February, 
1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
143 
They give an abundance 
of beautiful flowers in the 
home garden because they 
are vigorous, thrifty and 
sturdy, grown slowly and 
wintered out of doors. 
Roses made to grow fast with excessive 
greenhouse heat do not bloom so early or so 
well. 
Fertile clay loam, constant cultivation, and 
a long growing season give Fairfax Roses 
vigorous roots and stocky branches. Cold 
weather comes gradually, ripening the wood 
slowly. Ice and snow prove the hardiness of the plants. 
Fairfax Roses, wintered out of [doors, have] rugged 
constitutions. 
My 1914 Fairfax Rose Book, 
Sent Free, Will Help You 
It tells how to grow the finest flowers. It describes a' 1 
the hardy varieties that will endure extremes of climate and 
bloom abundantly in the home rose garden. It is illustrated 
with beautiful pictures of Fairfax Roses. Sent free— write 
for it now. 
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or Gazing Globe. 
Flower Pots.Boxes,Vases and 
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in their home while the torn and bloody 
body of the mother bird rested across the 
nest. The girl’s voice was broken as she 
said: 
“I’ll never wear another wild bird’s 
feather while I live.” 
On her return to the boat she fled to her 
cabin, not to leave it until the rolling of the 
boat some hours later told her that we 
were clear of the river. 
As we passed up the coast, homeward 
bound. I pointed out to Marion single 
birds where formerly great flocks had 
abounded. 
“Were there really so very, very many? 
Won’t you tell me about it?” 
“Why, child, it is like a beautiful dream 
even to think about it. Birds abounded 
on the beach, on the water and in the air. 
High up, the man-o’-war hawks, small of 
body and big of wing, soared and sailed 
in curves that were the embodiment of 
grace. Below them, great clumsy-bodied 
pelicans hovered, with great bills pointed 
downward as they watched for their prey. 
Eacli minute these birds could be seen fall¬ 
ing in the air as if shot, and diving with 
less grace than a rag doll would have 
shown if thrown into the water by its 
mother. Yet, the pelican nearly always 
got its fish, and, as it sat on the surface of 
the water, trying to make up its mind 
whether to put the fish in its pouch to feed 
the babies at home or to eat it at once, lit¬ 
tle terns gathered about it or even stood 
on its back to see what their chance of a 
slice might he. 
“Then, when night approached, the sky 
was filled with never-ending flocks of 
many kinds of birds, all heading for a 
common point, usually some key near the 
coast. As the key was approached at dusk 
it loomed up like a great snowbank, for 
the leaves were hidden and the branches 
broken by masses of birds that counted by 
tens of thousands.” 
“Did all kinds of birds go to the same 
key?” 
“Not quite that, though a good many 
did. The great white pelican was rather 
exclusive, but the smaller brown variety 
was especially democratic. The herons of 
all varieties were chummy, though the 
snowy heron and the great American egret 
sometimes assumed aristocratic airs. The 
ibis or curlew had always an air of ‘hail 
fellow, well met,’ while the flamingoes 
always stood on their dignity.” 
“Are there any flamingoes left on the 
coast?” 
“Not one. It was too easy to get at 
them and kill them. Their home was on 
the flats east of Cape Sable, where I have 
seen a hundred and fifty of them standing- 
in a single line true enough to have 
served as a model for a file of West Point 
cadets. Then, when they were frightened 
by my approach, and flew away, it seemed 
as if a great crimson scarf were stretched 
across the sky.” 
“East of Cape Sable — why, that was 
where we got that young egret that you 
made pose so beautifully for me?” 
SweetPsas 
The Burpee collec¬ 
tions advertised be¬ 
low are the choicest 
yet offered. Such 
values would be im¬ 
possible even with 
us, had we not in¬ 
creased our acreage in the 
Beautiful Lompoc (“Little 
Hills’’) Valley, California. 
Here, under the direct per¬ 
sonal care of the Resident 
Manager at our FLORA- 
DALE 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 
For 25c 
ft 
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 BearticE Spencer deep pink; 
George Herbert, rosy carmine; Mrs. C. 
W. Breadmore, cream edged rose; Stir¬ 
ling 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 abso¬ 
lutely unequaled. With each collection we 
inclose our Leaflet on culture. Purchased 
separately, these 6 packets would cost 65c. 
Six “Superfine Spencers” 
OCf*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 50 cents we will mail both collections named 
above, and also a 15-cent packet of King White, 
our greatest novelty for 1914. 
Eight “Elegant Spencers” 
Ef|)rP we will mail one regular packet 
* (containing 40 to 50 seeds each 
and costing 10 and 15 cents per packet separately) 
of Aurora Spencer, flaked orange-salmon on 
cream; Dainty Spencer, white edged rose-pimk; 
Florence Nightingale, clear soft lavender; 
Irish Belle, rich lilac flushed pink; King Edward 
Spencer, magnificent crimson; Mrs. RouT’ahn, 
buff suffused light pink; Queen Victoria Spencer, 
beautifid primrose, and Vermillion Brilliant, 
the best iridescent scarlet. These eight were all 
first named and introduced by us, and are shown 
painted from nature on the last cover page of 
Burpee’s Annual for 1914. 
<£ I Of) we will mail all three collec- 
• ■ •"" tions 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 pink; Twenty-two 
Tested Spencers of Finest Floradale Stocks 
for a Dollar. This great offer cannot be duplicated 
anywhere else in the world. When ordering it is 
sufficient to write for Burpee’s Special Dollar 
Box of Spencers. 
Whether you order now or not you should write 
today for 
Burpee’s Annual 
Known as the leading American seed catalogue, 
this bright book of 182 pages for 1914 is better 
than ever before. 
It is mailed free upon application to all who 
value Quality in Seeds. In asking for your copy 
kindly name House & Garden. 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. 
Burpee Buildings 
Philadelphia 
In writing to advertisers please mention House & Garden. 
