Success of the Burpee Business in "Quality Seeds" 



For many years we have had the largest Mail-Order Seed Trade in the world. This is a 

 acknowledged fact and there must be a reason for it. There are other firms that issue more expensive 

 catalogs and send out "drummers," while we are exclusively a Mail-Order House. Therefore, the 

 reason must be in the quality of seeds delivered and character of service rendered. 



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P__ 1 QAQ wc have decided to give planters generally (even 

 * ur *■ **W those not accustomed to buy High-Priced Novel- 

 ties) an opportunity to learn of the great advancement recently 

 made in several choicest new Vegetables — at less than halj our 

 regular Catalogue Prices jor 1000. 



Any "Four of the Finest" 

 Novelties— for 25 Cts.! 



Separately the seven varieties named below are sold (excepting 

 the last two) each at 15 cts. per pkt. — but you can select any four 

 varieties for 25 cts. (a silver "quarter" or five five-cent stamps), 

 while, if desired, we will mail all Seven Varieties for 40 cts., 

 in cash or postage stamps. Separately these seven packets, at 

 prices "per pkt.," would cost 95 cts. 



Burpee's "Dwarf -Giant" Tomato. 



The most meaty of all Tomatoes ! The flesh is so firm and the 

 tomatoes so heavy that they might be described "solid as a rock!" 

 It is the most nearly seedless of all tomatoes. Of handsome, dwarf, 

 erect growth, the bushes produce enormous crops of the most 

 beautiful tomatoes which are truly gigantic in size and absolutely 

 unequaled in delicious flavor. For full description and Colored 

 Plate, also particulars of $437.50 in Special Cash Prizes for 

 1909, — see Burpee's Farm Annual. Per pkt. 1 5 cts. 



Fordhook Bush Lima. Sr s ^X y "1^ CI 



Bush form of the popular " Potato" Lima. Both pods and beans 

 are twice the size of the Kumerle, while the "fat" beans are of the 

 same delicious flavor as Burpee's Bush Lima. Per pkt. 15 cts.; 

 Vi pint 25 cts.; pint 45 cts. 



Earliest Catawba Sweet Corn, haveiound 



a rival to our famous Golden Bantam — both in extreme earliness 

 and surpassingly delicious flavor. Several who have tested it at 

 Fordhook Farms and in its home on Seneca Lake, N, Y., say it is 

 even belter than Bantam ! For full description and special offer of 

 $310 in Cash Prizes, — see page 17 oj Burpee's Farm Annual. 

 Pkt. 15 cts. 



Burpee Improved Bush Lima. E^Ed" 



best of all Large Limas. The pods are truly enormous in size and 

 borne most abundantly on vigorous upright bushes. Pkt. (two 

 ounces') 15 cts.; V2 pint 35 cts.; pint 60 cts. postpaid. 



So named because it is 

 the earliest, most solid and 

 surest-heading of all early " Butterhead" Lettuces. Perpkt.15 cts. 



ieavily netted melons 

 nicely ribbed, with 

 thick golden-red flesh of exquisite flavor. A better shipper than 

 our original Netted Gem — the "Rocky Ford" Melon, and as 

 sweet as our famous Emerald Gem! For painting from nature and 

 full description — see Burpee's Farm Annual jor 1909. Per pkt. 

 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts. 



Burpee's Gibraltar Onion. y M e a iTow en gUb d e 



onions, fully as large as the Prize-Taker and a better cropper! 

 A great ''money-maker" for the market and equally fine for the 

 hone garden. For illustration and description — see page 72 0/ 

 Burpee's New Farm Annual. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; '/41b. 

 70 cts.; lb. $2.25, postpaid. 



"Wayahead" Lettuce. 



Fordhook Musk Melon. 2* 



AC\ f^f-c buys all the above Seven Packets 

 "" V>lo» select one packet each of any four v 

 only 25 cts. postpaid. 



or you can 

 varieties for 



Beautiful Flowers, — 

 Eight for 25 Cts.! 



Thirty years ago we originated the plan of offering each season 

 a Gem Collection, containing a fine assortment of choice flowers 

 for only twenty-five cents. Still further "to encourage the beautiful," 

 we have endeavored now to surpass all previous efforts. 



F-.« OC (""l-c we w '" mail one packet each of all the 

 *" "vJ \_l». following: Fordhook Favorite Asters, 

 choicest varieties in unequaled mixture: White Hyacinth Candy- 

 tuft, immense heads of splendid flowers; Dyanthus. Fordhook 

 Favorites, all the best Chinese and Japanese Pinks; Burbank's 

 New Eschscholtzia, the lovely bright-crimson California Poppy ; 

 New "Fuchsia-Flowered" Ipomoea. a most attractive, rapid 

 growing climber. — see illustration; Imperial German Pansies, 

 50 varieties in superb mixture ; Petunia, "Brilliant Beauties," 

 a special blend ol Baby Blue. Adonis, Rosy Morn, etc., and 

 Burpee's Best Strain of Phlox Drummondii Grandiflora as 

 grown at our famous Fordhook Farms. 



OC ffc buys all the above 



*"* >-'••*• eight packets, 



which purchased separately 



would cost 8c cts. ! 5 



collections mailed 



for $1.00. 



Seeds 

 for the 

 Children's Garden. 



Six Superb New 

 Spencer" Sweet Peas 



6 Packets for 25 Cts. 



f/-k|- 2*? f t« w e w i" mail one 15-cent packet of Burpee's 

 1 UI *"»* V»lo. Apple Blossom Spencer, as shown, painted 

 from nature, on front cover of Burpee's Farm Annual jor 1000; one 

 liberal packet each of Burpee's White Spencer and Primrose 

 Spencer, which sold last year at one cent a seed: one regular packet 

 each of the crimson-orange Helen Lewis, and the exquisitely 

 dainty "pink-edged" Florence Morse Spencer; together with 

 a 15-cent packet of the New Superb Spencer Seedlings — the 

 first really fine mixture of this magnificent, gigantic, ruffled, Orchid- 

 flowered race. 



These six superb Spencers, together with our new Leaflet on 

 culture, mailed for only 25 cts.; five collections for $1.00. 



Eight Elegant New 

 "Standard" Sweet Peas 



I 



ar retail packet 



No better collection than the above 



could be obtained to give to children. 



As our contribution we send with each 



Gem collection ordered this season two 



extra packets Free — containing special 



mixture of Sweet Peas and Nasturtiums. 



The sweet Peas include Burpee's Best 



Mixed, together with Fordhook Fancy 



Flaked and New "Spencer Seedlings." 



The Nasturtiums will include all 



tall varieties — Burpee's Giant-Flowered, 



Madame Gunler Hybrids, Red-Spurred 



Lobb's and a jew oj Ijic Variegated-Leaved 



and New Ivy-Leaved. 



P ~. v OC /~"|- c we will mail one regul 

 Tor £.0 V^lS. each of these eight:— 



The new flaked Prince Olaf and the richest dark navy blue, 

 Burpee's Brilliant Blue; the "apricot and lemon," Sybil 

 Eckford; the "peach blossom pink," Queen of Spain; the 

 Gloxinia-flowered, mottled Helen Pierce; the fadeless scarlet 

 Queen Alexandra; the orange-salmon, Bolton's Pink, and 

 a large 10-cent packet of the unequaled Special New Burpee's 

 Best Mixed Sweet Peas for 1909. 



OC f fc DUVS either of the above collections, or $1.00 any 

 "*■' >■''•*• five collections, mailed to separate addresses, if 

 so ordered. 



p n| . Cf) (^"tc we w '" mau "' otn collections as above 

 * , -' 1 *Jv» V*lo. together with you/ choice of a 15-cent 

 packet of either Burpee's King Edward Spencer, the greatest 

 novelty in Sweet Peas for 1909, shown on colored plate in our 

 catalogue, the New Princess Victoria Spencer, so named by 

 Royal request, or the gorgeous English St. George. Thus you 

 obtain for 50 cts. fifteen of the finest new Sweet Peas, which 

 purchased separately at regular prices would amount to $1.65! 



We have been recognized for many years as American "Head- 

 quarters for Sweet Peas" and are determined to maintain this 

 unique position. 



For $1.00 



we will mail all the seeds advertised jor sale on this page and give also any one 15 ct. pkt. of The Three 

 New Sweet Peas named at bottom of last column — making in all 32 pkts. for $1.00. tESP^Not counting 



the two pkts. we give the children, the remaining 30 pkts. at regular retail prices amount to $3.40 — but all will be mailed to 



any address upon receipt of only one dollar. 



t^— Whether you are ready now to order anyof the above ornot, you should write TO-DAY for 



Burpee's New Farm Annual for 1909, 



The " Leading American Seed Catalog " — which is now better than ever before ! 



An Elegant Book of 174 Pages — it is "The Silent Salesman" of the World's Largest Mail-Order Seed Trade. It tells the plain 

 truth about the Best Seeds that can be grown. Bound in covers lithographed in nine colors it shows, with the beautiful colored 

 plates, Seven Superb Novelties in Vegetables, Three New "Spencer" Sweet Peas and the most beautiful New Giant-flowered Pansies 

 — all accurately painted from nature. It is A Safe Guide to success and should be consulted by every one who gardens either 

 for pleasure or profit. It is mailed FREE to all who appreciate Quality in Seeds. Shall we mail You a copy? Kindly name this paper. 



W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Burpee Building, PHILADELPHIA 



