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HOKTICULTURE 



March 3, 1917 



Burpee's Seeds Grow 



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American grown As- 

 ter seed is now ac- 

 knowledged to be so 

 vastly superior to Eu- 

 ropean grown seed 

 that there is no rea- 

 son why European 

 grown seed should be 

 at all considered. Even 

 in the Early Queen of 

 the Market type Ameri- 

 can grown seed has 

 been found superior to 

 European. The Royal 

 and Crego types close- 

 ly follow Queen of the 

 Market, and those are 

 followed by the Late 

 Branching types. 



Burpee's New Amer- 

 ican Beauty Aster is 

 in type of growth and 

 -J. form of flower similar 



to the Late Branching, 

 but differs in that all 

 the large blossoms are produced on 

 much longer and heavier stems. In 

 some instances stems measure more 

 than two feet in length. It has the longest 

 blooming period of any Aster that we know 

 of. The large double flowers are of a bright 

 carmine-rose almost identical with the World's Famous American 

 Beauty Rose. 



Mr. Fred Howard of Howard & Smith, Los Angeles, California, 

 writes March 29, 1916, in relerence to American Beauty Aster: "It 

 is in my opinion one of the most remarkable Asters which has 

 come under my notice. The plants attain a height of some four feet, and the flowers are borne singly at 

 the ends of stems which attain a length of thirty to thirty-six inches. The most remarkable feature to be 

 noted regarding this Aster is the length of time which it remains in flower. The plants at our nursery 

 came into bloom during the month of July, and we were still cutting from them late in September. It is 

 unlikely that they would come into bloom so early under Eastern conditions, but if they come in later I 

 have no doubt the season during which they flower would be equivalent. The stems are absolutely non- 

 lateral branching. The flowers attain an enormous size owing to the fact that the entire sap flow is 

 diverted to the one terminal bud or flower. The color is a distinct shade of carmine-rose. The addition 

 of new colors to this new type of Asters will in my opinion prove to be a strain of great merit." 



Burpee's American Beauty Aster is illustrated in color on the front cover of Burpee's Annual for 1917, 

 and now that we have harvested a little more seed than was estimated we have decided to offer it to 

 the Florist Trade. This Superb Aster should have a place in every Aster field. It will certainly prove 

 its superior merit. 



Packet containing 40 seeds 10 cts., packet of 120 seeds 25 cts., trade packet 1000 seeds $1.25. 



FLOWER SEEDS FOR FLORISTS 



Floriits and Market Gardeners, in addition to Burpee'* Annual, should have Burpee't Blue Li$t, the 

 Market Growers' Handbook. This is a wholesale price list for commercial planters. Write for this to-day. 

 A post card will bring it. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 



Seed Growers Philadelphia 



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