Burpee-Quality Vegetables 
“Four of the Finest” 
For 25 Cents 
Burpee’s Annual for 1912 
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“The Leading American Seed Catalog 
will be sent immediately upon application (a postal card will do) to every one 
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. 
Besides colored plates of Burpee-Specialties, this bright book of 178 pages 
shows hundreds of the choicest vegetables and most beautiful flowers, illus¬ 
trated 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 Sweet Peas, but also as Seed Specialists. 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 interest 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 
Sweet Peas 
With our five farms in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Cali¬ 
fornia, 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 
magnificent, gigantic, new waved Sweet Peas. Unlike 
seeds generally sold, Burpee's Re-Selected Stocks come ab¬ 
solutely true both to color and the superb Spencer type. 
ea The “Burpee-Improved” Bush Lima 
1101 
Tomato—Chalk’s Early Jewel 
If asked ‘ which is the best tomato for family garden ” where only one is to be 
used we should answer Chalk’s Early Jewel. The reasons a’re: It produces 
uniformly solid, smooth, bright scarlet tomatoes of good size and sweet, rich 
flavor, beginning unusually early (within a week or ten days as early as 
Sparks Earliana), and continues to bear a splendid crop throughout the sea¬ 
son. See page 89 of Burpee’s Annual advertised below. Fordhook- 
Grown Seed : Per pkt. 10 cts.; Y* oz. 25 cts.; per oz. 40 cts.; Y\ lb. 
$1.10; per pound $4.00. 
OC pfc we will mail one regular sized packet each of the above “Four 
* -nrc p-rvBCT ” Purchased separately these four packets would 
Ports, Natural Size, of 
B URPEE-IMPRO VED” 
_ __ j u __ __ _ THE NEW “BURPEE-IMPROVED” BUSH LIMA 
of the Finest.’ 
cost just 50 cts. It is our desire that every one who lias a garden should have these “ Four of 
the Finest" Extra-Early Vegetables , and can well afford to make this special offer to extend the popularity of these most justly Famous Fordhook Favorites. 
Six Superb Spencers 
Fnt* ?*» we wil1 maiI one re S ular packet each of Florence Nightingale, the largest and best 
rui LO Uls. lavender;— Constance Oliver, rich rose pink on cream;— Marie Corelli, beautiful, 
brilliant crimson;— Primrose Spencer, the best primrose;— Senator Spencer, claret flaked on heliotrope;— 
and W. T. Hutchins, apricot overlaid with blush pink. These Six Superb Spencers are shown painted 
from nature on pages 109 and 110 of Burpee’s Annual for 1912. Purchased separately they would cost 65 
cts.. but all six packets, with leaflet on culture, will be mailed for only 25 cts.; fir collections for $1.00. 
KING EDWARD SPENCER SWEET PEA 
Six Superfine Spencers 
9 £ fx buys any one of the above three collections; any five collections <M Aft 
LO Vis. f or $1.00, and mailed to different addresses if so ordered. 1 UI 
Fnv CA Ftc we W *A ma fi a »y two Bie above collections together 
Tor DU CIS. w ;th a 15 cent packet of the most gorgeous, new Thomas 
Stevenson, making in all thirteen packets of Superb Spencers for only 50 cts. 
Fn** Fte we w ‘b mail one x'egular ten-cent packet each of Aurora Spencer, orange-salmon 
TUI LO V,15. flaked;— Helen Lewis, rich crimson orange;— King Edward Spencer, glossy carmine 
scarlet;— Mrs. C. W. Breadmore, picotee edged pink;— Mrs. Huch 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 pfo we will mail one regular ten-cent packet each of AppleBlossom Spencer, rose and pink;— 
TUI LO VA». countess Spencer, the best pink;—G eorge Herbert, rosy carmine;—M rs. Routzahn, 
buff suffused with rose;—Q ueen Victoria Spencer, primrose flushed pink, and Tennant Spencer, rich 
rosy purple. 
we will mail all three collections, neatly boxed, and also one 
regular packet each of Thomas Stevenson, the charming, new 
Gladys Burt, the dainty Ethel Roosevelt 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. 
A Distinct “New Creation,” the Largest and Best of All Bush Lima Beans ! 
It differs from the best strains of Burpee's Bush Lima in having uni¬ 
formly much larger pods, producing more beans, while both pods 
and beans are not only larger in size but also considerably thicker. 
The growth is even more vigorous, with heavier foliage. The plants 
are uniformly upright. Even when of full size the enormous beans 
are of the most luscious flavor ; they are thin skinned and truly 
delicious; they are ready to market eight to ten days earlier. Per pkt. 
15 cts.; pint 25 cts.; pint 40 cts.; postpaid. By express or freight: 
per pint 30 cts ; quart 50 cts.; 2 quarts 90 cts.; per peck $3.00. 
301 Sweet Corn—Burpee’s Golden Bantam 
First introduced ( exclusively by us) just ten years ago (in 1902), this is the sweetest in 
flavor and most popular first-early sweet corn in cultivation to-day. Its hard}' character allows 
the seed to be planted earlier than any white-seeded sweet corn, so that it gives the earli¬ 
est ears possible to produce. For full description— see page 17 of Burpee’s Annual for 
1912, and also see eat painted from nature. Per pkt. 15 cts.; J4 pint 20 cts.; per pint 
30 cts., postpaid. By express: Per pint 20 cts.; quart 35 cts.; 2 quarts for 60 cts.; 
4 quarts for $1.10; peck $2.00. 
878 Radish—Burpee’s “Rapid Red” 
The quickest growing of all the “cherry-stone” red radishes. Deliciously crisn, solid 
little radishes, three-fourths of an inch in diameter; are ready to eat from fourteen to 
eighteen days from the time the seed is sown. See colored plate and full description in 
Burpee’s 1912 Annual. Per pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; Y\ lb. 40 cts.; per lb. $1.25. 
“THE SEAL OF 
QUALITY" 
