Colorful, dwarf plants, ideal for edgings, ground cover, rock 
gardens, porch boxes and cutting. The flowers are borne in © 
large trusses from midsummer until late fall. Thrive in any 
well-drained soil, and withstand drought. We offer several 
distinct types; all are lovely and fill certain needs. 
GIANT VERBENAS 
Robust plants, 8 to 12 in. high, 2% ft. and more across. 
Large trusses of individual blooms over 1 in. across. Quick 
to flower. 
3487 Apple Blossom Almost white shading to cameo-pink. 
3539 Crimson Glow Rich color that is very showy. 
3501 Floradale Beauty A/l-America Silver Medal Winner. 
Colors from bright rose-pink to deepest rose-red. 
3536 Lavender Glory “All-America Silver Medal Winner. 
Exquisite lavender set off by a creamy white eye. 
3497 Royale Deep blue with contrasting yellow eye. 
3558 Salmon Pink True salmon-pink—nice with white. 
3511 Spectrum Red All-America Medal Winner. Vivid red. 
3501 Verbena, Floradale Beauty Pkt. 25¢ 
DWARF VERBENAS 
A lovely type for edging, bedding and pot culture. Instead of the plants 
being of spreading habit, these are of compact, dense growth and covered 
with beautiful blooms all through the summer until late fall. 
Dwarf Compact 
Plants grow about 6 in. high, 10 to 12 in. 
across and form neat little mounds covered 
with medium-sized flower heads. 
3507 Carmine Ball Bright carmine. 
Pkt. 25¢; Yoz.75¢; %4 oz. $1.40 
3508 Creamy White New and distinct. 
Pkt. 25¢; %oz.75¢; 1% oz. $1.40 
3525 Fireball Brilliant scarlet. Striking. 
Pkt. 20¢; ¥g0z.70¢; 14 oz. $1.25 
Dwarf Erect 
3527 Blue Sentinel All-America Bronze 
Medal Winner. Broad, deep trusses of royal 
violet-blue flowers. Plants grow 10 in. tall. 
Pkt. 35¢; 1% oz. $1.00; 14 oz. $1.85 
3549 Venus Soft chamois-pink, the inner-. 
most flowers suffused copper or terra-cotta 
rose which creates a most appealing bicolor 
effect. Dwarf erect plants 10 in. tall. 
Pkt. 25¢; Y%oz.75¢; 14 oz. $1.40 
Perennial Verbena, page 70. 
Pkt. 25¢; 
4 Giant Flowered Verbenas 
Apple Blossom, Royale, Spectrum Red and White 
4]27—SPECIAL: One pkt. each of these 4 
separate varieties for a gay bed 
or border, value $1.00 for only 
3528 White Combines well with any of the others. 
4345 Finest Mixed All the above colors in mixture. 
Any of the above Giant Flowered Verbenas: 
14 oz. $1.40 
Yy oz. 75¢; 
Sy 
85¢ 
TALL ERECT VERBENAS 
3514 Royal Bouquet Mixed Colors 
Many bright and cheerful colors. Flowers 
are large. While the plants are of neat, com- 
pact habit, they grow 18 in. tall. : 
Pkt. 25¢; oz. 75¢; % oz. $1.40 
LARGE FLOWERED VERBENAS 
3529 Sufton’s Blue Deep royal blue 
rounded flower trusses, 2% to 3 in. across 
and as deep as they are wide. Exquisite. _ 
Pkt. 25¢; Yoz.75¢; 1% oz. $1.40 
4344 Tithonia, Torch Pkt. 25¢ 
TITHONIA—Mexican Sunflower G 
Stately plants with single dahlia-like flow- 
ers 3 to 4 in. across, which are nice for cut- 
ting; suitable for backgrounds or hedges. 
4344 Torch = All-America Silver Medal 
Winner. Unlike Speciosa, plants are of com- 
pact, upright bushy form, 4 ft. tall, earlier 
and more profuse blooming. Flowers are 
fiery orange-red and quite spectacular. 
Pkt. 25¢; 1% oz. 85¢; 14 oz. $1.50 
3516 Speciosa Brilliant, orange-scarlet 
flowers. Blooms in late summer. 6 ft. high. 
Pkt. 20¢; 4% oz. 60¢; 14 oz. $1.10 
50 W. ATLEE BURPEE CO. 
3504 Torenia fournieri Pkt. 25¢ 
TORENIA—wishbone Flower 4) 
The compact, bushy plants, 1 ft. tall, bloom 
during the summer and fall with flowers 
that have a striking resemblance to minia- 
.ture snapdragons. Fine for beds, borders, 
pots, window-boxes and rock gardens. Do 
well in semi-shady locations. 
3504 Fournieri Light blue blotched 
deeper blue in contrast to a yellow throat. 
Pkt. 25¢; 146 oz. $1.00 
3496 White Wings Ivory tinted rose. 
Pkt. 25¢; “46 oz. $1.00 
Average heights and blooming season are 
given in descriptions. Of course, the time is 
average, having been obtained over a pe- 
riod of years in our trial grounds under 
different conditions; some variation is to be 
“expected, depending on the season, locality 
and time of sowing, 
ease 
3521 Viscaria, Blue Gem Pht. 20¢ 
VISCARIA—Rainbow Drops 
Free-blooming plants, 8 in. tall, bearing: 
large, single blooms 1 to 1% in. across 
throughout the summer. In hot sections, 
start seed indoors. 
3521 Blue Gem, Tom Thumb Light. 
ultramarine blue flowers in profusion. 
Pkt. 20¢; ¥% oz. 70¢; 14 oz. $1.25. 
3526 Rose Gem, Tom Thumb Slight 
variations of rose. Very profuse blooming. 
Pkt. 20¢; oz. 70¢; 1% oz. $1.25 
WALLFLOWER o 
Lovely sweet-scented flowers in oriental col-. 
orings of red, brown, mahogany and yellow. 
3559 Double, Mixed Colors Canary- 
yellow, golden yellow, brown and mahog- 
any are the predominating colors. Blooms 
within five months from seed. 1% to 2 ft. 
Pkt. 20¢; oz. 75¢; 1% oz. $1.40 
3538 Single, Mixed Colors Sweet- 
scented flowers are quickly and profusely 
produced on plants that are 1 ft. tall. 
Pkt. 15¢; 1% oz. 60¢; 14 oz. $1.10 
