CORNFLOWERS —techetors Butons 
Centaurea cyanusa& wats 
blooms on long stems throughout the summer. Fine for beds, borders and cutting. 
4074 Blue Boy True bright cornflower-blue. 
Pkt. 15¢; %oz.45¢; 1% oz. 85¢ 
3147 Pinkie Exquisite light pink shade. Four Cornflowers 
Pkt. 15¢; 4 0z. 45¢; 1% oz. 85¢ Blue Boy, Red Boy, 
3097 Red Boy Deep glowing red. Showy. Pinkie and Snow Man 
Pkt. 15¢; 4 0z. 45¢; 14 oz. 85¢ 4713—SPECIAL: One pet 50¢ 
3098 Snow Man Glistening pure white. each, value 60¢ for only 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 oz. 85¢ 
4073 Special Mixture Above 4 varieties. 
Pkt. 15¢; %40z.40¢; 1% oz. 75¢ 
4074 Cornflower, Blue Boy Pkt. 15¢ 3085 Old Glory Bachelor’s Buttons Pa- 
triotic mixture of red, white and blue corn- 
Whi F flowers. Pkt. 25¢; %40z.65¢; 14 oz. $1.20 
Dwarf Double Cornflowers 
3092 Jubilee Gem All-America Silver Medal 
Winner. Bushy, compact plants, 1 ft. tall cov- 
ered with large, double, dark blue flowers. 
Pkt. 15¢; %4o0z.60¢; 1% oz. $1.10 
Centaurea Americana 
3095 Lilac The 3 ft. plants produce a great 
display of 4 in. thistle-like, lilac-blue blooms 
during July and August. The largest of all 
annual centaureas. They are very easily grown. 
Pkt. 25¢; %oz.65¢; 14 oz. $1.25 
Perennial Centaurea, page 64. 3095 Centaurea Americana Pkt. 25¢— 
Sweet Sultans — Centaurea imperialis G 
Most desirable for garden decoration and cutting. Bloom freely for many weeks during the 
summer. The long-stemmed, sweet-scented flowers are exquisitely fringed and graceful. 
4072 Giant All Colors Mixed Glorious 3116 Yellow (Suaveolens) Exquisite, rich 
mixture of very large flowers that are sure to pure yellow, sweet scented flowers; smaller 
os attract attention. Plants grow 3 ft. tall. than giant sweet sultans. Profuse. 1% ft. — 
4072 Giant Sweet Sultans Pkt. 15¢ Pkt. 15¢; %40z. 45¢; 1% oz. 85¢ Pkt. 15¢; 14 0z. 75¢; V% oz. $1.25 
Burpee’s Early COSMOS 
Beautiful summer and fall blooming plants; decorative in the 
garden and wonderful for cutting. We offer early flowering types 
only which are especially desirable where the growing season is 
short. All varieties of cosmos are very easy to grow. » 
4367 Burpee’s Primrose New for 1956. Good, clean prim- 
rose-yellow flowers, 234 in. across, cover the upright, well-branched 
plants which grow about 3 ft. tall. Very early to bloom. 
Pkt. 25¢; oz. 75¢; 14 oz. $1.25 
4079 Burpee’s Yellow All-America Silver Medal Winner. First 
yellow single-flowered cosmos in cultivation; companion to Orange 
Flare and like it in earliness, plant habit and ease of culture. The 
color, however, is different—bright yellow, with faint, darker 
golden shadings. 3 ft. tall. Pkt. 20¢; 1% oz. 65¢; 14 oz. $1.10 
3103 Crimson Scarlet Deepest crimson when first opening, 
changing to rosy cerise suffused copper as flowers age. Different. 
Pkt. 25¢; Y%oz.75¢; 14 oz. $1.40 
4084 Fiesta All-America Silver Medal Winner. F lowers are very 
much like Orange Ruffles in size and shape, golden orange flashed 
or striped with scarlet. Extremely early to flower. Grows 234 ft. tall. 
Pkt. 25¢; 1% oz. 85¢; 14 oz. $1.60 
4071 3111 Orange Flare All-America Gold Medal Winner. Well- 
Sensation Cosmos branched plants, 3 ft. tall, covered with showy single golden orange 
Radiance flowers. Especially valuable in sections where summers are short. 
Pkt. 20¢ = Pkt. 25¢; 44 oz. 75¢; 14 oz. $1.25 
A 3113 Yellow and Orange Special mixture of B ’s Vel- 
Sensation Cosmos (Early Mammoth) low and Orange Tiare E PEE one: "We aecGege oa S110 
Giant single flowers, 4 to 6 in. across, are had within 10 weeks from 4082 Mixed Colors Pink red and white in a lovely mixture. 
seed and are borne most profusely until frost on robust plants, 4 to ; 
6 ft. high. Flowers have prettily fluted petals which slightly overlap. Plants grow 4 ft. tall and continue to flower profusely for 2 months, 
They are borne on long, strong stems so desirable for cutting. Pkt. 15¢; 1 oz. 45¢; 4 oz. 75¢- 
4071 Radiance All-America Silver Medal Winner. Deep rose dis- 
tinctly overlaid with rich crimson toward the yellow eyed center. 
3101 Pink Charming rose-pink shade; prized for cutting. Mammoth Sensation Early Cosmos 
3105 White Noted for purity. Nice alone or with the others. Radiance, deep rose overlaid rich crimson; 
4083 Mixed Colors White and various shades of pink. Pretty. Pink, rose-pink; White, pure white. 
Any of the above: Pkt. 20¢; Yeoz.65¢; 14 oz. $1.10 4712— SPECIAL: One pkt. each of these three 50¢ 
ieties, 3 pkts. in all, val f 
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Plants grow 2 to 2% ft. tall, and if faded flowers are kept cut will produce large double : 
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