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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. 
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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¢; %~6 oz. $1.00; 4 oz. $1.75. 
2461 Bugnot’s Giant Blotched 
Large round flowers, each petal beautifully 
blotched in many colors and margined 
with white, yellow or cream. Quite showy. 
Pkt. 20¢; %16 oz. 60¢; 4% oz. $1.00. 
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. 
Pkt. 25¢; "ws oz. 85¢; % oz. $1.50. 
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 qual- 
ities. The petals of the gorgeous blooms 
are not only thick, but waved and frilled 
to the extreme. Bright and vivid self- 
colors, as wellas blotched. Nicely mixed. 
Pkt. 40¢; "46 oz. $1.10; 4 oz. $2.00. 
2454 Oregon Giants 
Extra long-stemmed giant flowers of 
somewhat flattened form; petals grace- 
fully waved at the edge. They can be 
grown 4 in. across. A wonderful range 
of colors—everything that is desirable 
is included in this mixture. 
Pkt. 50¢; %A6 oz. $1.50; 14 oz. $2.75. 
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 and profuse bloomer. 
Pkt. 50¢; %46 oz. $1.50; 4 oz. $2.75. 
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 
he!d well above the foliage. The texture 
of the flowers is very substantial. 
Pkt. 35¢; "6 oz. $1.00; 14 oz. $1.75. 
2465 Giant Mapic Leaf Mixed 
(Canadian Giants) 
The free-blooming plants are of compact 
growth habit 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. 
Pkt. 35¢; 46 oz. $1.00; 1% oz. $1.75. 
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 and edgings. 
Pkt. 25¢; "6 oz. 85¢; 1 oz. $1.50. 
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 freeiy 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 ofthe three lower 
petals. The reddest and most brilliant of 
all pansies. Always attracts attention. 
Pkt. 25¢; 46 oz. 85¢; 4 oz. $1.50. 
2472 Swiss Giant Blotched Mixed 
Flowers are of gigantic size, perfectly 
round, and come in a great variety of colors 
practically unknown heretofore in pansies. 
Rich iff red, salmon, pink and other unusual 
shades; all of which are heavily blotched 
with contrasting deep colors. : 
Pkt. 25¢; "6 oz. 75¢; 4% oz. $1.25. 
2471 Swiss Blue Large, well-rounded 
blooms of a vivid shade of blue, with a blue- 
black blotch in the center. Outstanding. 
Pkt. 25¢; "16 oz. 85¢; 4 oz. $1.50. 
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 1n- 
cluded some of the five-blotched varieties 
that are so beautiful and unusual tofurther 
enhance the color assortment. 
Pkt. 40¢; 146 oz. $1.10; 4 oz. $2.00. 
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 beds, 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¢; %6 oz. 60¢; 4 oz. $1.00. 

Pkt. 10¢. 
Poppy, Double Shirley Hybrids 
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 successional 
sowings for a continuous display. 
2618 Improved Single 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% ft. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 30¢; 14 oz. 50¢. 
2630 Double Hybrids Double and semi- 
double blooms in an almost endless 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¢; 14 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 
earpet; 4 to 6 in. tall. Seed is very fine so 
should be barely covered when sown. 
2652 Single Flowered, Ali Colors Mixed 
Complete mixture of orange, red, white, 
buff and other shades. Very colorful and 
effective, especially if grown in masses. 
Pkt. 15¢; 4 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¢; 4 oz. $1.00. 

Double Portulaca Mixed Pkt. 15¢. 

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