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H R T I C U L T U E E 



February 3, 1917 



BURPEE'S SEEDS GROW! 



C/diY-"^ Annual 



BURPEE'S ANNUAL 

 The Leading American Seed Catalog 



are made each year for the purpose of 

 strengthening the bond of confidence be- 

 tween our customers and ourselves. 



With the culmination of these forty years 

 we enter the fifth decade of our active 

 business life, with the firm intention of 

 continuing to 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 catalog 

 with so many accurate color illustrations. 

 Florists and Market Gardeners, in addi- 

 tion to Bui-pee's Annual, should have 

 Burpee's Blue List, the Market Growers' 

 Handbook. This is a wholesale price list 

 for commercial planters. Write for these 

 catalogs today. A postcard will bring 

 them. 



With the close of 1916 forty years of Bur- 

 pee EflFort have passed into Seed History. 

 These were constructive years, years of 

 careful, intensive, scientific investigation 

 and experimenting. Starting in a very 

 modest way, acre after acre, building after 

 building have been added until today we 

 enjoy the distinction of being the World's 

 largest Mail 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 cul- 

 tivation, than have any three other Ameri- 

 can Seed Firms, but never have we cata- 

 logued any one of these varieties until it 

 has passed all the exacting requirements 

 of the Burpee Standard. This Burpee 

 Standard is maintained by rigid tests at 

 Fordhook Farms, America's largest and 

 most complete Trial Grounds. These tests 



BURPEE'S BLUE LIST 

 The Market Growers' Handbook 



W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. 



Seed Growers 



Burpee Buildings 



Philadelphia 



