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Burpee's Annual for 1912 



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The Leading American Seed Catalog" 



Is now ready for mailing. The first edition of more than four 

 hundred thousand copies will soon be distributed. As usual 

 it is sent unsolicited only to "Customers of Record." We 

 shall be pleased, however, to mail a copy immediately upon 

 application (a postal card will do) to everyone who appreciates 

 QUALITY IN SEEDS. 



This SILENT SALESMAN (and we employ no "talking" 

 salesmen to solicit orders) tells the plain truth about The Best 

 Seeds That Can Be Grown. It is a bright book of 178 

 pages and shows, besides colored plates of Burpee-Specialties, 

 hundreds of the choicest vegetables and most beautiful flowers, 

 illustrated from photographs. It is almost indispensable to all 

 who garden either for pleasure or profit. 



The "HOUSE OF BURPEE" is known the world over not 

 only as EXPERTS IN S WEET PEAS, but also as SEED SPECIAL- 

 ISTS. No other American firm has ever introduced so many 

 novelties of sterling value, — and no other growers supply seeds 

 annually direct to so many planters. It might be to your in- 

 terest to read THE BURPEE ANNUAL. It will cost you only 

 one cent for a post-card to send us your address — and you 

 are under no obligation to buy. We never annoy applicants 

 with "follow up" letters! 



Shall we mail you a copy? 

 If so, kindly WRITE TO-DAY 



W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. 



Burpee Buildings Philadelphia 



The World's Largest Mail-Order Seed House 



Sweet Peas 



YY/ITH our five farms in Pennsylvania, 

 New Jersey and California, we have 

 the largest, most complete trial grounds, — 

 "to prove all things." We were the first 

 in America to grow " SPENCERS " and have 

 to-day the choicest strains of these mag- 

 nificent, gigantic, new waved Sweet 

 Peas. Unlike seeds generally sold, 

 Burpee's Re-Selected Stocks come abso- 

 lutely true both to color and the superb 



Spencer type. 



Six Superb Spencers 



C „ OC f*t-n we will mail one regular packet 

 rUl LO \AS. each of FLORENCE NIGHTIN- 

 GALE, the largest and best lavender,— CONSTANCE 

 OLIVER, rich rose-pink on cream,— MARIE COR- 

 ELLI, beautiful, brilliant rose,— PRIMROSE SPENCER, 

 the best primrose,— SENATOR SPENCER, claret flaked 

 on heliotrope, — and W. T. HUTCHINS, apricot over- 

 laid with blush pink. The Six Superb Spencers 

 are shown painted from nature on pages 109 and 

 I 10 of Burpee's Annual for 1912. Purchased separ- 

 ately they would cost 65 cts., but all six packets, 

 with leaflet on culture, will be mailed for only 25 

 cts.; five collections for $1.00. 



Six Superfine Spencers 



17-*-, QC fin we W 'N mail one regular 10 

 * "l LD VlS* cent p ac ket each of AURORA 

 SPENCER, orange-salmon flaked,— HELEN LEWIS, 

 rich crimson-orange,— KING EDWARD SPENCER, 

 glossy carmine-scarlet,— MRS. C. W. BREADMORE, 

 cream edged pink,— MRS. HUGH DICKSON, lovely 

 pinkish apricot, and a large packet (80 to 90 seeds) of 

 Burpee's Best Blend for 1912 of SUPERB SPENCER 

 SEEDLINGS. Leaflet on culture sent with each 

 collection. 



Six Standard Spencers 



C OC Cla we w '^ mail one regular 10 



rOl LtO V/IS. cent p ac k et e ach of APPLE 

 BLOSSOM SPENCER, rose and pink— COUNTESS 

 SPENCER, the best pink,— GEORGE HERBERT, rosy 

 carmine,— MRS. ROUTZAHN, buff suffused with rose, 



— Queen Victoria Spencer, primrose flushed 



pink, and TENNANT SPENCER, rich rosy purple. 



QC fin buys any one of the above three col- 

 ■*•* vWi lections; any five collections for $1.00, 

 and mailed to different addresses if so ordered. 



p C A fit? we w '" ma 'l anv two °f t ^ le 



f"I «*" vloi above collections together with 

 a 15 cent packet of the most gorgeous, new THOMAS 

 STEVENSON, making in all thirteen packets of SUPERB 

 SPENCERS for only 50 cts. 



P ^1 A|"| we will mail all three collections 



1 UI «p 1 iVV neatly boxed, and also one regu- 

 lar packet each of THOMAS STEVENSON, the charm- 

 ing new GLADYS BURT, the dainty ETHEL ROOSE- 

 VELT and BURPEE'S WHITE SPENCER — making in 

 all twenty-two true Spencers for $1.00, together with 

 our leaflet on culture and paper on the Spencer Type 

 of Sweet Peas. 



