The American Peony Society

The History of the Peonies and their Originations p. 155

 

JUDGE L. A. VORIES

CHARLES F. WASSENBERG

WEED NURSERY

CHARLES WETTENGEL

HOWARD E. WIGELL

ARTHUR WILD

 

JUDGE L. A. VORIES - St. Joseph, Missouri

ALEXANDER D. VORIES (1924) - Double. American Beauty shade of red.

BISHOP BURKE (1925) - Double, crimson.

DEEDIE MAY (1927) - Double, early pink.

EVELYN S. PIERCE (1937) - Double, midseason. A unique flower of several rows of medium rose pink guard petals white at the center and yellow at the base. There are few if any stamens. The flower is a perfect cup. Stigmas pink. Formerly called just EVELYN.

EVELYN VORIES (1935) - Double, midseason. Medium pink with strong stems.

FRANKIE CURTIS (1924) - Double, midseason. Blush, white guards.

HENRY M. VORIES (1924) - Double, late pink.

LADY KATE (1924) - Double, late pink.

LARGO (1929) - Jap, late midseason. Very soft medium pink guards. Yellow staminodes.

LAURA VORIES (1924) - Double, late midseason. Blush.

MABEL L. GORE (1937) - Double, late midseason. Very large red pink or rosy red. Showy.

MARY B. VORIES (1924) - Double, midseason. Large creamy white. Fragrant. Excellent.

MRS. R. M. BACHELLER (1930) - Large cup of creamy pink. Fragrant. F.C.C.

NAN KEEN (1942) - Double, midseason. Tall light rose pink. Conical shape.

NANCY DOLMAN (1924) - Double late spring.

PITTI SINN (1924) - Double, late pink.

ROBERT LEE DAVIS (1924) - Large light salmon pink. Good.

SARAH M. NAPIER (1930) - Double, late midseason. Very deep rose pink shading to almost white. Very striking.



CHARLES F. WASSENBERG - Van Wert, Ohio

VERA WASSENBERG - Jap, pink.

BU-TE - Jap, white.



WEED NURSERY - Beverton, Oregon

THURLOW WEED - Single, midseason. Deep pink.



CHARLES WETTENGEL - Macomb, Illinois

BEACON LIGHT (1924) - Jap. Guards dark pink.

CHARLES NEIDEL (1961) - Double. Light rose pink.

CLARA STOCKWELL (1926) - Double. Mauve pink. Dwarf grower.

GEORGETTE (1924) - Jap. Guards pink.

IRMA - Double. Lavender rose.

LUCY DUNN (1924) - Double. Light pink.

LOTHARIO (1921) - Jap. Bright pink guards.

MARGARET VIERHELLER (1920) - Double. Light salmon pink.

MARTHA V. LANE (1924) - Double. White guard petals.

MARTHA A. TWYMAN (1920) - Double. Light pink.

MRS. W. D. BENNET (1926) - Double. Loose petal pale pink.

SARAH M. WETTENGEL (1919) - Blush white. Named for his mother.

TOREADOR (1921) - Single. Light red.

W. L. MILLER (1928) - Double. Deep rose.

WHITE FILIFORM - Jap. Guards light pink fading white.



HOWARD E. WIGELL - Rockford, Illinois

JOHN HOWARD WIGELL (1924) - Double, early midseason. Deep rose pink even shade. Flat cupped rose with some concealed stamens. Well branched stems make it.a fine flower to bloom without disbudding. H.M.



ARTHUR WILD , Sarcoxie Nurseries, Sarcoxie, Missouri

Arthur Wild of the Sarcoxie Nurseries of Sarcoxie —our firms are independent ones... hybridized and introduced:

LILLIAN WILD                         RED ROCKET                         SARCOXIE