1955 Novelties 
ASTER, ‘‘Powderpuffs’’ 
Powderpuffs are tailor-made for home gardeners. 
Each plant is 24 inches high and all the flowers are 
on top, as many as 20 long-stemmed cut-flowers per 
plant. Mixture contains all Aster colors. 2 PKt. 25c. 
CELOSIA, ‘‘Golden Fleece’’ 
A new giant form of Ostrich Plume or Feathered 
Cockscomb. Plumes are large and dense on long cut- 
ting stems. Will bloom all Summer long. Pkt, 25c. 
CELOSIA ‘‘Kardinal’’ 
‘‘New for 1955”’ 
A fine, new, uniform strain with red combs and 
green leaves. Immense blooms on dwarf plants 
(8 4inches). Excellent for pots, borders or beds. 
Pkt. 25c. 
CELOSIA, ‘‘Toreador’’ 
“Fashion Flower for 1955”’ 
Bronze Medal Winner 
Large combs up to 12 inches across of lustrous 
bright red. Plants 20 inches tall, stems are sturdy 
with luxurious bright green foliage. Pkt. 25c. 
COLUMBINE, ‘‘McKana’s Giant’’ 
Bronze Medal Winner for 1955 
This beautiful large-flowered, long-spurred strain 
of Columbine is a rich colored strong growing peren- 
nial mixture. Superior to other hybrid Columbine. 
Pkt. 50c. 
GLOBE PHLOX 
Especially suited for pot plants for window boxes, bor- 
ders or rock gardens. Plants dome-shaped, 6 inches in 
height, with 1 inch blooms in a fair range of colors. Pkt. 25c. 
HEARTS AND HONEY VINE 
(New Cardinal Climber) 
Here is the sweetest, most interesting flower you ever 
heard of. Three color changes in one day. Early morning 
color is pinkish orange, with soft, honey-like yellow center. 
By 10:00 A.M. the color has changed to pinkish-red with 
lighter center, and by afternoon to a bright rose-pink with 
creamy white center. Early flowering and will bloom until 
frost. Pkt. 25c. 
MARIGOLD, ‘‘Brownie”’ 
A dwarf French Single Marigold. The large crested cen- 
ters are golden yellow, bordered by a single row of mahog- 
anyred petals. Blooms are 2 ins. across, plants dwarf 
and bush-like. Pkt. 15c. 
MARIGOLD, ‘‘Cupid”’ 
A dwarf Double Marigold. Flowers fully double and 
early flowering, of a bright canary yellow. Cupid is 9 ins. 
tall, profuse blooming on compact plants. Pkt. 25c. 
MARIGOLD, ‘‘Man-in-the-Moon’’ 
The lightest of all yellow Marigolds with exceptionally 
attractive, carnation-like flowers. The plants are vigorous 
with strong stems which are excellent for cutting. Flowers 
are 3 to 34% ins. in size, plants 3 ft. high. Pkt. 25c., 
1/16 oz. $1.00. 
MARIGOLD, ‘‘Tangerine’”’ 
Distinct shade of bright tangerine-orange, flowers double, 
2 ins. across, and completely cover the mound-like plants, 
Lovely for cutting. Pkt. 25c. 
MORNING GLORY, ‘‘Candy Pink’’ 
‘‘New for 1955” See front cover 
The first giant flowered pure bright pink Morning Glory, 
like cherry blossoms, so lovely, big 4 inch flowers of the 
purest and brightest pink color imaginable. Easy to grow, 
ideal for trellis or fence. Flowers continuously all Summer. 
Pkt, 25c., 14 oz. $1.00. 
PETUNIA, ‘‘Ballerina”’ 
All-America Winner 
igorous hybrid of glowing salmon pink in the dwarf, 
Pee rae class. Attractive in beds, low borders, window 
or porch boxes. Very free blooming. Pkt. 50c. 
and Specialties 
Petunia, Popcorn 
PETUNIA, ‘‘Crown Jewels’’ 
A new7development in Petunias by Burpee. Colors are 
clearer, brighter and absolutely distinct. Many new colors 
will beffound in this rare mixture. Plants vigorous and 
everblooming. Pkt. 25c. 
PETUNIA, ‘‘Comanche’’ 
Bronze Medal Winner 
A rich searlet Petunia. Flowers larger and stronger than 
any other variety in its color class. The plants are dwarf 
and compact. Excellent for beds and borders. Pkt. 50c. 
PETUNIA, ‘‘Popcorn’”’ 
A new pure white Petunia. The supply of large blooms 
on very dwarf and compact plants makes this Petunia 
very outstanding, especially for pots and low-bedding 
situations. Pkt. 50c. 
PETUNIA, “‘Prima Donna’”’ 
F: Hybrid Grandifliora 
Bronze Medal Winner for 1955 
Large, heavily ruffied bright rose flowers, with darker 
ee Plants vigorous, spreading and base-branching. 
Pkt. 50c. 
SWEET PEA, ‘‘Little Sweetheart’’ 
An entirely new class of Sweet Pea. Each plant makes 
a perfect mound of flowers just under 8 ins. in height 
and width. Flowers are large and ruffled. Available only 
in mixed colors. Pkt. 35c. 
ZINNIA, ‘‘Biaze’’ 
All-America Winner 
Blaze is a new color in Hybrid Zinnias, the most fascin- 
ating of all Zinnias. Blaze bursts into bloom with a pro- 
fusion of brilliant mandarin-red flowers, and as the flowers 
attain size, change to an exciting fiery orange-scarlet. The 
quilled petaled, double flowers are 5 ins. across. Plants 
strong growing and very uniform. Pkt. 25c., 4g oz. 75c., 
V4 oz. $1.25. 
ZINNIA, “‘Burpee’s Giant Hybrids’’ 
A true and uniform new strain. The flowers are thick 
composed of fluffy (not curled) petals. The color range is 
broad, including almost all pastel Zinnia shades, Plants 
are 214 ft. tall. 
All colors mixed, Pkt. 25c. 
Eskimo. Creamy white. Pkt. 25c. : 
Riverside Beauty. Luminous Azalea pink. Pkt. 25c. 
Sunny Boy. Bright Buttercup yellow. Pkt. 25c. 
Floradale Scarlet. Deep scarlet. Pkt. 25c. 
