EVERLASTINGS AND STRAWFLOWERS 
With the exception of Job’s Tears, 
as fresh cut flowers, and largely grown to 
white seeds which are strung as beads. Briza maxima holds its panicles when dri 
flowers. Honesty is prized for its satiny, parchment-like 
flowers and Briza maxima grass is to cut the material before it is 
Briza maxima and Honesty, 
the varieties listed on this page are desirable for use » 
dry for winter bouquets. Job’s Tears is an annual grass grown for its grayish 
ied and may be used alone or with dried 
partitions of the dried seed pods. The best method to dry the 
fully developed, remove foliage, 
bunch loosely, and hang 
head downward in 4 cool, airy, shady place.: The flowers of Celosia (Cockscomb), page 27, also last.a long time if dried as 
you would everlastings. Flowers should be 
2839 Acroclinium, Giant Mixture Pkt. 15¢ 
ACROCLINIUM 
2839 Giant Mixture Double and semi- 
double daisy-like flowers 2 in. across with 
strawy petals. White, chamois, flesh color 
and rose in mixture. Nice as fresh cut 
flowers or to dry for winter bouquets. 15 in. 
Pkt. 15¢; %40z.60¢; 1% oz. $1.10 
EVERLASTING FLOWERS - 
2854 Mixed Varieties Included are dif- 
ferent flowers that can be dried for winter 
bouquets—Acroclinium, Globe Amaranth, 
Helichrysum, Honesty, Statice, etc. 
Pkt. 15¢;° 14 oz. 45¢; 1 oz. 85¢ 
2855 Burpee’s Best Mixture Choice 
assortment of the finest flowers and grasses 
best suited for drying. A superb mixture. 
Pkt. 25¢; 140z.60¢; 1% oz. $1.10 
ORNAMENTAL GRASS 
2863 Briza maxima (Quaking Grass) The 
bushy plants grow 12 to 15 in. tall and 
bear a profusion of oddly formed, flattened 
cone-shaped heads. Useful for edges in beds 
and borders. May be dried for winter 
decoration or used in the fresh state. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 0z. 50¢; 14 02. 95¢ 
GLOBE AMARANTH 
Gomphrena globosa 
2838 Mixed Colors Attractive, clover- 
like, white, pink, flesh and red strawy 
flower heads, about 34 in. across, in a 
choice mixture. Bloom from midsummer 
until frost. May be used as fresh cut flow- 
ers or dried as an everlasting. 114 to 2 ft. 
Pkt. 15¢; %40z.50¢; 1% oz. 95¢ 
2838 Globe Amaranth, Mixed Colors Pkt. 15¢ 
4O .. W. ATLEE BURPEE CO. 
§ 2840 Helichrysum, 
Fire Ball Pkt. 15¢ 
HELICHRYSUM —strawflower 
Large, double flowers, often 2% in. and 
more across, are borne profusely from mid- 
summer until fall. The most widely grown 
of all everlastings for winter bouquets and 
popular too as fresh cut flowers. 2% ft. 
2840 Fire Ball Brilliant metallic crimson. 
2842 Golden Ball Silky golden yellow. 
2847 Rose Queen Various shades of rose. 
2848 Salmon Queen Bright salmon. 
2844 Snowball Glistening white; popular. 
2845 Canary Yellow Unusually rich. 
‘ Any of the above: 
Pkt. 15¢; %%40z.50¢; 1% oz. 95¢ 
9846 Mixed Colors Carefully blended 
mixture of the above and other colors. 
Pkt. 10¢; %40z.40¢; 1% oz. 75¢ 
JOB’S TEARS—Coix lacryma 
2868 An ornamental grass which does well 
anywhere in ordinary soil; widely grown 
for its large, hard and shiny gray seeds 
which, when dried, are strung as beads. 
Usual height, 2 to 3 ft., sometimes much 
taller. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 40¢; 2 ozs. 75¢ 
HONESTY —Lunaria annua 
2239 A popular everlasting, grown exten- 
sively for the silvery white, paper-like, 
flattened partitions of the round seed pods, 
which, when dried, make attractive winter 
decorations. Purple flowers. 1% to 2% ft. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 0z.60¢; 12 oz. $1.10 
2239 Honesty (Lunaria annua) Pkt. 15¢ 
fresh and free from water. Dry them slowly and never over artificial heat. 
2715 Statice sinuata, Rose Pkt. 15¢ 
STATICE 
Lasts for months when dried. Effective 
alone or with otler everlastings, and in 
fresh or dried condition. Easy to grow. 
SINUATA VARIETIES 
Splendid clusters of strawy blooms on stiff 
stems. Unique colorings and light, graceful, 
oddly formed sprays. 2 to 2% ft. high. 
2736 Kampf's Tall Improved Dark blue. 
Pkt. 15¢; %40z. 45¢; 1% oz. 85¢ 
2745 Lavender Queen Lavender shades. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 0z.50¢; 1% oz. 95¢ 
2744 Market Growers Blue Deepest 
blue. Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 50¢;° Y% oz. 95¢ 
2715 Rose Pleasing shade of deep rose. 
Pkt. 15¢; %4oz.45¢; 1% oz. 85¢ 
2717 White Large heads of pure white. 
Pkt. 15¢; VY, oz. 45¢; 2 oz. 85¢ 
2716 Mixed Blue shades, rose and white. 
Pkt. 15¢; %oz. 40¢; 1 oz. 75¢ 
2649 Art Shades Wonderful mixture, in- 
cluding fawn, pink, red, salmon, mauve, 
yellow, white, blue and nearest to orange. 
Pkt. 25¢; 140z.75¢; 1% oz. $1.40 
2710 Bonduelli Improved Large clusters 
of clear, bright yellow that hold their color 
for a long time. Mix beautifully with all 
colors of the sinuata class. 2 to 2% ft. 
Pkt. 10¢; 4 oz. 30¢; 14 oz. 55¢ 
_ Perennial Statice, page 58. 
XERANTHEMUM 
2852 Mixed Colors Charming, silky 
flowers which are highly prized for dried 
bouquets. Our mixture includes white and 
shades of bright rose and purple. 2 ft.” 
Pkt. 15¢; 2 pkts. 25¢ 
2852 Xeranthemum, Mixed Colors Pht. 15¢ 
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