NEW AND IMPROVED tower Seed SELECTIONS FOR 1950 


801 PETUNIA, Fire Chief 
First Gold Medal Flower winner since 
1939. The reddest Petunia you've ever 
seen. It grows about a foot high and flow- 
ers are borne in profusion. Very free bloom- 
ing over a long season. It is the most popu- 
lar bedding kind used in attractive ar- 
rangements in beds, borders, edgings, box- 
es and pots. The blooms are rich and vel- 
vety, holding their color without fading. 
Brighten your garden with this 1950 All- 
America winner this year. Pkt. 15c each. 
802 SWEET PEAS, Cuthbertson Mixed 
A new strain of Sweet Peas which is a vast 
improvement over the Spring Flowering 
types. It grows and blooms under hot 
weather conditions with exceptional vigor, 
length of stems and abundance of fragrant 
blossoms. If you have not had good suc- 
cess with Sweet Peas, be sure to give this 
variety a trial. Pkt. 15c each. 

803 ZINNIA, 
Burpee’s New Luther Burbank 
This new variety has lovely, delicate pastel 
or art shades in beautiful self colors and 
also an unusual two and three-color com- 
bination of soft and light shades. Flowers 
grow 5 to 5% inches across and are com- 
posed of numerous petals which curl back 
somewhat to form thick flower heads 2 to 
3 inches deep. Strong growing, 3 to 4 feet 
tall, well-branched with long-stemmed 
flowers for cutting. Pkt. 15c each 
804 ZINNIA, Burpee’s Super Giants 
A fine mixture containing the loveliest 
colors and combinations ever seen in Zin- 
nias. Truly Giant flowers ranging from 
5% to 614 inches across in a wide range of 
flower forms of Dahlia Flowered and Chry- 
santhemum-flowered heads. This will be 
outstanding in your garden and perfect 
for cutting. Try some and be convinced 
with their beauty. Pkt. 15c each 

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805 SNAPDRAGONS, 
Burpee’s New Tetra 
Giant Ruffled Tetraploid Snapdragons are 
the largest flowered of all Snaps. Very 
distinctly and attractively ruffled in 
richer, brighter and clearer colors and 
combinations of beautiful tone blendings. 
We are pleased to offer this variety to our 
customers. Try them and you will be 
amazed with their beauty. Pkt. 15c each 

807 COSMOS, Radiance 
A top All-America winner and an entirely 
new combination of two brand-new colors. 
The petals are a deep rose with a definitely 
rich crimson eye and a bright yellow cen- 
ter. A very outstanding color combina- 
tion. It has a neat, compact erect growth 
habit and as a cutflower is unsurpassed. It 
has good long stems, strong enough to 
arrange easily. Blooms all summer long. 
Pkt. 15c each. 
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806 MARIGOLD, Red Head 
Burpee’s New Dwarf Single French Mari- 
gold which is an All-America Winner we 
are proud to list for our flower lovers. Well- 
shaped flowers made up of a single row of 
broad, overlapping petals and a wide, 
crested center of many, tiny, erect florets. 
The edges of the petals are slightly curled, 
showing a beautiful gold reverse, adding to 
the attractiveness of the flowers which 
possess all the subtle shades of gold, 
bronze and auburn. When first opening, 
the blooms are a rich, mahogany-red, 
changing to auburn and later to bronze 
and gold. Plants are dwarf, quite com- 
pact and free-blooming, about 1 ft. tall. 
Pkt. 15c each. 

808 ASTER, Ballet Queen 
Another one of our new 
introductions 
which is very early and free-flowering and 
wilt-resistant. The color is new, deep rose 
touched with salmon, assuming a soft 
bronze color when flowers are massed to 
gether in the sunlight. The flowers 
extremely double, perfect for cut fl 
You will find it outstanding for yout 
den and also as a border planting. 
Pkt. 15c each. 
