Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_49_8 (find matches)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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The Burpee Early Flowering Sweet Peas are recog- nized as leaders in their various colors and they are grown extensively by all florists who demand the very best. The careful hybridization work carried on at Burpee's Fordhook Farms in Pennsylvania, the growing of the seed crops on Burpee's Floradale Farms in California, and our extensive indoor and outdoor trials give us a unique op- portunity to supply the florists with the very best that can be had in Sweet Peas. Everything possible is done to insure the quality of Burpee's Sweet Peas. Mrs. Warren G. Harding "Th* Harding Blue" Mrs. Warren G. Marding is a deep shade of silvery blue. It is pure in color without any suspicion of mauve or rose. The flowers are immense in size with a broad and much frilled standard. It is a vigorous grower, bearing large, four-flowered sprays in great profusion. Awarded Certificate of Merit at the International Flower Show held in New York, March, 1921. Trade packet, SO cts.; oz., $2.50; Vi lb., $7.50; lb., $25.00, postpaid. Burpee's Orange "A Pure Glistening Orange" Burpee's Orange is in every way distinct, as there is no trace of pink or orange-pink in either standard or wings. It is a true glowing orange self, a shade that looks attractive under artificial light as well as in the day-time. The flowers are of im- mense size and beautifully waved and are borne in fours on long stems. Burpee's Orange was awarded a Certificate of Merit '"• , at the International Flower Show held in New York, March, 1921. Trade packet. $1.00; oz., $5.00; y* lb., $15.00; lb., $50.00, postpaid. Cheerful "A Rich Shade of Roae" A most appropriately named variety with large well waved flowers of a cheerful" shade of begonia-rose. Few varieties make such an imposmg bunch. A good strong grower and pro- fuse bloomer. Awarded Certificate of Merit at the International l-lower Show held in New York, March. 1921. Trade packet $1.00; oz., $5.00; % lb., $15.00; lb., $50.00, post paid. Sunburst Improved The color is a pleasing and attractive sha4 lb., $3.00; lb.. $10.00, p(»ti>aid. Mrs. Kerr "The Best Early Flowering Salmon" Mrs. Kerr has created a sensation whenever exhibited, riu- color is a pleasing shade of rich salmon overlaid with a soft tinge of orange. It is an indescribably beautiful flower of magnificent size and superb form. Awarded Certificate of Merit at the International Mower Show held in New York, March, 193(1. Trade packet, SO cts.; oz., $2.00; Vi lb., $6.00; lb., $18.00. postpaid. White Star A first class black-seeded white bearing elegant 1 1 „ sprays. The flowers are artistically arraneed in fours on long and strong stems. The plants are robust and branch freely. Awarded a c";! t,tlc^lte of Merit at the Imernational Flower Show held in New York. March I9" Trade packet, 50 cts.; oz., $2.00; % lb., $6.00; lb., $18.00, postpaid. ' Write for Burpee's Special Wholesale Offer of Sweet Peas to Florists W. Atlee Burpee Co., sgedjiwers, Philadelphia Mrs. Warren G. Harding is one of the most admired Early Flowering Sweet Peas we have ever orig- inated.

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