NOVEMBER 17, 1898. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



663 



New Dwarf CIPID Sweet Pea - Burpee's "BEAITY." 



Bl'KPEES BEAl'TY CUPID, while l.ciiiR ahva\-ol the- true Cupid t\pe-growing onh six to seven 

 inches high, with deep emerald green foliaoje— bears Howers fully equal in si/e, form and and substance to tlie 

 best of the new tall Sweet Peas. The handsome large Howers are borne most profuselv all over the plant in 

 clusters of three at the top of strong stems. Of unusual breadth, ratlier pointed at the top. and edges re-curved, 

 giving It the deeply hooded effect of Prince of Wales or Her Majesty. The standard is a delicate and 

 yet decided rose color, lightening to nearly white at the edges, and slightly striped with carmine at the 

 base. The wings are suffused rosy-carmine, deepening at the edges. A vigorous grower, it is a wonderfully free 

 bloomer, and besides its beauty in the garden promises to be of real value as a commercial flower in greenhouses 



New Sweet Pea - Burpee's "EARLIEST OF ALL" 



"Everv florist will be eager to have this dis- 

 tinct new strain, wlien we state that it is iden 

 tical with the Extra Early Blanche Ferry except 

 that it is more dwarf in growth and comes intn 

 full bloom at least ten days earlier ' The 

 prophecy just quoted from our remarks last 

 year has been more than verified as tlie de 

 mand was extraordinary, and we Iiave received 

 most enthusiastic letters as to the unique \alue 

 of Earliest of Ai-l. both for forcing and 

 open ground. The illustration was engraved 

 from a photograph of a spray of flowers e\ 

 actly natural size. This most valuable new 

 strain originated with Mr. Thomas Goi i i 

 who wrote us, September 10. 1S97. 



"The new 'Earliest of AIT were so closeh 

 selected that their habit was UNiFORML\ dwari 

 after slight roguing, as compared with parLiit 

 plants, coming into general bloom fully two 

 weeks before the Extra Early Blanche Ferr\ 

 showed scattered bloom. The distinctueness 

 in early habit was so marked in all stages of 

 development as to invite interrogations from 

 EVERY visiting seedsman as to the diftertnco 

 between this selection and its parent stock 

 growing immeciately contiguous. In fact th 

 characteristic was unquestionable to an 

 perienced eye as far away as the bloom cc 

 be distinguished. I was much chagrined 

 receive such a small crop after all the precau 

 tions taken to save almost every seed. 

 Per packet, lOc ; per ounce. 40c. 

 Wholesale, $5.00 per hundred packets; $25.00 

 per hundred ounce packages. 

 Burpee's ''EARLIEST OF ALL." notwith- 

 standing its free-flowering character, proved such a 

 shy seeder last year that we were able to offer the 

 seed only at retailf in sealed packets of twenty seeds 

 each. To enable us to meet the demand that was 

 sure to follow from florists and dealers this season, 

 we sent stock seed for planting last winter to the following four 

 well-knowTi E^rowers ■ C. " " " - .... 



R0HNFF.-r. nt California; 



Che I-. 



Mors 

 and W. A. 

 County, Ne 

 it spring and sum 

 K, we found that 



trated description of all these _ 



and other new Sweet Peas, besides several other important h 



Novelties in Vegetables and Flowers, which are now offered '-J 



to the trade, will be mailed free on application. Electro- ^ 



types furnished at a nominal price (practically free) to ^ 

 Jioirses who catalogue our Novelties for 1899. 



3 NEW CUPIDS. 



Vr71', invite special attention to the S 

 *» Nkw Cupids — Burpek's Bkautv. 

 Ai.h 1 I'.iKFORD and Primkuse— as un- 

 lodlit.-Jly the most important Novelties 

 for 1899. We offer all these at uniform 

 Ijfice, as follows : 



In regular size packets (each containing 24 

 ^LL-dsi, per pkt. 2Sc : S pkts. for $1.00 ; per 

 <l,,zen pkts., $2.00; per 100 pkts,, $12.50. „ 



A lower rate will be quoted by the i.ooo pkts. 



In half size pkts (each containing 12 seeds) r 

 per pkt., ISc ; 2 pkts. for 2Sc: or 10 pkts. for 

 $1.00; per 100 pkts, $7.50. 



.\ lower rale will be quoted by tlie i.ooo pkts. 



ALICE ECKFGRD CUPIO. 



I'he blooms, while of only medium size. 

 ire of fine, erect form, and borne in close- 

 lusters of three on stiff stems, displavinjt 

 most attractively the charming, blended 

 'iloring. The standards are a rich 

 reamy-white. suffused or blended with 

 ,1 delicate shading of solt-flesh pink- the 

 w.ngs are silvery-white with a faint pink 

 Mush in the central portion. The Hower 

 IS identical in size, form and color, with 

 that of tlie tall .\lice Eckford, which 

 while not of the largest size, has been ad- 

 mired so greatly on account of the delicate 

 and harmonious shadings of soitlv blended 

 tints. 



It is a BL,\CK-SEEDED variety of strong 

 iitality, so that no difflcultv need be 

 feared in securing a good stand of plants, 

 even under adverse circumstances, while 

 like al the Cupid varieties it will bloom 

 niuch longer and more freelv during hot. 

 of the tall varieties^ 



PRIMROSE CUPIO. 



Like all the other Cupids, this is very 

 free Howering, and the dwarf plants, only 

 SIX to seven inches high, have that distinct 

 EMER.^LD-LiREEN foliage which is peculiar 

 to this new race. This is identical with 

 the original white Cupid in all respects 

 e.Kcept coloring. The flowers are of a rich 

 REAMY TINT, identical with that of the 

 The seed ive offer is all 

 Ithough 



Co., and Waldo 

 ENlsox and Rogers 

 York. In inspecting 



Earliest of All" 



tall Primrose. . 



hand-picked and therefore 

 white-seeded, will grow nearl 

 orously as the hardier black-seeded 

 varieties. 



e- 



2 Grand New 

 Tall Sweet Peas. 



NOW FIRST INTRODUCED. 



Eckford's Sadie Burpee. 



nf which Henry Eckford says ' the ex- 

 treme daintiness of its shape and pure 

 iiearly-whiteness is bevond description '" 

 Being black-seeded as well as white- 

 -e.-ded. makes it of exceptional value. 



Burpee's Navy Blue. 



mous Sunset Novelty "A," 

 ave purchased the entire 

 1 distinct coloring innova- 



This is the 

 of which we 

 control. It 



.'i circular describing both of these re- 

 narkable Novelties in tall Sweet Pea^ 

 /ill be sent on application. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



