Seventeen Standard 
Melons,—now grown,— 
were first introduced by 
us—but none equal to 
Us 
The“Four Finest” 
New Vegetables 
Unequaled for 1908! 
“Fordhook” Musk Melon 
This resembles the ‘‘Jmproved Jenny” in form; 
it is equally as roughly netted, while the skin, showing 
between the netting, is emerald-green. The flesh is of 
an attractive deep salmon color and surpassingly sweet 
to the very rind,—" the most delicious of all melons.” 
The beautiful salmon flesh is very thick and extremely 
solid. The thin rind is unusually firm, so that the 
fruits carry well to market. 
FORDHOOK MELON is most vigorous ingrowth, 
very early and extremely prolific. The melons are re- 
markably even in size, weighing from 1 lb. 8 ozs. to 
two pounds each. In our Catalog we print letters from 
the originator and others, all uniting to prove that 
this unequaled new melon is well worthy of the name 
FoRDHOOK to designate it as ““‘BURPEE’S BEST.” 
FORDHOOK MELON is sold only in sealed 
packages, under our Registered Trade Mark. Per 
pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts.; 14 oz. 30 cts.; 4 oz. 
55 cts.; per oz. $1.00, postpaid. 
The New Burpee-Improved Bush Lima 
This is an entirely “New Creation.”” The pods are truly enormous 
in size,—borne abundantly and well filled with handsome beans which 
are both larger and thicker than those of the popular Burpee’s Bush 
Lima. It is the earliest cf a!l Large Limas and the “ best of all.” 
The erect sturdy bushes bear the beans on long spikes in very 
prolific clusters. There are from four to seven pods in each cluster 
and often as many as nine. Each pod contains three, four, or five 
beans and there are more pods containing five than there are con- 
taining three beans; so that taken with the great number borne, 
this makes the yield enovmous. The beans are of extra large 
size and most superb flavor. Per pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts.; 
1, pint 40 cts.; 4% pint 75 cts.; per pint $1.25, by mail, postpaid. 
Fordhook Bush Lima 
The only stiffly erect Bush form of the popular “ Potato” Lima! 
Both pods and beans are twice the size of Dreer’s Bush Lima and 
more than half again as large as the Challenger Pole Limas. It is 
altogether unigue. Nothing like it has ever been seen before! Of 
strong, erect, true bush-like growth, the pods are borne in “‘ clusters” 
of from four to eight. The pods resemble those of the Dreer’s Bush 
Lima, but average more than double the size, it is six days earlier. 
The pods contain three to five large beans with an average of four. Per 
pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts.; 14 pint 40 cts.; 4% pint 75 cts.; per 
pint $1.25, by mail, postpaid. t 
Sugar Corn,—Sweet-Orange 
Ready for the table in one week after our famous Golden Bantam, has 
larger ears, and is fully equal in surpassingly delicious flavor! Is of strong 
quick growth and bears two to three fine earsto a stalk. The ears, from 
seven to eight inches long, have twelve or fourteen rows of deep grains of a 
rich canary-yellow, unsurpassed in flavor, being remarkably tender, jwzcy, 
and of arich sugary sweetness. The genuine seed canbe had only in our 
sealed packages. Per pkt. 15 cts.; 12 pint 20 cts.; per pint 30 cts., postpaid. 
By express or freight, not prepaid: Per pint 25 cts.; quart 45 cts.; 2 quarts 
for 80 cts.; 4 quarts for $1.50. 
we will mail any two of the above; for 40’cts. we will 
For 25 Cts. mail all four (in full-size 15 ct. packets), and if you men- 
tion Garden Magazine, will include Free a packet (worth 25 cts.) of the 
Special New Mixture of Burpee’s “ Variegated Queen” Tall Nasturtiums. 
we will mail all the seeds named on this page. This in- 
For $1 00 cludes the Four Finest Novelties in Vegetables as adver- 
tised above,—Twenty Sweet Peas, and ifyou name this paper, a packet (really 
worth 25 cts.) of the New Variegated-Leaved Tall Nasturtiums in Superb 
Mixture. Never before have we been able to make an equal offer and we 
ought to gain thousands of new customers for 1908. Will not you invest a 
dollar to thoroughly Try Burpee’s “‘Seeds that Grow ” for 1908? 
ES Whether you order from this advertisement or not—yet if you 
have any intention To Try Burpee’s Seeds you should write for 
BURPEE’S FARM ANNUAL FOR 1908 i 
“The Leading American Seed Catalog” J 
An elegant New Book of 172 Pages, upon which we have spent 
months of labor and thousands of dollars to Tell the Plain Truth by 
pen and pencil. Besides hundreds of illustrations from photographs 
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it shows sixteen superb novelties pated from nature. It is the best Feed 
seed catalog we have yet issued. ee icone 
Many a winter’s evening can be spent profitably in planning your of ; 
garden, by a careful study of this book. Shall we send you a copy? \f “BURPEE-IMPROVED” 
If you appreciate Quality im Seeds, you will say Yes! Write to-day. BUSH LIMA 
Yee (sa cere 
A Single Flower of the New 
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BURPEE’S WHITE SPENCER \ 
Exactly Natural Size 
Per pkt. 25 cts.; 5 pkts. for $1.00 
Burpee’s 
“Novelty” Collection 
of Eight Elegant New 
Sweet P eas 
For 25 Cts. retail packet each of the 
following: Two New Gigantic ‘“Orchid-flowered”’ 
Sweet Peas, the delicate pink PARADISE and deep 
carmine-rose GEORGE HERBERT,—the richest 
dark navy-blue, BURPEE’s “‘ BRILLIANT BLUE,” 
and the brightest “‘fadeless-scarlet” QUEEN 
ALEXANDRA,—all four of which are shown, 
painted from nature, on cover of our New 
Catalog for 1908. The elegant new fluted white 
Nora UNWIN (next best to Burpee’s White 
Spencer),—the gorgeous fiery-orange EVELYN 
BYATT, the beautiful new primrose Mrs. COLLIER 
and a mixture of The Gigantic Ruffled “ Orchid- 
flowered’’ SEEDLINGS OF COUNTESS SPENCER. 
A@= Of these “‘Elegant Eight,” four retail at 75 cfs. 
per pkt. and the other four at zo cts. per pkt. &@- You 
thus get Light of the Finest Vovelties, really worth 
one dollar, for only 25 cts., and our New Leaflet on 
the CULTURE OF SWEET PEAS, revised for 1908. We 
“know Sweet Peas,’ and want to give you both The 
Choicest Seed and full benefit of our experience on 
‘How to Grow.’ Five Collections for $1.00,—and 
mailed to five separate addresses, if so desired. 
“Bountiful”’ Collection 
Paradies Ge eee 
each) of the following Ten Sweet Peas. Each 
is the best of its color in the popular grandiflora 
type,—of large size and fine form: BURPEE’S 
Aurora, the best striped,—BurRPEE’s Dainty, 
most lovely picotee-edged, —CouNTESS CADOGAN, 
clear light blue,—Davip R. WILLIAMSON, indigo- 
blue,—Dorotuy Ecxrorp, the popular white, 
—Ftora Norton, best lavender,—JANET Scott, 
“The Best Pink,’—-Kinc Epwarp VII, most 
popular scarlet,—OTHELLO, deep maroon, and a 
large ten-cent packet of the unequaled Special 
New Blend,—BuRPEE’S BEST MIXED FOR 1908. 
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S pecial—* ie Bice “ 4 Beers fees a Coe 
(worth 15 cts.) of the darkest of all Sweet Peas,— 
nearly black, — BURPEE’S MIDNIGHT, which will not 
be introduced until 1909. 
Send $1 00 for five collections, assorted as de- 
sired, name GARDEN MAGAZINE, 
and asa special premium we will give you also 1 pkt. 
(value 25 cts.) of BURPEE’S WHITE SPENCER,—the 
| grandest of all new Sweet Peas! 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Seed Growers, Philadelphia 
The Largest “Mail-Order Seed House” in the World 
