January 2V, 190G 



horticulture: 



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VICTORY 



The most brilliant scarlet carnation. Requires only ordinary culture. Is a fancy in the fullest sense 

 of the word and wholesaled at $25.00 per 100 at Christmas. 



Cut Flower Market Re- 

 ports. 



Favorable weather 

 BUFFALO brought on the stock in 



good form, and a good 

 week's business was done. White 

 flowers were much in demand and 

 cleaned up well. Carnations, tulips 

 and bulbous stock were had in abun- 

 dance and moved rapidly. Beauties 

 were scarce, although there was no 

 special demand, while select Liberties, 

 Richmonds, Bridesmaids and Brides 

 were sold at sight. There was a good 

 demand for violets, lily of the valley, 

 mignonette, and sweet peas. 



Continued dark weath- 

 CINCINNATI er has lessened the 

 supply of cut flowers 

 and really first-class stock is difficult 

 to obtain. Roses and carnations 

 especially are showing the bad effect 

 produced .by the lack of sunshine. 

 Judging from the appearance of the 

 plants there will not be anything like 

 a surplus of roses for some time to 

 come. Business continues brisk and 

 consequently prices are near the top 

 notch. A few good sweet peas have 

 arrived but not in sufficient quantities 

 to meet the demand. The quality of 

 violets was never better and vast 

 numbers are sold each day. There is 

 not a great variety of flowers in the 

 market just now and anything that 

 might be termed a novelty is quickly 

 snatched up at a good figure. The 

 storemen say, "Why don't you grow 

 this and that?" The grower replies, 

 "You won't pay the price when we do 

 grow them;" and so it goes, we have 

 roses, carnations and a little bulbous 

 stock until we are anxious for a 

 change. 



The conditions of busi- 

 LOUISVILLE ness the previous week 



were very good. Car- 

 nations had an enormous demand, 

 which was beyond the supply. The 

 quality remains good. Roses have 

 had a great demand, the quantity and 

 condition of stock being up to ex- 

 pectations. Lilies of the valley find a 

 very good demand. Narcissus, hya- 

 cinths, and other seasonable stock 

 move satisfactorily. 



BELATED MARKET REPORT. 



Christmas business in Des Moines. 

 la., as summed up from a personal 

 canvass of the various florists, was 

 fully 25 per cent greater than last 

 year. This, in view of the fact that 

 only a short time before Christmas, 

 one of the most elaborate flower 

 stores in the state of Iowa was opened 

 in the most prominent location on the 

 principal business street, makes the 

 increase of business to each individual 

 peculiarly gratifying. Another re- 

 markable thing was that only a week 



before Christmas fire had broken out 

 in the basement of Lozier the Florist 

 and destroyed his entire stock-in- 

 trade, including a large supply of 

 ribbons, also fixtures and all the ap- 

 purtenances necessary to the conduct- 

 ing of business. The store room was 

 so damaged that it was impossible to 

 open up there again, but he finally 

 succeeded in getting a new stand near 

 the old one. This room too had suf- 

 fered from fire, but the unsightly spots 

 were hidden as best they could, and 

 in the face of all these difficulties a 

 better business was done than any 

 Christmas before. Des Moines has not 

 been considered a very lavish flower- 

 buying town, but these facts would 

 tend to show that it is improving. 

 There was a good supply of all classes 

 of flowers and plants, which sold for 

 satisfactory holiday prices. The de- 

 mand for azaleas, cyclamens and 

 plants in bloom generally was good. 

 The quality of holly was fair and it 

 was pretty well cleaned up. Despite 

 the fact that the price of green was 

 high early in the month, enough was 

 finally received at moderate prices to 

 equal the demand. Christmas trees 

 were a drug. WM. TRILLOW. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Misses McNamary and Evans, recent- 

 ly with Messrs. Arnold, have started 

 in business in Omaha, Neb., at 15th 

 and Farnum streets. 



C. W. Moeckel, florist, of Fitchburg, 

 Mass., has been awarded damages in 

 the sum of $1,277 for injury to his 

 greenhouses caused by the explosion 

 of an oil tank near the Fitchburg gas 

 house two years ago. 



The Fernery was incorporated on 

 January 11 in Baltimore, Md., with a 

 capital stock of $15,000, divided into 

 1,500 shares of $10 each. The incor- 

 porators are Charles M. Ackerman, W. 

 D. Allen, Frank V. R. Viers, W. M 

 Jordan, and H. W. Nice. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING AND 

 PROJECTED. 



Whitman, Mass. — Robert Moir, one 

 house. 



Portland, Me.— J. W. Minot & Son, 

 one house 40x150; boiler house 20x65. 



Queens, N. Y. — Cottage Gardens, 

 one house 45 1-2x300, two houses each 

 45 1-2x355, one house 21 1-2x142, under 

 contract with the Burnham Hitchings 

 Pierson Co. 



LIST OF PATENTS. 



Issued January 16, 1906. 



$09,972. Grub-Puller. Samuel F. Mc- 



Gown, Dial, Ky. 

 810.313. Fruit Carrier. Charles A. 

 Wellman, Ottumwa, Iowa. 

 810,344. Lawn Trimmer. Edward 

 Pierce and Edward Laux, 

 Burlington, Iowa. 



A NOTABLE PHILADELPHIA 

 EVENT. 



The formal opening of the Samuel S. 

 Pennock annex building took place on 

 the 22d inst. A distinguished company 

 of the leading florists of the vicinity, 

 and many from distant points were 

 present. John Westcott was the lead- 

 ing speaker, and in tracing Mr. Pen- 

 nock's business growth and congratu- 

 lating him, took occasion to lay before 

 his audience a history of the develop- 

 ment of the cut flower industry during 

 the past fifty years. Mr. Westcott was 

 at his best and did justice to his sub- 

 ject. Charles Fox, one of the oldest 

 florists in Philadelphia, was among the 

 speakers, and gave some interesting 

 reminiscences of bygone days while 

 congratulating the distinguished host 

 on keeping his end up. Edwin Lons- 

 dale's speech was something about 

 marching up and then marching down 

 again, and getting stuck in the middle. 

 Your scribe could not make any sense 

 out of it, but the audience seemed to 

 take it all right. Henry F. Michell 

 responded for the seed trade, and said 

 that he was greatly pleased to see a 

 branch of the business closely allied to 

 his own growing and prospering so 

 well. He admired Mr. Pennock es- 

 pecially for his obliging ways. He had 

 never asked Mr. Pennock for a favor 

 but it had been granted. Robert Kift 

 responded for the horticultural press in 

 his usual able manner. Mr. Martin, 

 Mr. H. N. Willits and a number of 

 others spoke. The host himself gave 

 a most modest account of himself and 

 was contented with stating the barest 

 outlines of his career. But that's what 

 we always expect of Mr. Pennock, and 

 his understatements were all put to 

 his credit. 



The main floors of the combined 

 buildings were tastefully decorated 

 with foliage and flowering plants, cut 

 flowers and evergreens. E. J. Fan- 

 court was master of ceremonies, and 

 acquitted himself in his usual able 

 manner. The employes from the store, 

 from Clarence J. Watson, the manager, 

 down to the humblest, did their utmost 

 to entertain the visitors. 



BELATED MARKET REPORT. 



The business of the late Mrs. A. B. 



Machlin of Harrisburg, Pa., will be 



continued by the estate, with Mr. C. 

 Uttley in charge. 



The William Graham Co. have moved 

 from 108 South 13th St., Philadelphia, 

 to the store occupied until recently by 

 the Hugh Graham Co., having pur- 

 chased the retail end of the latter con- 

 cern which they will operate in con- 

 junction with their own business. The 

 Hugh Graham greenhouses on York 

 Road will be run by Mr. Irwin, a 

 brother-in-law of Mr. Graham. 



