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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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'" NEW CREATIONS " IN BUSH LIMASi) 



Nature has surely surpassed herself! In a single season 

 she has outstripped all efforts of man. In fact, such dis- 

 tinct new types have never even been dreamed of before ! 



To learn just what they really are and how they 

 were discovered, kindly study pages lo to 75 of The; 

 Farm Annuai, for 1907. They are undoubtedly 

 the " Greatest Novelties of the Age." 



The Burpcc-Improvcd iio%".5?'ihKS'aTe^rTy- 



enormous in size, borne ingreat abundance upon bu-hes 

 two and one-half feet high by two feet across, 

 beans are both larger and thicker than those of 



populari?z<r;^?f'jjg?«Ai:z„;a or any strain of the la 

 White Pole Lima. 



Fordhook Bush Lima '^^'^ '^ ^ix'°fi^^^' 



... .^, »'»«t»a» sjuuu zinique. Nothing 



like It has ever been seen before. It is the first and 

 ow/y stiffly erect Bush form of the fat "Potato 



V^^" ^°^^ pods and beans are twice the size 

 ot Dreer's, Thorbur7i's or A'umerle Bush Lima 

 and more tlian half again as large as fehe 

 Challenger Pole Liyna. 



$1115 In Cash Prizes 



"Five 

 Finest" 



New 

 FL.wers 



For25cts. 



^ ithone prize of $150, and several of 

 «jO each, we will pay a total of'$1115 

 on these Two New Bnsli Llmas 



—is^ Burpee's Farm Annual. 



These Bush limas H^i 



only in sealed packets. Each 

 packet contains twelve per 

 feet hand-picked beans 

 Per pkt. 85 cents ; 

 6 pkta. for $1.00 

 postpaid. 



Bn»T)ee 

 Improved Bnab- 



Ilma. — 

 LUe-Slie Pod 



We will mail^as 

 i special adver- 

 tising offer — one 

 regular fifteen-cent 

 packet each of the 

 charming Variegat- 

 t-d Queen Tall Nas- 

 turtium, the first of 

 Burpee's New "Roy- 

 al Race" of Variegat- 

 ed-leaved Tall Nas- 

 tuitiums, Burbank's 

 New Crimson - flower- 

 ing Eschscholtzia, Bur- 

 pee s Hercules Giant 

 P.insies, the gigantic 

 orchid flowered new pink, 

 Florence Spencer (see illus- 

 tration), and the richly col- 

 ored Evelyn Byatt Sweet 

 Pea. Purchased separately 

 these five packets would cost 

 seventy-five cents. All five 

 packets mailed for 25 cts.; or five 

 assortmonts (in all 25 packets) 

 1.00 — to separate addresses if re- 

 quested. 



Four 1908 Novelties 

 FREE! 



To every one who orders direct from this advertise- 

 ment, vse will send FREE— if asked for— any one 

 with a 50c order, any two with a dollar order, or all four 

 with an order for $2.00. These Novelties, not yet cata- 

 loged by us, but on which we offer Cash Prizes for advance 

 trials, are: New American Dwarf Bush Nasturtium, "Ashes 

 of Roses, The New English "Beacon" Sweet Pea; New Ameri- 

 can Thick-leaved Gigantic Mustard, and a New Early Hard-head 

 Butter Lettuce from Germany. .^— i 



Burpee's 1907 



Farm : Annual 



"Leading American Seed Catalog." 



The " Silent Salesman " of the world's largest mail- 

 order seed trade. An elegant new book of 200 

 PAGES with hundreds of illustrations from photo- 

 graphs. It tells only plain 

 truth about the very best 



Seeds that Grow. 



It describes Grand Novel- 

 ties in Flowers and 'Vegeta- 

 bles of unusual importance, 

 which can not be obtained 

 elsewhere. If interested, 

 write to-day — mention 

 Gleanings in Bee Cul- 

 ture and the book is yours. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia 



Burpee Building 



