FEBnuARV 1, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



77 



Burpee^s Seeds Grow 



With the close of 1916 forty years of 

 Burpee Effort have passed into Seed 

 History. These were constructive years, 

 years of careful, intensive, scientific in- 

 vestigation 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 P'lower Seeds 

 that are now in general cultivation, than have 

 any three other American Seed Firms, but never 

 have we cataloged any one of these varieties 

 until it has passed all the exacting require- 

 ments of the Burpee Standard. This Burpee 

 Standard js maintained by rigid tests at Fordhook Farms, America's largest and most complete Trial 

 Grounds. These tests are made each year for the purpose of strengthening the bond of confidence 

 between 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'S ANNUAL 

 The Leading American Seed Catalog 



Burpee Annual for 1 9 1 7 



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 addition to 

 Burpee'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 post card 

 will bring them. 



BURPEE'S BLUE LIST 

 The Narlcet Growers' Handbook 



W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. 



Q SEED GROWERS 



Burpee Buildings, Philadelphia, Pa. 



