JANUABT 6, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



43 



Burpee-Quality in Seeds 



RPEE BUILDING 



(OUR PfilNCIPAL CITY VAREHOUSE AND OFFICES) 



Nos. 475 and 477 North Fifth Street 

 and Nos. 476 and 478 York Avenue 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



TW Seal af Quiitr." 



oaf Cttstonjer 8 : Jantiary J, I9I0 



mers are o«f friends and the introduction to The Farm Annual has been rightly so addressed for many years 



a personal interest in doing all that is possible to insure your success in gardenings and are sure that you are 



now of out continued growth. Hence^ you may be interested in reading the articles on pages 4, t2, and 34, 



lerican Trade Journals. 



[FEE BUSINESS has shown a steady — and almost uninterrupted — growth since its beginning in (876, in the 



:tured below. Compare this with the present Burpee Building and also our 



illustrated on third page cover. The total business for an entire year ** in the 



ess than what we do now in a week. 



J) CUSTOMERS — many of twenty to thirty years' standing — need no new 



lity on our part. Our reputation for Seeds of Quality has been builded upon 



I to maintain the truth of our famous motto : — 



pee's Seeds Grow and are 

 ^ Best Seeds that can be grown 



logue for (910 (of which the first edition is more than four hundred thousand 

 ich some readers, however, who never before have had an opportunity to try 

 To such we would say that all we ask is a fair comparative trial, — no matter 

 first order may be. All stocks are thoroughly tested and we sell only those 

 k1— the best it is possible to produce. 



As arule,thl5 



it absolutely 

 true I Those varieties of seeds that cannot be produced to the highest standard of excell e nce upon 

 our own farms are raised under private contract, subject to our personal inspection during gtowtht in such sections of America and 

 Europe at long experience has shown to be best adapted to their proper development. We buy no seeds upon the open market — and 

 yet this rule occasionally has a necessary exception. The exception this season is in the case of Garden Peas, for the reason explained 

 at bottom of page 80. 



With hearty thanks for your many courtesies during past years, and trusting that the same friendly 



spirit may continue, we remain, Sincerely and gratefully yours. 



Seed Gardens and Trial Grounds at our famous FORDHOOK 

 FARMS, Bucks County, Pa.; SUNNYBROOK FARM in New 

 Jersey, and the new BURPEE RANCH in California. 



Burpee's Seeds are Grown by Burpee I 



ritTH STBEXT FKONTAGE OF 



The BURPEE BUILDING 



Erected in 1898 

 Our Philadklphia Hiadquabters 



:p«ated verbatim, the introduction to our reUil catalogue-BURPEE'S NEW ANNUAL FOR 1910. If you do not receive a copy 

 nerlcan Seed Catalogue '^ by January 10, please write for it. At the same time, if you appreciate quality in seeds and are willing to 

 J»e best seeds it is possible to produce, we shall be pleased to send you also (provided you are a market gardener or florist) a copy of 

 - LIST FOR 1910— the most complete wholesale catalogue for those who plant for profit 



««• may be higher than those of some other houses, yet the quality of the seeds in every case warrants the prices charged, Ve aim 

 i^ltty rather than to compete in price. Shall we send you one or both catalogues ? 



EE BURPEE & CO., Philadelphia, pa 



