August 20, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



95 



NEW SWEET PEA 



THE SPENCER SUPREME 



MARaARtT ATL». 



Life size as erown for exhibition by special culture. Electros of this at $1.76 each. 



The largest and finest Sweet Pea yet 

 Introduced. First Prize American Sweet 

 Pea Society. Silver Medal National 

 Sweet Pea Society of Great Britain, Lon- 

 don, July, 1914. 



MARGARET ATLEE Is a rosy-salmon 

 pink on a creamy-buff ground; a rich, 

 soft color, and extremely attractive, both 

 as Individual flowers and In the bunch. 

 The standard ts large and wavy and In- 

 clined to double under favorable condi- 

 tions. The wings are equally large, 

 wavy and well set. It runs almost uni- 

 formly four blossoms to the stem; well 

 poised and graceful. In all respects. It 

 is the grandest Sweet Pea we have ever 

 grown, either from foreign Introductions 

 or American varieties. 



MARGARET ATLEE has finally 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 propose to use MARGARET 

 ATLEE as a missionary in the hope that 

 It will Invade every home garden where 

 Sweet Peas can be grown. 



MARGARET ATLBB 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 appeared 

 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 Mar- 

 ket. 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. 



Blver BO many people who have seen 

 bouquets of Margaret Atlee have ex- 

 claimed, "Are those really Sweet Peas?" 



Under ordinary culture they are deli- 

 cate and refined 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, 

 Vt inch thick and leaves 6V^ Inches 

 across. 



MARGARET ATLEE will be put up In Inside white 

 packets, 2x3^ Inches, simply printed thus: 



SWEET PEA 

 MARGARET ATLEE 



There will also be an outside packet In salmon pink, 

 2%x4V^ Inches, printed thus: 



40 Saads 



28 Cants 



SWEET PEA 



MARGARET ATLEE 



NEW GIANT FLOWERED SPENCER 



MAR«ARKT ATLEf. 



Life size as grown by ordinary culture. Electros of this at 11.00 each. 



C. C. MORSE S CO., 



Rich rosy Ralmon-plnk on creamy buff. Immense 

 wavy standard, inclined to double. Large wavy wings. 



These outside packets may be left off If required 

 or they can be supplied empty, so that the dealer's 

 name may be printed at the bottom. 



PRICES net to the Seed Trade: 

 $ 8.50 for 2r, pkts. 



12.50 per 100, up to 600 pkts. 



10.00 per 100, for 500 pkts. and over. 



Note. — The name was chosen as an appreciation to 

 Mr. Burpee — Mrs. Margaret Atiee being his aunt. 



We are Issuing a circular offering several other 

 Sweet Pea Novelties and will mall It to the Trade In 

 a few days. 



San Francisco, Gal. 



