Burpee’s Giant Pansies 
Pansies always have been a great specialty with us and we are justly proud of the quality 
and trueness to type of our strains. 
sunny position, and produce their finest flo 
Pansies succeed best in rich, well-drained soil in a 
wers in the cool, early days of spring. 
Keep 
flowers picked during the summer, plants pinched back, and you will get a nice lot of 
flowers again in the fall. 



Giant Pansy, 
Burpee Blend 
Pkt. 35¢. 
2513 Burpee Blend of - 
Giant Fancy Pansies 
A carefully prepared mixture that is un- 
surpassed in every way. Plants are selected 
for their vigor and the way they hold their 
flowers well above the foliage; blooms are 
of the largest size and of the most beautiful, 
distinct and varied colors, including 
blotched varieties. Flowers are also heavy, 
thick, well waved, and crinkled at the 
edges. Every worth while color and color 
combination has been included. Pkt. 35¢; 
146 oz. $1.00; 1 oz. $1.75; %4 oz. $3.25. 
2461 Bugnot’s Giant Blotched 
Large round flowers, each petal blotched in 
many colors and margined with white, 
yellow or cream. Pkt. 20¢; 46 oz. 60¢; 
yy OZ. $1.00; i, OZ. $1.75. 
2463 Ruffled Masterpiece 
Charming pansies with crinkled and heav- 
ily ruffled blooms that have so much sub- 
stance as to appear double. Many delight- 
ful colors, mostly in rich and deeper shades. 
Free blooming. Pkt. 25¢; 16 oz. 85¢; 
Vy oz. $1.50; 4 oz. $2.75. 
For earliest blooms, start seed indoors four to six weeks before 
your outdoor planting time. 
2458 Sunnybrook Giants 
Outstanding for its wide range of color, 
compact growth, and free-blooming quali- 
ties. The petals of the gorgeous blooms 
are not only thick, but waved and 
frilled to the extreme. Bright and vivid 
self-colors, as well as blotched. 
: Pkt. 40¢; %A~6 oz. $1.10; 
ly oz. $2.00; 14 oz. $3.75. 
2454 Oregon Giants 
Extra long-stemmed giant flowers of 
somewhat flattened form; petals grace- 
fully waved at the edge. They can be 
grown 4in. across. A wonderful range 
of colors— everything that is desirable 
in mixture. Pkt. 50¢; %A6 oz. $1.50; 
I~ oz. $2.75; V4 oz. $5.00. 
2427 Jumbo Mixed 
Immense flowers in a well-balanced color 
blend of blue, purple, bronze, yellow, red 
and primrose shades; many beautifully 
blotched. White, self or spotted varieties 
have been omitted. An unusually choice 
selection. An early bloomer. Pkt. 50¢; 
“As OZ. $1.50; yy OZ. $2705 WY OZ. $5.00. 
2500 Mastodon Giants 
Very large, heavily ruffled and crinkled 
blooms in many colors, ranging from white 
to deepest mahogany. Included in this 
outstanding mixture are also lavender, rose, 
cerise, and light blue shades. Free-bloom- 
ing, compact, bushy plants with the flowers 
held well above the foliage. The texture 
of the flowers is very substantial. Pkt. 35¢; 
tA6 oz. $1.00; % oz. $1.75; 14 oz. $3.25. 
2465 Giant Maple Leaf Mixed 
(Canadian Giants) 
Compact habit of growth, with giant 
blooms of heavy substance. The range of 
color is marvelous, including both light and 
bright shades in addition to rich dark 
velvety tones. 
Ve oz. $1.75; 4 oz. $3.25. 
2424 Coronation Gold 
Canary-yellow with the lower petals flushed 
golden orange. Flowers grow 3 in. across, 
are round, with lightly ruffled edges and 
have a mild, spicy scent. Highly prized for 
cutting; effective in borders. Pkt. 25¢; 
4g oz. 85¢; Ve oz. $1.50; 1% oz. $2.75. 
Improved Swiss Giants or Roggli Hybrids 
The marvelous Swiss Pansies cannot be praised too highly. The plants are of exception- 
ally strong and robust growth, while the flowers are unusually large, perfectly round, with 
overlapping petals of heavy substance. 
They are borne freely on long, sturdy stems. Very 
effective in beds and borders, and most desirable for cutting. 
2470 Alpenglow Rich, velvety Indian- 
red blooms of the largest size showing a 
large dark blotch on each of the three lower 
petals. The reddest and most brilliant of 
all pansies. Pkt. 25¢; "6 oz. 85¢5 
Vg oz. $1.50; 1% oz. $2.75. 
2472 Swiss Giant Blotched Mixed 
Flowers are of gigantic size, perfectly 
round, and come ina great variety of colors 
practically unknown heretofore in pansies. 
Rich in red, salmon, pink and other unusual 
shades; all heavily blotched with contrast- 
ing deep colors. Pkt. 25¢; "6 oz. 75¢5 
ly oz. $1.25; 1/4 oz. $2.25. 
2471 Swiss Blue Large, well-rounded 
blooms of a vivid shade of blue, with a blue- 
black blotch in the center. Pkt. 25¢3 
146 oz. 85¢; Ve oz. $1.50; 4 oz. $2.75. 
Super Swiss Giants 
2473 Special Mixture The largest flowers 
in all the vivid, unusual and most outstand- 
ing shades of blue, purple, red, bronze, 
yellow, and primrose. We have also in- 
cluded some of the five-blotched varieties 
that are so beautiful and unusual. 
Pkt. 40¢; “Ye oz. $1.10; 
14 oz. $2.00; 14 oz. $3.75. 
Trimardeau or Giant Bedding Pansies 
2457 All Colors Mixed Where color effect is of more importance than size of bloom, this 
mixture will be found highly desirable for be 
ds, borders and edgings as plants are compact, 
extremely free blooming, of neat habit, and very hardy. Flowers are large, borne on strong, 
stiff stems long enough for cutting. Excellent blend of colors, some prettily blotched. 
Pkt. 20¢; %A6 oz. 60¢; 4g oz. $1.00; 1/4 oz. $1.75. 
Pe lee Din me aed Sr i ane he a RN 
74 W. Atlee Burpee Co., The Best Seeds That Grow 

Pkt. 35¢; %46 oz. $1.00; 


Poppy, Double Shirley Hybrids Pkt. 10¢. 
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Poppies, Shirley 
Papaver rhoeas 
Poppies are charming subjects in the gar- 
den because of their brilliantly colored 
flowers and the freedom with which they 
are produced. They are easy to grow in 
ordinary soil exposed to the sun; seed 
should be sown where intended to flower 
as early in the spring as the soil can be 
worked. They bloom quickly. Make suc- 
cessional sowings for a continuous_display. 
2618 Improved Single Shirley Mixed 
Large single flowers with papery, silk-like 
petals in dainty shades of pink, salmon, 
terra-cotta, apricot, etc.; many shaded and 
edged with other colors. Hardly any two 
plants with flowers exactly alike. 1) it. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 30¢; 12 oz. 50¢. 
2630 Double Shirley Hybrids Double 
and semi-double blooms in an almost end- 
less variety of attractive colors. Many of 
the flowers are delicately shaded with a 
second tint, which adds so much to their 
appearance. Choice and highly desirable. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 35¢; 12 oz. 60¢. 
Perennial Iceland Poppies, see page 92. 
Portulaca 
Rose Moss, Sun Plant RD 
For a brilliant display in low borders, edg- 
ings, beds, rock gardens, or ground cover, 
nothing can excel portulaca. Blooms early 
and continuously until frost; must have a 
sunny location, but will grow in almost any 
soil if well drained. Forms a dense, thick 
carpet; 4 to 6 in. tall. Seed is very fine so 
should be barely covered when sown. 
2652 Single Flowered, All Colors Mixed 
Complete mixture of orange, red, white, 
buff and other shades. Very colorful and 
effective, especially if grown in masses. 
Pkt. 15¢; 1% oz. 60¢; 14 oz. $1.00. — 
2659 Double Large Flowered Mixed A 
charming blend of pink, red, salmon, white 
_and yellow, some of which are striped with 
contrasting colors. Flowers are like little 
roses. Pkt. 15¢; "46 oz. 60¢; 1 oz. $1.00. 
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Double Portulaca’ Mixed Pkt. 15¢. 
