Burpee $ 10 00 ® for a pure white 
Offers @ MARIGOLD 
Among Your Own Plants of “MAN-IN-THE-MOON”’, Nature May Produce A WHITE One 
This summer in your garden Nature may do what it might take us years to accomplish. For 
id th over twenty years Burpee’s extensive matigold plant-breeding projects have included the quest 
=> for a white one; we have made great headway and Man-in-the-Moon is our best thus far. Just 
, by chance, due to some favorable circumstance, one of your own Man-in-the-Moon plants may 
have flowers that are pure white. 
ig Burpee will gladly pay $10,000.00 in cash to the person from whom we first receive seeds that 
produce pure white marigolds as big as Man-in-the-Moon and as white as Burpee’s Giant Fluffy 
White Aster or Snowstorm Petunia, as determined by a committee composed of the president of 
W. Atlee Burpee Co. and two other distinguished horticulturists. The decision of the majority 
of this committee shall be final. 
This summer look for a white marigold in your garden, and if you find one, do not cut the 
flowers but let them go to seed. Send about 100 seeds addressed to us at Philadelphia, Pa., 
Clinton, Iowa or Riverside, Calif. postmarked any time before Jan. 1, 1955. 
We will grow these marigold samples at our Floradale Farms in Calif. the summer of 1955 and 
will announce the results in our 1956 seed catalog. 
Any seed sent to us is to become the property of W. Atlee Burpee Co. with the exclusive rights 
to name, introduce and sell the new variety and no seed can be returned. 
In this world-wide search for a pure white marigold, anyone, anywhere may submit seeds 
except employees or families of employees of W. Atlee Burpee Co. 
It is distinctly understood that all seeds submitted for trial are accepted by us only under the 
above conditions. You should have a lot of fun looking for a white marigold and we hope you 
will win the $10,000.00. W. Atlee Burpee Co. 
Burpee’s 3 New 
Marigolds for 1954 
(See color pictures on inside front cover) 
2208 Man-in-the-Moon 
The nearest to white 
The lightest of all yellow marigolds with ex- 
ceptionally attractive, solid, round carnation- 
like flower heads composed of broad, crisply 
ruffled, taffeta-like, pale moon-yellow petals 
_with much lighter highlights. The plants are 
vigorous and the strong stems are a decided 
asset in the garden and for cutting. An excel- 
lent variety in all respects—the nearest to 
white marigold: that Burpee has produced. 
Flower size 3 to 3% in.; plant height 3 ft. 
Pkt. 25¢; %46 oz. $1.00; 14 oz. $1.85 
2207 Indian Chief 
The brilliant reddish-orange color of this 
variety is outstanding among African Mari- 
golds. Flowers are of*the informal, peony- 
flowered type, 21% to 3 in. acress with nicely 
ruffled petals and the deepest orange oi all 
marigolds. Strong growing plants, 2% ft. tall. 
Pkt. 25¢; 146 oz. $1.00; 14 oz. $1.85 
“2 Man-in-the-Moon Marigold—the nearest to white ; i. 
, 2209 Smiles 
An early blooming -marigold with bright 
golden yellow flowers, 3 in. and more across, 
with wonderful substance. The graceful, 
loose-open, peony-like blooms are especially 
attractive because of their wax-like, broadly 
ruffled petals. Good keepers. Grow 3 ft. tall. 
Pkt. 25¢; 1%. oz. $1.00; ¥% oz. $1.85 
Next four pages for other Marigolds .. 3 
Burpee’s Best Four Giant Marigolds 
Man-in-the-Moon, Indian Chief, Smiles and 
Glitters, most popular chrysanthemum-flowered marigold. 
— SPECIAL: One pkt. each of these four separate, 
4773 named varieties, value $1.00 for only 75¢ 
