Sweet 
The Burpee Collections 
of Spencers 
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 Beauti¬ 
ful Lompoc (“Little Hills”) Valley, Cali¬ 
fornia. 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 today the largest stocks 
of Re-Selected Spencers in the world. 
Six “ Superb Spencers” 
E oy » OC f i - 8 we will mail one 15-cent packet of 
A £t<J<OLd. Burpee’s Orchid, the most beauti¬ 
ful 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 Herbert, rosy carmine; Mrs. C. W. Breadmore, cream 
edged rose; Stirling Stent, best glowing salmon-orange; also one large packet 
(90 to 100 seeds) cf The New Burpee Blend of Surpassingly Superb Spencers for 
1914, which is absolutely unequalled. With each collection we enclose our Leaflet on culture. 
At regular prices for 1914, purchased separately, these six packets would cost 65 cents. 
Six “ Superfine Spencers 
For 25cts. 
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 50cts. 
we will mail both collections named above, and also a 15-cent packet of King White, our greatest novelty for 1914. 
Eight “ Elegant Spencers ” 
jp— we will mail one regular packet (containing 40 to 50 seeds each and costing 10 and 15 cents per packet separately) of Aurora Spencer, 
1 Jwvla. flaked orange-salmon on cream; Dainty Spencer, white edged rose-pink; Florence Nightingale, clear soft lavender; illustrated in this 
advertisement. Irish Belle, rich lilac flushed pink; King Edward Spencer, magnificent crimson; Mrs. Routzahn, buff suffused light pink; Queen Victoria 
Spencer, beautiful primrose, flushed rose, 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. 
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 
For $1.00 
could not 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 it would be well to write today for 
Burpee’s Annual for 1914 
A Bright New Book of 182 Pages —it is known as “The Silent Salesman ” of the W’orld’s Largest Mail-Order Seed Trade. It tells only the plain truth about the 
Bvirpee-Quality Seeds that Grow 
Bound in covers lithographed in nine colors, it shows, with the colored plates (also in nine colors) Six Novelties and Specialties in unequalled Vegetables, and 
sixteen Beautiful New Flowers, including the most Superb “Spencers” —as grown at Burpee’s Floradale Ranch, the California “H me of Sweet Peas.” 
With hundreds of illustrations from photographs and carefully written descriptions it is a Safe Guide to success in the garden, and should be consulted by 
everyone who plants seeds, either for pleasure or profit. \\ hile it is never sent unsolicited (except to customers of record) we are pleased to mail it Free to 
everyone who has a garden and asks for it. Shall we mail You a copy? If so, kindly mention “House & Garden” and write Today! 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Burpee Buildings, Philadelphia 
