January 20, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



77 



BURPEE'S SEEDS GROW! 



C^'i/ifW Annual 



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BURPEE'S ANNUAL 

 The Leading American Seed Catalog 



Grounds. These tests are made each year fur 

 the i)urpose of strengthening the bond of con- 

 fidence between our customers and ourselves. 

 ^\'itll the cuhnination of these forty years we 

 enter the fifth decade of our active business 

 life, with the firm intention of continuing tn 

 Better Serve. 



Burpee Annual for 1917 



The Leading American Seed Catalog is bigger, 

 better and brighter than ever before. Twenty- 

 two pages have been added, and best of all you 

 will find thirty Burpee Specialties illustrated 

 in color. Never before have we issued a cat- 

 alog with so many accurate color illustrations. 

 Florists and Market Gardeners, in addition t(.) 

 Burpee's Annual, shovild have Burpee's Blue 

 List, the Market Growers' Handbook. This is 

 is a wholesale jjrice list for commercial plant- 

 ers. Write for tliese catalogs today. A post- 

 card will brino: them. 



Witli the close of 1916 forty years of Burpee 

 Effort have passed into Seed History. These 

 were constructive years, years of careful, inten- 

 sive, scientific investigation and experimenting. 

 Starting in a verv' modest way, acre after acre, 

 building after building have been added until 

 today we enjoy the distinction of being the 

 World's largest ilail Order Seed House. 



The House of Burpee 



in this forty years has introduced more distinct 

 new varieties of Vegetable and Flower Seeds 

 that are now in general cultivation, than ha\e 

 any three other American Seed Firms, but never 

 have we catalogued any one of these varieties 

 until it has passeil all the exacting requirements 

 of the Bui'pee Standard. This Burpee Standard 

 is maintained liy ligid tests at Fordhook Farms. 

 America's 1 argest and most complete Trial 



SPECIAL 

 SELECTED STRAINS 



1917 BURPEE'S 



SEEDS THAT GROW 



WHOLeSALE pfiices 



BURPEE'S BLUE LIST 

 The Market Growers' Handbook 



W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. 



Seed Growers 



Burpee Buildings Philadelphia 



