Double Large Flowered Stocks 
Heavy spikes of handsome, fragrant flowers, like small rosettes, are produced in a wide 
range of soft and distinct shades. Fine for bedding, borders and cutting. For best results, 
sow seed indoors in shallow boxes or seed pans 6 to 8 weeks before your usual outdoor 
Keep in a temperature of 65° F. or less from the time the seed is sown until 
planting time. 
the plants have made 8 leaves so that they will form buds. I 
to handle, pot them up singly and grow on in pots until weather and soil have become 
warm, when they should be transplanted to the garden where they are to remain. You 
will be pleased with the high percentage of doubles in our strains. 
Early Giant Imperial or Improved Bismarck Stocks 
Exquisite, well-rounded, large double 
blooms on extra long sturdy stems. Plants 
are base branching and grow 2 to 2% ft. 
tall, bloom early and are valuable for gar- 
den purposes and greenhouse forcing. 
3250 Antique Copper Coppery red. 
3252 Dark Blue Attractive; distinct. 
3260 Buttercup Deep yellow; beautiful. 
2748 Elk’s Pride Rich royal purple. 
3254 Flesh Soft or delicate light pink. 
3255 Lavender Lovely clear shade. 
3253 Fiery Blood Red Vivid; intense. 
3256 Rose Fine deep rose-pink; popular. 
2749 Golden Rose Rose witha golden 
sheen; enchanting combination. Pleasing. 
3261 Shasta Glistening snow white. 
3251 Canary Yellow Exquisite shade. 
Any of the above separate varieties: 
Pkt. 15¢; 4% oz. 75¢; 14 oz. $1.25. 
3258 Mixed Colors A splendid assort- 
ment made up from all the above colors. 
Pkt. 15¢; 4 oz. 60¢; 14 oz. $1.00. 
7697 COLLECTION 
Six Select Early 
Giant Imperial Stocks 
Antique Copper (copper-red), 
Golden Rose, 
Fiery Blood Red, 
Elk’s Pride (royal purple), 
Shasta (white), and Canary Yellow. 
6 Pkts. —one each of these six 
varieties (value 90¢) for only 
75¢ 

Dwarf Ten Weeks Stocks 
A favorite class, coming into bloom in about 
ten weeks after seed is sown. Rather com- 
pact plants, 15 to 18 in. tall. 
2725 Light Blue...... 
2721 Bright Pink .... | 4%» of these 
separate 
2727 Purple.......... colors: 
2723 Blood Red...... Pkt. 10¢; 
yy oz. 55¢3 
2719 Canary Yellow.. | 4 °- $1.00. 
2730 Mixed Colors The above and 
others in a grand mixture. Pkt. 10¢; 
Vy oz. 50¢; 4 oz. 85¢; 14 oz. $1.50. 
Sunflower— Helianthus 
_ Beautiful Dlants for backgrounds or screens on account of their stately growth. Thrive 
in almost any soil exposed to the sun; bloom profusely from midsummer until frost. Small 
varieties are useful for cutting. Tall varieties should be staked; often used as hedges. 
2765 Double Chrysanthemum Flow- 
ered Golden yellow chrysanthemum-like, 
double blooms, 6 to 8 in. across, made up of 
thousands of small fringed petals forming a 
broad, thick flower of artistic appearance. 
The plants grow nearly 7 ft. tall. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 35¢; oz. 60¢. 
2762 Red Artistic flowers of chestnut-red, 
bright red, crimson, some tipped with yel- 
low, while others are yellow suffused with 
red. Flowers vary in coloring and in size. 5 
to6ft. Pkt. 10¢; 4 oz. 30¢; VY, oz. 50¢. 
2758 Dwarf Chrysanthemum Flowered 
Double, shaggy, golden orange flowers, 
5 to 6 in. across and quite deep, are freely 
borne on bushy, compact plants 3 ft. tall. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 30¢; Vy oz. 50¢. 
Mammoth Russian Sunflower, 
See page 44. 
94 W. Atlee Burpee Co. 
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Early Giant Imperial Stocks 
Beauty of Nice Stocks 
2743 Mixed Colors Plants are of py- 
ramidal branching form, each branch a long 
spike filled with double, honey-scented 
flowers of all colors. Require 12 to 15 weeks 
to flower. Lovely in the garden; fine for 
forcing. Grows 2 to 2% ft. high. , 
Pkt. 15¢; 4% oz. 50¢; 14 oz. 85¢. 
Perpetual Branching or 
Giant Perfection Stocks 
3273 Mixed Colors An early double- 
flowering strain, the plants of which con- 
tinue to produce many side branches. All 
colors in mixture. 11% ft. tall. 
Pkt. 10¢; 1% oz. 50¢; 14 oz. 85¢. 


Tall and Dwarf Growing 
Large and Small Flowers 
Cut-and-Come-Again 
Miniature Sunflowers 
Well-branched plants growing 3 to 4 ft. tall 
and about 2 ft. across. Flowers are single, 
3 to 4 in. across, and held well above the 
foliage, on stems 12 to 16 in. long, which 
makes them especially desirable for cutting; 
quite effective in the garden. 
2760 Miniature Bright yellow flowers 
with attractive brown-black centers. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 30¢; 14 oz. 50¢. 
2756 Stella Purest golden yellow flowers, 
the petals of which are slightly twisted. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 30¢; Vy oz. 50¢. 
2759 Sunlight Bright golden yellow, 
deepening slightly towards the center, 
which is a prominent mound of blackish 
florets. Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 50¢; 4 oz. 85¢. 
Perennial Sunflower, see Helianthus, 
page 101. 



































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Sideritis (Leucaphai) 
3718 Candicans Attractive foliage plant 
with grayish white, felt-like foliage and 
white, wooly, clean looking stems. Plants 
are bushy, compact, 18 in. high and 20 in. 
across. Most desirable for edgings, bor- 
ders, bedding, pots and vases. Where 
winters are mild, the plants may be treated 
as perennials. 
Pkt. 15¢; %46 oz. 40¢; % oz. 70¢. 
Annual Sweet William 
2755 Mixed Colors Many beautiful col- 
ors, some starred and mottled, others with ~ 
clear white eyes. Named annual because 
plants will flower the first season if the seed 
is sown early. They will live over winter, 
however, and last for several years. 15 in. 
Pkt. 10¢; 4 oz. 35¢; 14 oz. 60¢. 
Perennial Sweet William, see page 104. 
Sweet Wivelsfield 
New race of “‘Pinks’’ with large flowers in — 
various shades of pink, rose, crimson, scar- 
contrasting colors. Grow 1 ft. tall and 
bloom profusely for many weeks during the 
summer. Valuable for border, rock garden, 
edgings, and make nice cut flowers. 
3962 Single Flowered, Mixed Colors 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 35¢; 14 oz. 60¢. 
4067 Double Flowered, Mixed Colors 
Pkt. 20¢; 46 oz. 50¢; 4% oz. 85¢. 
Texas Queen Anne’s 
Lace Flower 
2866 Large heads of tiny white flowers of 
lace-like appearance which resemble Queen 
Anne’s Lace of our roadsides, but more re- 
fined. Nice to mix with other flowers in 
bouquets. Grows 3 to 5 ft. tall, but if 
shorter plants are wanted sow seed rather 
thickly and don’t thin out the seedlings. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 35¢; 14 oz. 60¢. 
Thunbergia 
Black-Eyed Susan Vine § 
3700 Alata Mixed An unusually pretty 
little climber or may be used as a trailing 
plant for ground cover, hanging baskets 
and window-boxes. Forms a dense mat of 
foliage and flowers. Colors range through 
yellow, orange and buff to pure white, and 
most of the flowers have jet-black showy 
centers or eyes. Vines grow 5 ft. tall. - 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 30¢; 14 oz. 50¢. 
Li s s 
Tigridia 
Mexican Shell Flower, Tiger Flower 
2115 Mixed Large, brilliantly colored, 
triangular shaped flowers in many varied 
hues: scarlet, rose, yellow and orange. The 
smaller petals are marked with carmine, 
purple or mahogany and sometimes tinged 
pink, lavender and apricot. In bloom dur- 
ing August and September. 2 ft. tall. 
Pkt. 20¢; (46 oz. 60¢; 1% oz. $1.00. 
Tigridia bulbs, see page 106. 
Tithonia Mexican Sunflower © 
2714 Speciosa Stately plants with heavy, 
dark green foliage and brilliant, orange- 
scarlet single dahlia-like flowers, 3 to 4 in, 
across. Charming for cutting and tall back- 
grounds. Blooms in the fall. 6 ft. high. 
Pkt. 15¢; 4% oz. 40¢; 14 oz. 70¢. 
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