and Seed-Production Stations 
Floradale Farms 
at Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, Calif. 
Our Floradale Seed Farms are known as “The California 
Home of Flowers,” so widespread has their fame become, and 
thousands of flower lovers from all parts of the world visit Flora- 
dale in May and June every year to enjoy the pleasure of view¬ 
ing acres upon acres of thousands of varieties of flowers, spread 
out in a glorious panorama as far as the eye can reach. 
The spectacle presented to view should not be missed 
by garden lovers, for here also are new flowers that cannot 
be seen elsewhere. Besides Sweet Peas, there are wide 
expanses of the new big Zinnias, as well as the small 
Lilliputs, the tiny Cupids, and the shaggy Fantasy sorts. 
Also the wonderful new Burpee Petunias, Snapdragons, 
Asters, Cosmos, Marigolds, and many other flowers. 
Floradale Farms comprise hundreds of acres in the fertile 
Lompoc Valley, which is surrounded by mountains opening out 
to the sea, fifty miles north of Santa Barbara. Here the rich 
deep soil, the equable climate, and the copious dews com¬ 
bine to impart to the seeds grown here exceptional 
vitality and vigor. 
Experimental work as well as seed-growing is con¬ 
tinually going forward at Floradale; in fact, many of 
our finest new varieties are bred there. 
Stocks of standard varieties are also being con¬ 
tinually improved by selecting the best individual 
plants for seed. All the Burpee varieties are kept 
true-to-type by this method. 
If any of our friends should visit California, 
they are assured of a cordial welcome by our 
manager and his associates. 
Lack of space prevents description of our other 
seed-growing establishments at Twin Falls, Idaho, 
and Lansing, Michigan, which are used more par¬ 
ticularly for large scale vegetable seed-growing. 
Experimental work with vegetables for market gar¬ 
deners is also carried on at our branch at Sanford, 
Florida. 
On the right, 
gathering 
seeds from 
specially 
marked 
plants to sow 
for our seed 
stocks. 
To the left 
we picture 
"caged” 
plants,which 
are pla?its 
showing 
signs of a 
"break” 
from which a new variety might be evolved by cross breeding or 
hybridization. They are carefully covered to prevent pollenization 
by insects carrying pollen from some undesired plant. 
Crowing seeds of annual flowers 
at Floradale Seed Farms, 
Lompoc, Calif. 
In the circle is pictured 
W. Allee Burpee, whose 
Sweet Pea creations 
caused such a furore in 
A merica, and Henry Eck- 
ford of England, who per¬ 
fected another type of 
flower in his country. 
On the right we 
show our plant 
breeders in¬ 
specting crops 
of Sweet Peas 
at Floradale 
Farms. More 
than 200 acres 
are used for 
growing Sweet 
Peas every 
year at our 
Floradale 
Farms. 
Burpee’s Floradale Farms in the Lompoc Valley, near Santa Barbara, Calif. 
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