June 25, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



65 



New Winter-blooming ORCHID- FLOWERED 



Sweet Pea ^^Anita Wehrman'^ 



A fine, cl«ar lav«nd«r. 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 the originator, and will be ready for delivery in July, 

 the proper time to sow for Thanksgiving and Christmas bloom. 



We give herewith Mr. Wehrman's own opinion of its merits as a cut flower. "^ 



PRICES: Trad* packet, $S.OO; 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 SIreet, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ured bushel, according to the formula 

 used. 



In consequence of this somewhat 

 chaotic condition I have felt for many 

 years that some concerted action should 

 be taken by seedsmen, by which all 

 seeds could be quoted and sold by 

 weight. Peas, beans, sweet corn and 

 grass seed mixtures for the retail trade 

 should, in my opinion, be sold by 

 weight, rather than by the pint, quart, 

 etc., and I hope all the trade may con- 

 cur in this opinion, as it certainly is 

 fairer and more rational for both buyer 

 and seller than the custom now in 

 vogue, and if both wholesale and retail 

 catalogues could be made to conform to 

 this suggested change, say with the 

 issue of 1916 publications, I think a 



long step would be taken in the right 

 direction. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Pioneer Nursery, Monrovia. Cal. — A 72-page 

 cataloKue of deciduous, citrus, tropical and semi- 

 tropical fruit tiees, ornamental trees, shrubs, 

 vluos, bulbs, etc. A comprehensive but condensed 

 list, without descriptions or Illustrations. 



Conrad Appel, Darmstadt. Germany. — Jubilee 

 edition of catalogue, celebrating the one hundred 

 twenty-flfth anniversary of the establishment of 

 the seed house: contains wholesale lists of forests 

 and ajjrlcultural seeds. 



M. Herb, Naples, Italy. — General catalogue of 

 bulbs, and of seeds for autumn sowing; twenty-six 

 closely printed pages, in English, German and 

 French. 



A CENTURY AND A QUARTER. 



The firm of Conrad Appel, Darmstadt, 

 Germany, is this year celebrating its 

 one hundred and twenty-fifth year of 



trade, and coincident with this, Lud- 

 wig Heyn has completed twenty-five 

 years as sole proprietor of the business. 

 The firm was established in 1789 by 

 Johann Christian Appel, in Griesheim, 

 a small place near Darmstadt, which at 

 the beginning of the last century was 

 the center of the German forest seed 

 trade. His son, Conrad Wilhelm Appel, 

 who was the head of the firm up to 

 1855, considerably extended the busi- 

 ness, and in 1850 removed it to Darm- 

 stadt, on account of the better railway 

 communications. His successors, his 

 son, Conrad Appel, and his son-in-law, 

 Ernst Ludwig Heyn, did much to en- 

 large the trade by extending more and 

 mpre the seed dressing, cleaning and 

 grading departments, which even in the 

 sixties were already cottftpicuous. In 



