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[[stamped]] AUG 11 1924 [[/stamped]] 
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For Prize Contest
Ruth Barton
P.O.Box 342 , Arctic R.I.

What Burpee's Seed Have Done for Me.

What have Burpee's seeds done for me? Sometimes I think that they have added more to my health and happiness than has any other inanimate object in the world. I had always longed for a garden but a busy woman does not always get time for needful recreation. Then the inevitable happened- I was flat on my back for one summer. But I persuaded my family to plant some Burpee's flowers seeds for me and the chief pleasure of tiresome days in bed was to look forward to fragrant verbenas, cheerful pinks and zinnias, and the brilliant hued phlox. Towards the end of the summer I had great bunches of blooms brought in every evening. and just imagine the pleasure I took in sorting and arranging them!

The next year my health was better and I planned a larger garden. This I cared for myself until I had to go to the hospital. Again my flowers were a source of comfort not only to myself but to others also. There is something intimate and consoling about the old fashioned flowers like mignonette