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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Febhuart, 1910 



"Seeds that Grow" of the Burpee-Quality 



Cost more but are worth more than the difference in cost ! Of seeds it is always true 



that "the Best is the Cheapest," — and that is one reason why we have maintained 



the Largest Mail-Order Seed Trade in the World. To prove to others that QUALITY 



COUNTS and to demonstrate the value of the New BURPEE SPECIALTIES we now offer 



Any "Four of the Finest" Novelties for 1910 — 

 Your Own Choice,— Mailed for Only 25 Cents! 



Burpee's "Dwarf- 



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Separately trie thirteen varieties named below each 

 cost (excepting Fordhook Melon) 15 cts. per pkt.,- 

 but you can select any Four varieties for 25 cts. 

 (silver or stamps), while we will mail any Nine 

 varieties for 50 cts., or all Thirteen for 75 cts. 

 Separately these thirteen at prices " per pkt" 

 amount to $1.90. 



"Giant-Podded" Pole Lima. 



An entirely new and most remarkable variety, now 

 first offered for advance trials in connection with 

 $427.50 in Cash Prizes. We will pay $ioo for a 

 suitable name 1 It is the largest seeded and largest 

 podded of all Limas, — see illustration herett'ith from 

 a photograph. For Colored Plate, history, and descrip- 

 tion, — see Burpee's New Annual for igio. Per pkt. 

 15 cts.; 54 pint 30 cts.; % pint 50 cts. 



Burpee's Nameless Bush 



B This is also quite unique and 



Call. we will pay $ioo for a suitable 

 name, — also other liberal cash prizes for 

 1910. It is the "Best of All" — superior 

 to Burpee's String-less Green-Pod and is 

 While - seeded. For illustrations from 

 photographs and full particulars see 

 Burpee's Annual for igio. Seed very 

 scarce. Per pkt. (only jo Beans .') 15 cts. 



Burpee - Improved Bush 



LJ___ The pods, truly enormous in size, 

 Illlct. are borne early and abundantly 

 on strong upright bushes. Per pkt. (Vxo 

 ounces) 15 cts.; Vl pint 25 cts.; pint 45 cts. 



Fordhook Bush Lima. ™|, 



stiffly erect Bush form of the popular " Potato 



Lima. Both pods and beans are twice the size of 



the Knmerle, while the "fat" beans are of the 



same delicious flavor as Burpee's Bush Lima. Per 



pkt. 15 cts.; J£ pint 25 cts.; pint 40 cts., postpaid. 



Earliest Catawba Sweet Corn. 



real rival to our famous Golden Bantam, — both in ex- 

 treme earliness and surpassingly delicious flavor. Some 

 planters say it is even better than Bantam ! For illustra- 

 tions, description and " reports," — see Burpee's Annual for 

 jgio. Per pkt. 15 cts.; Vz pint 30 cts.; pint 50 cts., postpaid. 



"Wayahead" Lettuce. f^f^S 



most solid and surest-heading of all early "Butterhead" 

 Lettuces. Per pkt. 1 5 cts.; oz. 45 cts. 



Fordhook Musk Melon. 22n££3tf 



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 ! Per pkt. 10 cts.; 

 oz. 30 cts. 



The fact that the Burpee business is a record of 

 continuous yearly growth is almost as much in 

 evidence as the truth of the firm's famous motto 

 that " Burpee's Seeds Grow." 

 And who can place a limit to the growth of the 

 Burpee business so long as its inspiring aim con- 

 tinues to be that of its founder — "Never to attempt 

 to compete merely in price but aim always to supply only 

 the best seed it is possible to produce. " Value for value 

 must finally obtain in all transactions of successful business, 

 and one reason why W. Atlee Burpee & Co. have had 

 for many years the largest mail-order seed trade in the 

 world is doubtless because they have always made QUALITY 

 their first consideration. Even in "lean years," when 

 business barely paid expenses, they have steadily resisted 

 the temptation to cut down the cost of production when such 

 reduction would mean a cheapening in quality. They have 

 always appreciated the truth of the time-wom idiom, that in 

 seeds, at least for the planter, " the best is the cheapest." — 

 From The Florists' Exchange, New York,, June 5, 1909. 





Giant" Tomato. i SS onnn 



and the tomatoes so heavy that they 

 might be described "solid as a rock ! " It 

 is the most nearly seedless of all toma- 

 toes. 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. Per pkt. 

 15 cts.; {4 oz. 40 cts.; oz. $1.50. 



African "Golden- 

 Orange" Daisy ;£fc 



Aurantiaca). As easily grown as any common 

 annual, — this is entirely unique in color and 

 most strikingly beautiful ! It has created a 

 sensation wherever seen and you can get some 

 idea of its rare beauty from the colored plate in 

 Burpee's New Annual for jgio. Per pkt. 1 5 cts. 



New Giant-Flowered Mig- 



_,__,_«.«.__ Burpee's Special Blend of 

 nOneiieS. Goliath, Gray, Red, and White 

 Giants. — each bearing great massive spikes of 

 delicious fragrance, and never before equaled I 

 Per pkt 15 cts. 



"Variegated-Queen" Nastur- 



tiiimtt in Superb Mixture for 1910. Of tall 

 UUIUS growth, bearing flowers of many bright 

 colors. The leaves are so beautifully variegated 

 with yellow, white and green that the plants 

 would be worthy of culture even for foliage 

 alone. Per pkt. 15 cts.; per oz. 35 cts. 



New "Spencer" Sweet Peas. 



Many colors of the gigantic waved and frilled 

 "Spencers" — in unequaled mixture. These 

 new seedlings of the true " orchid-flowered " 

 crinkled type will give a rare treat to lovers of 

 Sweet Peas. We won the only Gold Medal of 

 the N. S. P. S. in London the past summer 



that was ever awarded outside of Great Britain ! 



Per pkt 15 cts.; peroz. 45 cts.; U lb. $1.25. 



Giant - Flowered Pansies. 



As now improved for 1910, this Special New 

 Burpee-Blend is the best and most complete 

 mixture of Truly Giant-flowered Pansies 

 ever offered. Per pkt 15 cts. 



■7C ffc buys all the above Thirteen 

 • *J V^lo. Packets, or you can select any 

 Four for 25 cts., or any Nine for 50 cts. 



I~p^ Whether ready to order now 

 or not, you should surely write for 



B 1876—1910 * 



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The Leading American 

 Seed Catalog for 1910! 



An Elegant Book of 178 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, — as proved at our famous Fordhook 

 Farms, — the largest and most complete Tria'. 

 Grounds in America. Handsomely bound with cover. 1 " 

 lithographed in nine colors it shows, with the six colorec 

 plates, Nine Novelties and Specialties in un- 

 . equaled Vegetables, and five of the finest Beauti- 



i^J»\Sr£/jSV f u i New Flowers. A Safe Guide to success in 

 the garden, it should be consulted by every one 

 who plants, whether for pleasure or profit. It is 

 mailed FREE to every one who has a garden and 

 can appreciate Quality in Seeds. Shall we mail 

 /AP^' You a co Py ? H so ' kindl y write TO-DAY ! 



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



