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For Prize Contest.  

[[underlined]] WHAT BURPEE SEEDS HAVE DONE FOR ME. [[/underlined]]

I cannot imagine what more a man needs,
Than lots of ground, and a package of seeds.

There is an old saying that if you cultivate thy garden that thy soul shall bloom. Preparing my garden necessitated the preparation of the ground, sowing the seed and waiting for the results. Those were the days of real joy in the anticipation of the results. 

When I first saw the little green blades poking their thin green foliage skyward my imagination went a galloping to the four winds. My constant nursing, feeding and even the coaxing along brought forth blooms that reminded me of the fact that it is not what we have that counts as the things we enjoy that brings the results. 

I have learned that my flower garden is alive, that the blooms are brought forth according as you and I care or abuse them. I come to look upon my garden of Burpee Plants as a place to live. Increased interest in living out doors has made the livable garden equally as desirable as the livable home. 

Burpee seeds have brought messages of love which have been sent from God the Creator. Out of a slough of despondency into the realms of a new atmosphere, I have been brought face to face with Gods own beauty and my Spiritual needs for solace and recreation have been fulfilled. 

C.M. Faunce.
915 Mills Bldg. 
Sacramento, Calif. 

Ans 8/25/24
[[stamped]] AUG 11 1924 [[/stamped]] 

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