The Garden Magazine, May, 1920 
159 
B URPEE has introduced more varieties of 
vegetables that are now in general com- 
merce than have any three other firms 
combined. Among the Lima Beans such 
quality leaders as Burpee’s Bush, Burpee- 
Improved Bush, Fordhook Bush and Burpee’s 
Giant Podded Pole, all first named and intro- 
duced by Burpee, are noted for their produc- 
tiveness, size and, most of all, their quality. 
Burpee’s Bush Lima 
Immensely productive, early and of typical 
strong bush growth. Pkt., 15c; 2 lb., 25c; 
1 lb., 45c postpaid. 
Burpee-Improved Bush Lima 
Pods truly enormous in size, borne abun- 
dantly, extra early. Pkt., 15c; \ lb., 30c; 
1 lb., 50c postpaid. 
Fordhook Bush Lima 
Very tender with unusually thin skin, most 
delicious in flavor. Pkt., 15c; 2 lb., 35c; 
1 lb., 60c postpaid. 
Burpee’s Giant Podded Pole Lima 
Largest podded and heaviest cropper of all 
pole limas. A quality variety of first im- 
portance. Pkt., 15c; 2 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 45c 
postpaid. 
We will mail to you one packet each of the above four 
Burpee Lima Beans for 50 c postpaid, or £ lb. of each 
of the four for £ 1.00 postpaid. 
Other Specialties to Sow 
th s Month 
Burpee’s Stringless Green-Pod 
Bush Beans 
This famous snap bean, introduced 
by Burpee twenty-seven years ago, 
still stands supreme among all green- 
podded beans. Tender, brittle, and 
absolutely stringless, even when 
fully grown. Pkt., ioc; § lb., 25c; 
1 lb., 45c postpaid. 
Burpee’s Golden Bantam 
Sweet Corn 
The most famous Sweet Corn in 
the World. Without question the 
richest and sweetest of all early 
sweet corns. Pkt., 15c; 2 lb., 35c; 
1 lb., 60c postpaid. 
Write {or a copy of the Burpee Leaflet “ How to Grow Beans.” It 
will be mailed to you free and please mention Garden Magazine. 
W Atlee Burpee Co. 
Burpee Buildings Philadelphia 
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Scheepers’ Unusual Tulips 
This special message is aimed at those ultra exacting gardeners who put 
results above all other considerations. Due to the courtesy of a leading 
specialty Tulip grower in Holland, we will be able to supply this Fall some 
of Holland’s most unique productions in Breeder, Cottage, Darwin, and Lily- 
Flowered Tulips that have ever reached America’s shores in our usual High 
Quality, and at special prices. There will be twenty-four varieties only, in 
this offer, everyone of them a peerless garden jewel. 
See them in flower at the New York Botanical Garden this month 
So impressed are we with the surpassing beauty and inherent merit of these Tulips that 
we arranged to plant trial plots at above station. See them yourself, then arrange for 
some— RIGHT NOW. 
Breeder 
ABD-EL-KADER 
Dark bronze’with lighter border 
$4.00 for ten 
BACCHUS 
Dark violet-blue 
$3.00 for ten 
DON PEDRO 
Morocco-red on cadmium yellow ground 
$1.50 for ten 
GARIBALDI 
Lilac-bronze, pale yellow border 
$2.50 for ten 
GOLDFINCH 
Golden chestnut 
$3.50 for ten 
HELOISE 
Purplish-red. yellow center 
$ 2.00 for ten 
LOUIS XIV 
Dark dull bluish-violet 
$3.00 for ten 
PALADIN 
Rich deep old-rose 
$2.50 for ten 
VELVET KING 
Dark glossy royal -purple 
$ 1 .50 for ten 
Cottage 
HAMMER HALES 
Rich mahogany -brown, edged orange 
$ 1 .00 for ten 
KINGFISHER . 
Creamy -yellow, flamed lilac and purple 
$2.50 for ten 
MRS. KERRELL 
Salmon-rose, delicately tinged amber 
$1 .50 for ten 
QUAINTNESS 
Golden brown, flushed dull old-rose 
$2.50 for ten 
TWILIGHT . 
Dull violet-mauve, brown border 
$1.50 for ten 
WALTER T. WARE 
Deepest golden-yellow 
$ 2.00 for ten 
Darwin 
AFTERGLOW 
Deep rosy -orange, edges shaded salmon 
$ 6.00 for ten 
CITY OF HAARLEM 
Intense dark scarlet; largest of all 
$ 2.00 for ten 
GIANT 
Dark purplish-violet 
$ 2.00 for ten 
JUBILEE 
The finest blue-Durple 
$1.50 for ten 
LA FIANCEE 
Deep rose, shaded old rose 
$3.00 for ten 
YOLANDE 
Bright rose -pink, shaded salmon 
$1 .50 for ten 
Lily-Flowered 
ADONIS 
Rosy-red 
$4.00 for ten 
ARTEMIS 
Carmine-rose; white base 
$4.00 for ten 
SIRENE 
Brilliant satin-rose 
$4.00 for ten 
The complete collection, ten bulbs of each of these 24 varieties. $60 
Every bulb of course fully guaranteed 
Special Prices — Good only until May 31st 
These Tulips are so scarce as yet. that Holland growers are reluctant to send out more 
than appreciative hobbyists demand. For this reason we may import to order only. How 
many may we reserve for you? Do not send remittance; send order only and at once; 
after May 31st, our regular catalogue prices shall be in force. 
JOHN SCHEEPERS, INC. 
Flower Bulb Specialists 
522 Fifth Ave. (Corner 44th St.), New York City 
Awarded the First and Only Gold Medal ever offered to 
an American Firm by the GENERAL 
BULBCROWERS’ ASSOCIA- 
TION of HAARLEM. 
HOLLAND. 
