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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1916 



Are You 



Lover? 



If so, I want to know you— you should 

 know me. 



Let's get acquainted. 



How? 



Let me send you free a copy of my famous 



"A Little Book About Roses" 



(1916 edition ready January 25th) 



You will be charmed by its beauty, surprised 

 at its honesty, and pleasedwith its helpfulness. 



GEORGE H. 



Rose and Peony Specialist 



This little book and the business it repre- 

 sents, have done more to promote the suc- 

 cessful culture of outdoor Roses all over this 

 country and Canada than all other agencies 

 combined. 



If, this year, you want to buy Real 

 Roses and let "the other fellow" buy ex- 

 perience, let's get acquainted — today. 

 Send your request today. 



PETERSON 



Box 50, Fair Lawn, N. J. 



LOOKING FOR SOMETHING? 



The advertising pages of The Garden Magazine are intended to be equally as serviceable to the 

 readers as the text. 



By placing before you the offers of dealers who can supply your garden wants, the monthly editions 

 of The Garden Magazine become practically a living catalogue of offers. 



If you don't see in this number advertising of articles in which you are interested, we will gladly 

 inform you where they may be obtained. 



In writing to advertisers it is suggested that you mention The Garden Magazine. This is appre- 

 ciated by the advertiser and helps us. 



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W. Atlee Burpee 



ONE of the most conspicuous figures in the seed 

 trade, and a man of most engaging personality, 

 was Washington Atlee Burpee, who, at the age of 

 fifty-eight years, died on Friday, November 26th 

 last, at his home Fordhook, Doylestown, Pa. 



The name of Burpee is familiar to anyone who has 

 a garden. For many years the firm to which our 

 deceased friend gave his name has been so well 

 and favorably known to our readers as to be indeed 

 an institution. But to those of us who were 

 privileged to enjoy a pleasant acquaintanceship 

 with W. A. Burpee, there was much more than the 

 business relationship. Mr. Burpee was indeed a 

 remarkable man, not alone in his work as a seeds- 

 man, but also in his personal touch with everyone 



THE LATE WASHINGTON ATLEE BURPEE 



Bom Sheffield, New Brunswick, April 5, 1858 



Died Doylestown, Pa., Nov. 26, 1915 



who was brought into contact with him. A pioneer 

 in the seed mail-order business, he built up within a 

 very few years an establishment of large size and 

 of enviable reputation, and the death of the founder 

 of the firm of W. Atlee Burpee & Co. removes from 

 the garden lovers' field a man who had done as 

 much possibly as any other one man or force to 

 develop the present widespread interest in better 

 things for the garden. 



In 1876, while still a student in the University 

 of Pennsylvania, W. A. Burpee began to offer 

 seeds by mail. But it was two years later that the 

 present business, of which he continued as the 

 active head and directing force to the last, was 

 established. He really enjoyed his business — that's 

 why he was a seedsman, for his father, a physician 

 in New Brunswick, had intended his son to follow 

 his own profession; and his large farm home at 

 Doylestown was an extensive trial ground for 

 checking up the stocks and strains of varieties 

 offered to the public. Here also he maintained 

 the kennels for the well known strain of Collie 

 dogs. 



As an introducer of novelties in flowers and 

 vegetables, the house of Burpee has long enjoyed a 

 great reputation. First of all, the giant pole lima, 

 then the dwarf lima, a host of sweet peas, various 

 cabbages, Golden Bantam sweet corn, tomatoes, 

 cucumbers (to but suggest a few), are all to the 

 credit of Burpee's reputation. 



Three sons survive, two of whom David and W. 

 Atlee, Jr., have already been actively connected 

 with the business. 



The Readers' Service is prepared to advise parents in regard to schools 



