

Summer and Fall COSMOS 
Beautiful summer and fall blooming plants; decorative in the garden 
and wonderful for cutting, lasting longer if flowers are placed in water 
immediately after being cut. Do well anywhere but succeed best in a 
well-drained soil and a sunny/location. Stake tall growing varieties. 














1943 Burpee’s Yellow (Early) 
All-America Silver Medal Winner. The first yellow single flowered 
cosmos in cultivation;.companion to Orange Flare and like it in 
earliness, plant habit and ease of culture. The color, however, is 
different — bright yellow with faint darker golden shadings. 
Plants are of bushy growth, floriferous, 3 ft. and more tall. 
Pkt. 15¢; Woz. 50¢; 1% oz. 85¢ 
1945 Yellow Ruffles (Early) 
Burpee’s new early, extremely free blooming, soft, clear golden 
yellow cosmos with an extra row of petals. Similar to Orange 
Ruffles in flower form and plant growth, differs only in color. 
: Pkt. 15¢; Yeoz.50¢; %4 oz. 85¢ 
1935 Orange Flare (Early) 
Well-branched plants, 3 ft. tall, covered with showy single golden 
orange flowers in 3 to 3%.months from seed, and continue to 
bloom until frost. Especially valuable where summers are short. 
Pkt. 10¢; %40z.35¢; 1% oz. 60¢ 
1987 Orange Ruffles (Early) 
The same golden orange colored flowers as Orange Flare, but with 
an extra row of petals. Like it in earliness and plant habit. 
Pkt. 15¢; Y%oz.40¢; 1% oz. 70¢ 
1988 Yellow and Orange (Early) 
Special mixture of Burpee’s Yellow and Orange Flare Cogmos that 
is attractive in the garden or as cut-flowers. Free blooming. 
Pkt. 15¢;  %oz.40¢; 1% oz. 70¢ 
Sensation (Early, Mammoth) 
Giant single flowers, 4 to 6 in. across, are had within 10 
weeks from seed and are borne most profusely until frost 
on strong, robust plants, 4 to 6 ft. high. Flowers have 
prettily fluted petals which slightly overlap. Splendid. 
1958 Radiance Deep rose overlaid rich crimson 
towards the center. All-America Silver Medal Winner. 
Pkt. 25¢; Woz. 60¢; 1% oz. $1.00 











1945. Burpee’s 
Yellow Ruffles Cosmos 
Pkt. 15¢ 







1923 Pink PA rent. ee Any of these: 
1924 White.......... Pkt. 15¢; % oz. 45¢; 
1922 Mixed Colors .. 4 oz. 80¢ 
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Early Single 
Blooms in about 12 weeks from seed and continues for 
2 months. Flowers 3 in. across; plants grow 4 ft. tall. 
1937 Crimson Blood-red crimson... 
ae Any of these: 
1939 Rose Exquisite, bright rose-pink. Pkt. 10¢; 
1941 White Pure satiny white...... vy) oz. 30¢; 
1942 Mixed Colors.............. 72 oz. 50¢ 
Giant Late Single 




1958 
Long-stemmed giant blooms, often 5 in. across, from September until hard petit ae 4 
frost. Stately plants, 6 ft. tall. If you live where summers are short or if Pkt. 25¢ 
earlier blooms are wanted, we suggest that you start seed indoors. 
1944 Giant Crimson Velvety red........ 
1932 Pink Lady Lenox Lovely shade.... oe fee 
1933 White Lady Lenox Pure white... { 14 02. 30¢; Te ede 
1947 Mixed Colors.................... 
_. Early Double Crested 
A wide variance of lovely crested or anemone-shaped flowers, 2 to 2% in. . 
across, of different shapes can be expected in this type, the balance being 
single flowers of good quality. Free blooming plants, 3 to 4 ft. tall. 
1961 Crimson Velvety dark red....... bape 
1960 Pink Attractive deep rose-pink....... Any of these: 
1962 White Handsome, pure white........ | Pkt. 25¢; 1% oz. 85¢ 
1963 Mixed Colors.............. ce age y 
Six Early Single Flowering Cosmos. 
Crimson, Rose, White, 
Burpee’s Yellow, Crange Flare and 
-Mammoth Flowering Sensation, Mixed Colors 



1960. Early 

—6 pkts., one each of these six separate varieties Double Crocted 
7730 (value 70¢) for only 60¢ ae ae sey te 

Pkt. 25¢ 
