January, 191 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



215 





JJurpees 

 Seeds 



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A Few Words 

 to Our Friends After Forty Years 



WE realize that 1916 is for us a very special occasion. We shall never again celebrate a Fortieth Anniver- 

 sary. We feel this announcement of our New Catalog should be more of a "heart-to-heart" talk with old 

 friends and planters and the new ones whom we would like to enroll as firm friends of the House of Burpee. 

 For forty years we have rendered faithful service. For forty years we have tried to make each year's service 

 more nearly ideal. This untiring effort has built for us not only the World's Largest Mail-Order Seed Business 

 but also a world-wide reputation for Efficient Service and Undisputed Leadership. 



More opportune than anything that we ourselves may say about "Burpee-Quality Seeds" are the many remark- 

 able things our thousands of customers and friends have said and continue to say about them. These customers 

 return to us year after year, not because seeds cannot be found elsewhere, but because of our superior quality 

 and service. Any one who is not thoroughly satisfied with the products raised can have his money back 

 any time within the year, for such is the guarantee that protects all who plant seeds bought from Burpee of 

 Philadelphia. 



Fortieth Anniversary Edition of Burpee's Annual 



"The Leading American Seed Catalog" for 1916 



is unlike any other. While maintaining its familiar form, we have tried to make it better than ever before. This 

 SILENT SALESMAN of the House of Burpee is a bright book of 182 pages. _ It tells the plain truth about the 

 best seeds, as proved at our famous Fordhook Farms, the largest trial grounds in America. Every page has been 

 revised carefully and improved where possible, also some changes have been made in the "Bull's-eye" varieties (©), 

 as suggested by another year's experience. Several novelties of unusual importance are presented which cannot 

 be obtained elsewhere. The front cover illustrates, in nine colors, the greatest novelty in Sweet Peas, — the most 

 beautiful "Fiery Cross". The back cover shows two famous Burpee Bantams, — Golden Bantam Corn and Blue 

 Bantam Peas. The colored plates show, painted from nature at Fordhook Farms, six other Burpee Specialties in 

 Vegetables, the finest new Burpee Spencers as grown at Floradale, the California home of Sweet Peas, and the 

 unique new Gladioli, Fordhook Hybrids. 



This Catalog is mailed free. A post card will bring it. Write today and please mention The Garden 

 Magazine. 



Of unusual interest are two special souvenirs prepared by two of the most expert women workers 

 in America, both of which are free to our customers in celebration of our Fortieth Anniversary. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co. Burpee^ r uiw e ings Philadelphia 



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



