For 25 Cts. 
we will mail one 15-cent packet of Burpee’s Orchid, 
the most beautiful helio-mauve, which alone sold 
last year at 12 seeds for 25c—one regular 10-cent packet (40 to 50 seeds) 
each of Beatrice Spencer, deep pink; George Herrert, rosy carmine; Mrs. 
C. W. Breadmore, cream edged rose; Stirling Stent, best glowing salmon- 
orange; also one large packet (90 to 100 seeds) of The New Burpee Blend 
of Surpassingly Superb Spencers for 1914, which is absolutely unequaled. With each 
collection we enclose our Leaflet on culture. Purchased separately, these 6 packets would 
cost 65 cents. 
Six “ Superfine Spencers” 
For 25 Cts. 
we will mail one regular 10-cent packet (containing 40 to 50 
seeds) each of Apple Blossom Spencer, rosy-pink and white; 
Duplex Spencer, cream-pink and apricot; Ethel Roosevelt, primrose flaked rose; 
Othello Spencer, rich maroon; Tennant Spencer, beautiful mauve, and Thomas 
Stevenson, most glowing orange-scarlet. 
For 50c we will mail both collections named above, and also a 15-cent packet of 
King White, our greatest novelty for 1914. 
E* CA we will mail one regular packet (containing 40 to 50 seeds each 
i Ql V'LSo and costing 10 and 15 cents per packet separately) of Aurora 
Spencer, flaked orange-salmon on cream; Dainty Spencer, white edged rose-pink; 
Florence Nightingale, clear soft lavender; Irish Belle, rich lilac flushed pink; King 
Edward Spencer (illustrated in this advertisement), magnificent crimson; Mrs. Rout- 
zahn, buff suffused light pink: Queen Victoria Spencer, beautiful primrose, and Ver¬ 
milion Brilliant, the best iridescent scarlet. These eight were all first named and intro¬ 
duced by us, and are shown painted from nature on the last cover page of Burpee’s 
Annual for 1914. 
A Spray of 
Burpee’s 
King Edward 
Spencer 
Sweet Pea 
Sweet Peas 
The Burpee Collections advertised below are 
the choicest yet offered. Such values would 
be impossible even with us, had we not increased 
our acreage in the Beautiful Lompoc (“Little 
Hills”) Valley, California. Here, under the 
direct personal care of the Resident Manager at 
our FLORADALE FARM —“The Home of 
Flowers ”—we had the past season one hundred 
and eighty acres of Sweet Peas alone! We hold 
the largest stocks of Selected “Spencers” in 
the world. 
Six “Superb Spencers” 
Eight “ Elegant Spencers” 
For $1.00 
we will mail all three collections as offered above, and also a 15-cent packet each of King White, our greatest novelty for 
1914; and the new Giant Hercules, best of all warm pinks; Twenty-two Tested Spencers of Finest Floradale Stocks for a 
Dollar. This great offer could not be duplicated anywhere else in the world. When ordering it is sufficient to write for Bur¬ 
pee’s Special Dollar Box of Spencers. 
Burpee’s “Seeds That Grow” 
are supplied each season direct to many more planters than are the seeds of any other brand. Bur¬ 
pee’s Seeds are known the world over as the best it is possible to produce, and are acknowledged 
the American Standard of Excellence. 
In thirty-seven years of successful seed selling we have introduced more Novelties that are 
now in general cultivation than have any three other firms. We produce Selected Stocks upon our 
own seed farms in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and California, while Fordhook Farms are famous as 
the largest trial grounds in America. No Government Experimental Station attempts such com¬ 
plete trials each season, and the information here obtained is of incalculable benefit to planters 
everywhere. Simply send us your address plainly written and kindly name Rural Nciv-Yorker. 
Then by first mail you will receive 
The Burpee Annual for 1914 
A Bright New Book of 182 Pages —it is known as “The Silent Salesman” of the World’s 
Largest Mail-Order Seed Trade. Bound with covers lithographed in nine colors, it shows Six Nov¬ 
elties and Specialties in unequaled Vegetables, and sixteen Beautiful New Flowers, including the 
most Superb “Spencers” as grown at Burpee’s Floradale Ranch, the California “Home of Sweet 
Peas.” 
With hundreds of illustrations and carefully written descriptions it is a Safe Guide to success 
in the < garden, and should be consulted by every one who plants seeds, either for pleasure or profit. 
We are plased to mail it Free to everyone who has a garden and asks for it. Shall we mail You a 
copy? If so, kindly mention The Rural New-Yorker, and write To-day. 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Burpee Buildings, Philadelphia 
