annual 
FLOWER GARDEN 
Whole Season Bloom 
Hundreds of varieties of Pretty 
Flowers, especially selected with col- 
ors and types being carefully propor- 
tioned to produce a constant and 
varied bloom the whole season, are 
contained in this fine mixture. Won- 
derful for cutting garden, bare spots 
in the landscape or to plant along 
fence row. (Pkt. §5c) (%-oz. 40c) 
(Oz. 70c) (%4 Ib. $4.75). 
