C. C. MORSE & CO.- SEEDS— SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 
MORSE'S SWEET PEAS 
( Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 
Awarded GRAND PRIX - ] San Francisco, 1915. 
( (Growing exhibit on Cordon System). 
C Collection of 100 varieties Spencer Sweet Peas. 
Awarded Medal of Honor < (Col. blooms at American Sweet Pea Society's 
( Show, San Francisco, 1915.) 
Awarded Gold Medal 
Medal given by British S. P. Society for best trade 
display of Sweet Peas at the American Sweet Pea 
(British Sweet Pea Society.) [ Society's Show, San Francisco, 1915. 
The Highest Possible Awards to be Obtained 
for Sweet Peas 
We are known the world over as the Largest and Best Growers of Sweet Peas 
Our Special Sweet Pea Booklet entitled "Sweet Pea Culture," giving full and practical instructions for 
growing Sweet Peas for exhibition purposes and for garden decoration, will be gladly mailed Free to anyone 
requesting it. 
1916 Sweet Peal Show 
As the 1915 Show was such a great success it has been decided to hold another Sweet Pea 
Show in San Francisco during June, 1916, under the auspices of the American Sweet Pea Society. 
Schedule and Prize List will be made up later. There will be classes to suit all growers. 
Plant Spencer Sweet Peas Now and make this Exhibition even a greater success than the one 
held this year. Keep in touch with us. 
The Fall and Early Spring are Best Times to Plant Sweet Peas in California ! 
Morse's 1916 Novelty 
New Miriam Beaver — Our supply of this most charming Sweet Pea was so limited last year that 
we could only offer it in 25c packets. New Miriam Beaver has so far overshadowed all other 
novelties that we have decided to confine ourselves to this one novelty of our own raising this 
year and to offer it at 15c per packet. 
New Miriam Beaver was easily the most talked-of Sweet Pea at the Exposition. It is an entirely 
new and distinct shade of pink in Sweet Peas and is most pleasing and dainty. The color is hard 
to determine, but we think that a soft shell pink on cream ground lightly overlaid with soft 
hydrangea pink conveys a good idea of its beauty. The flowers are very large, beautifully waved, 
often duplexed and nicely placed on the stem. At the Exposition we had many stems 26 inches 
long and stout. New Miriam Beaver was in our Grand Prize and Gold Medal collections at the 
Exposition. 
New Miriam Beaver was awarded the Certificate of Merit of the American Sweet Pea Society 
after trial at Newport, R. I., 1915. 
New Miriam Beaver made 22 feet of growth, grown on the "Cordon" system in our garden at 
the Exposition. Per Packet of 30 seeds, 15c. 
Other 1916 Novelty 
Fiery Cross (W. A. Burpee & Co.) — This is an entirely new shade of red in Sweet Peas and 
easily the most brilliant red Spencer. 
Messrs. W. Atlee Burpee & Co. were awarded a Gold Medal for this variety by the Panama- 
Pacific International Exposition and Fiery Cross also gained the Silver Medals of the British and 
American Sweet Pea Societies. The shade of red is not easy to get at. Some people will get the 
idea of the color if we say it is a "Turkey Red" or a "Military Red." It really is a bright red orange 
cerise Sweet Pea with lots of salmon in the color, making it very brilliant. The flower opens 
rather pale, but the color deepens and improves with age. Per Packet of 10 seeds, 25c. 
For other Recent Novelties and Sweet Pea Collections see following pages. 
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