JuNa 1»| 1914. 



The Florists' ReWew 



57 



New Winter-blooming ORCHID- FLOWERED 



Sweet Pea ^^Anita Wehrman" 



A fln«y cl«ar lavender, with three to four flowers to stem, and has been grown with 20- inch stems, holding the 

 length longer than is usual with any other winter-flowering variety. 

 Will bloom from Thanksgiving on, if sown in July, 



This variety originated with Mr. Henry Wehrman, of May wood. 111., five years ago, and has been grown and selected 

 by him ever since, he now having the type fixed as well as it can be in the Spencer variety. 



The seed we offer is greenhouse-grown, saved and rogued by tlie originator, and will be ready for delivery in July, 

 the proper time to sow for Thanksgiving and Christmas bloom. 



The cut of this variety having been handled on the Chicago Market by the E, C. Amling Co., we give herewith 

 their opinion of its value as a, cut flower. 



PRICES: Trad* packet, $5.00; 1 oz., $12.00; 4 oz., $44.00; 8 oz., $80.00; 1 lb., $150.00. 



Quantity limited and early orders are necessary to insure your getting a start with this fine new sort. 



A. HENDERSON & CO., 



369 River Street, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



apparent, but it seems that the samples 

 that did not pass nearly all contained, 

 besides more or less timothy, a high per- 

 centage of dirt and chaff, indicating 

 cheap purchases. 



SEED CROPS IN GERMANY. 



Late reports from the German seed 

 growing sections, around Quedlinburg 

 and Erfurt, indicate that on the whole 

 conditions are fairly satisfactory, al- 

 though the weather has been abnormal, 

 too cold, too warm, too dry or too wet, 

 from one extreme to another during 

 most of the late winter and spring. On 

 the whole the biennial and perennial 

 vegetables and flowers grown for seed 

 production have withstood the unfavor- 

 able conditions better than would be 



expected and are looking well. The 

 spring planted crops were got out under 

 some difficulties, but have made a good 

 stand and promise normal yields. Those 

 crops principally exported all promise 

 ordinarily well, except perhaps radish, 

 which is becoming steadily a more im- 

 portant crop in the Erfurt district. 

 Spinach promises an excellent crop. 

 There is some difference in the various 

 carrots, the short varieties not doing so 

 well as the long kinds. Pansies have 

 recently been making a magnificent 

 show. Many houses have specialized on 

 pansies, working up their strains and 

 finding a constantly increasing sale for 

 the seed, which calls for planting great- 

 er breadths each year, Quedlinburg, 

 which probably grows more flower seeds 

 than any other similar district in the 



world, reports active demand for such 

 specialties as primula, calceolaria, cin- 

 eraria, mvosotis and wallflower. 



WAI.T MASON ON FREE SEEDS. 



Walt Mason devotes one of his effu- 

 sions to free seeds. He says: 



' ' Our congressmen should make an 

 effort to get wise to what we're really 

 wanting, I'd like to have a chug-chug 

 cart to ease my corns and bunions, and 

 oh I it breaks my world-worn heart to 

 get a pack of onions! I'd like to see 

 my daughters wear swell lids and silken 

 dresses, and here I get, to my despair, 

 some wilted watereresseer Our con- 

 gressman, who sheds his blood when 

 perils brood and trouble, has got a head- 

 piece full of mud — he ought to take a 

 tumble. ' ' 



