August 22, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



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C. C. MORSE & CO. 



San Francisco, Cal. 



NEW SWEET PEA 



MARGARET 

 ATLEE 



THE SPENCER SUPREME 



The largest and finest Sweet 

 Pea yet introduced. 



Fir>t Trize .\iiuTi< uii Sweet I*ea Society. 

 Silver Medal, National Sweet Pea Society 

 of Oreat Britain, London, July, 1914. 



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Life Size a» tirowll 1)J «»rilin;lr.v Culture 



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H/IADr^ ADCT ATI I7I7 is a rosy-salmon pink on a creamy buff ground; a rich, soft color, and 

 iVl/\t\.L>/\I\IL 1 jf\ I J^IIiEj extremely attractive, both as individual flowers and in the bunch. The 

 standard is large and wavv and inclined to double under favorable conditions. The wings are equally ^^^'Se. 

 wavy and well set. It runs almost uniformly four blossoms to the stem; well poised and gi-aceful In all 

 respects, it is the grandest Sweet Pea we have ever grown, either from foreign introductions or American 

 varieties. 



has finallv yielded us sufficient seed to warrant our adopting a unique 

 method of exploiting It. We are confident that America does not half 

 appreciate real SPENCER SWEET PEAS, and we proiMSe to use MARGARET ATLEE as a missionary in 

 the hope that it will invade every home garden where Sweet Peas can be grown. 



was introduced in 1912, but a short crop that year and the year 

 following prevented our offering it to the Trade, and it has not yet ap- 

 peared in our Contract Lists. 



Messrs. Lowe & Shawyer, the largest flower growers in Great Britain, simply insisted on having some of it 

 last season and we let them have a pound out of our planting stock, to be used for growing cut flowers for the 

 Covent Garden Market. They had a packet of it the year previous and considered it the very finest thing they 



had ever seen in Sweet Peas. With them it is a leader as a florist flower. 



Ever so many people who have seen bouquets of Margaret Atlee have exclaimed, "Are those really 

 Sweet Peas?" 



I'nder ordinary culture they are delicate and reflned to a degree. Under special culture for exhibition 

 flowers they produce unusually large thick petals and enormous stems and leaves. It is not uncommon to 

 see stems 22 inches long, Vi inch thick and leaves .-)'/2 inches across. , 



These outside packets may l>c left ..n' if re.iuired or tlie.v 

 ran be supplied empty, .so that the ilealer's u:,uw uiay ho 



M.\R(;.\KET ATI-KB will t)e put up in inside white pack- 

 ets, 2x3M! inehes, simply printed thus: 

 SWKKT TK.* 



MARGARET ATLEE 



IKM-ki't in salmon pink. 

 35 Cents 



There will al.-" I>e :iii oulsiil 

 2%x4',-: inehes, printed thus: 



40 SeeiU) 



SW^'KT VK\ 



MARGARET ATLEE 



New (iiiint I'louered Speneer. 



Rich rosy snlmnn-pink on ereani.v liulf. Immense wavy 

 standard, incjined to double.. Large wavy wings. 



printed at the liottom. 



PRICES net to the Seed Trade : — 



$3.50 for 25 pkts. 



12.50 per 100, up to 500 pkts. 



10.00 per 100 for 500 pkts. and over. 



NOTE-The name was chosen as an appreciation to .Mr. Burpee.-Mrs. Margaret .\tlee being his aunt. 



We are itiuing a circular offering several other Sweet Pea Novelties ord 

 will mail it to the Trade in a few days. 



C. C. MORSE & CO., 



SAN FRANCISCO, 

 CAL. 



