


a BURPEE PETUNIAS 
COLOSSAL SHADES OF ROSE 
All-America Silver Medal Winner 
2466 Burpee’s Colossal Shades of Roseare 
the first giant alldouble petunias ever 
created in America and the biggest double 
petunias ever known, many flowers grow- 
ing over 5 in. across. All are fully double, 
varying in form from those with crisply 
fringed petals to nicely ruffled ones. 
_ This variation in flower form adds 
interest to a planting as does the difference 
in color, which ranges from salmony pink 
through rose-pink to deep, rich, rosy 
mauve—a most attractive blending of 
rose shades. Plants are strong growing, 
20 in. high, spread as much as 3 ft. across 
and bear their immense alldouble blooms 
in the greatest profusion. Valuable for 
beds, borders, window boxes and un- 
excelled for cutting. 
, “ Pkt. (100 seeds) $1.00; 2 pkts. $1.85; 
3 pkts. $2.70; 5 pkts. $4.25 

SILVER MEDAL ~ TALLY-HO—New for 1951 

All-America Silver Medal Winner 2443 Burpee’s Tally-ho is a distinct new color in the 
2499 Burpee’s Silver Medal is a true, first gen- bedding spreading class of petunias. Flowers grow 
eration (F;) hybrid and one of the finest single 3% in. across, with large, rounded lobes, bold and 
petunias ever introduced. Flowers, 3 in. across, well formed. The color is difficult to describe or illus- 
are borne in the greatest profusion from early trate—it is quite close to cardinal-red but softened 
summer until frost. When first opening, they are with a definite undertone of salmon-rose and a glow- 
a lustrous salmon-cerise with orange undertone ing velvety sheen that gives the flower a deeper ap- 
gradually changing to a delightful shade of rich pearing shade than it really is. The coloring tends to 
salmon as they mature. Plants are low and bushy, deepen towards the throat. Plants are vigorous, 1 ft. 
grow 1 ft. tall with a spread of 18 to 20 in. high with a spread of 18 to 20 in. 
Pkt. (100seeds) 50¢; 2 pkts.95¢; 3 pkts. $1.35 Pkt. (200 seeds) 50¢; 2 pkts. 95¢; 3 pkts. $1.35 
