W. Atlee Burpee Co. 
Soed Growers 
HUNTING PARK AVE., PHILADELPHIA 32, PA. Seeds COURT HOUSE SQUARE, CLINTON, IOWA 

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Dear Fellow Gardeners: 
Now is the time when most of us are thinking of our gardens and the first 
step in our plans is to decide what flowers and vegetables we want to grow. You 
will find in this catalog the finest sélection of both seeds and bulbs. Every 
variety that we consider worth growing in your garden is listed here. 
For 73 years Burpees have been working to improve the old favorites and 
to create new varieties of superior merit for you. 
Many of our developments in flowers and vegetables have become world 
famous. Such well-known varieties as Fordhook Bush Lima, Iceberg Lettuce, 
Golden Bantam Sweet Corn, Golden Self Blanching Celery and Copenhagen 
Market Cabbage were first introduced in America by my father many years ago. 
In recent years, the new vegetables we have created on Fordhook Farms 
include the Burpee Hybrid Cucumber and the Hybrid Tomatoes. These already 
have become popular in all parts of the country because they are so good and 
‘with their hybrid vigor outyield ordinary varieties in both quality and quantity. 
Burpee’s new and better flowers created on Floradale Farms are known 
to almost every gardener. They include some of the greatest improvements in 
Asters, Marigolds, Petunias, Snapdragons, Sweet Peas, Zinnias and many others. 
It always has been our constant purpose to supply gardeners everywhere 
with the Best Seeds that Grow. That we have done this is one reason why the 
Burpee business has grown from its small beginning in 1876 until now it is the 
largest mail order seed business in the entire world. 
We appreciate the confidence that gardeners all over the world have placed 
in us for so long a time, and we especially want to thank you for recommending 
Burpee’s Seeds to other gardeners. 
Whether you garden for pleasure or for profit, we hope that we may have the 
privilege of supplying you with the Best Seeds that Grow for 1949. 
May we have your order as early as it is convenient for you to send it. 
_ With best wishes for a most successful garden. 
Faithfully yours, 
President 
FREE DELIVERY Burpee pays de- BURPEE GUARANTEE We guarantee the vitality and purity 
livery charges anywhere in the U. S. on of Burpee’s Seeds and Bulbs to the full amount of the purchase price. 
everything offered in this catalog except You can have your money back any time within a year if you are not 
large quantities of vegetable roots, lawn satisfied with the results. Even with the highest quality seeds and bulbs, 
grass seed and fertilizers marked “‘not pre- — success in gardening depends largely upon cultivation, soil, and weather 
paid.”” On these, the customer pays the conditions. Therefore, in no case shall W. Atlee Burpee Co, be liable for 
transportation charges. more than the amount actually paid us for seeds or bulbs. 
Copyright, 1948, W. Atlee Burpee Co. Printed in U.S.A. 
