January 13, 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. 



Trade during the past 

 BOSTON week has been rather 

 quiet, with a remarkable 

 increase in the supply and prices have 

 been reduced accordingly. This has 

 been particularly noticeable with vio- 

 lets and carnations. Enchantress and 

 Lawson have had the largest call; 

 white carnations have moved rather 

 slowly. The demand for American 

 Beauties is fairly good. Bride and 

 Bridesmaids sell well at prices about 

 the same as last week. The demand 

 for lily of the valley has increased. 

 Roman hyacinths, paper white and 

 yellow narcissi are coming in in large 

 quantities. 



Cloudy weather together 

 BUFFALO with heavy storms the 

 past week, made stock 

 still a little scarce, but there was 

 enough to go around. Roses came in 

 somewhat better and cleaned up 

 quickly. Much funeral work being in 

 demand caused white material to move 

 freely. Sales of Beauties, Liberties, 

 lily of the valley and violets were 

 nearly at a stand-still, but livened up 

 to some extent at the end of the week. 

 The carnation crop was fairly good, 

 and excellent stock could be seen; 

 fancy selling at sight, while ordinary 

 needed a little urging at times. Peas, 

 mignonette and green goods in moder- 

 ate supply. Prices changing a little to 

 a decline. 



"He that has the last 

 CHICAGO say has the best say," 



and so it is with Chicago. 

 If you ask a wholesaler, a retailer, or 

 a grower regarding the holiday trade, 

 they all say it was stupendous, and 



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outdistanced everything within the 

 last ten years. A pronounced shortage 

 of Beauties of the fancy type made 

 itself felt before Christmas, and was at 

 its height before New Year's day. 

 Quotations were exceeded in every in- 

 stance, Beauties bringing as high as 

 $150 per hundred. Good Bridesmaids 

 brought $25. All pink roses were very 

 scarce. Killarney sold as high as $35 

 per hundred for good stock, and there 

 was not enough to go around, although 

 it was the only rose that was not seri- 

 ously interfered with by the dark 

 weather preceding Christmas. There 

 were plenty of Liberty, and many 

 Beauty enthusiasts had to be content 

 with this as a substitute for Ameri- 

 ca's favorite. Immense quantities of 

 Uncle John roses were sold by one 

 house and found a ready market, re- 

 placing Chatenay and Bridesmaids. 

 All told, roses were very scarce, and 

 goods that would not bring over $1 

 ordinarily brought fifteen times that 

 price in mixed lots. The greatest de- 

 mand existed for red flowered and ber- 

 ried plants, red material bringing al- 

 most any price demanded. There was 

 a sufficiency of greens such as lyco- 

 podium, etc., which arrived at the last 

 moment, but good holly was scarce. A 

 novelty in the Chicago market were 

 the spruce tops from Maine, and tops 

 covered with cones brought from $50 

 to $100, according to size, and were 

 eagerly taken at that price. There 

 was an insurmountable shortage in 

 Christmas bells. The demand was 

 also good for carnations and fancy 

 goods were scarce, finally climbing to 

 $15 per hundred. Narcissi, Roman hya- 

 cinths, callas, mignonette, etc., were 

 taken eagerly and the demand for 

 smilax also exceeded expectations. 

 Through all the rush the Chicagoan 

 never lost his stoicism, but calmly or- 

 dered his Christmas flowers with the 

 remark that there seemed no way out 

 of it — the flowers are needed and we'll 

 pay for them, their motto, "I will," be- 

 ing carried out to the letter. The year 

 L905 looked poor for a starter, but it- 

 wound up as the banner year after all, 

 and now, away we go to "whoop 'er 

 up" for a happy and prosperous 1900. 



The cut flower market 

 CINCINNATI has been quite active 



during the past week, 

 chiefly due to the scarcity of first-class 

 stock. Business has settled down to 

 that steady gait which we all so much 

 like to see; nearly all stock is just 

 scarce enough to keep the price firm. 

 Funeral work has been an important 

 factor in moving the cheaper grades, 

 and the usual holiday reaction has not 

 been felt to any extent. Easter lilies 

 are scarce; this is chiefly due to the 

 large number of longiflorum bulbs sub- 

 stituted for Harrisii. Bulbous stock, 

 such as Roman hyacinths and paper 

 whites, is not over plentiful and moves 

 fairly well. A few tulips can be seen 



here and there, but they are too short- 

 stemmed to be of much use. The sup- 

 ply of violets exceeds the demand, 

 consequently the price has taken a 

 drop. Asparagus, smilax and adiantum 

 seem to have been pretty well used 

 up for the holiday trade, and will be 

 scarce for a while. 



Business conditions 

 LOUISVILLE the past week were 



up to the standard, 

 stock moving very nicely. Carnations 

 were in the lead. their quality 

 and supply being up to expecta- 

 tions. The quality and supply of 

 roses is fair, and there is nothing the 

 matter with the demand. Violets and 

 lilies of the valley are breaking 

 records on demand and quality, but 

 the supply of the former is not so 

 very encouraging. Other stock, such 

 as hyacinths, narcissi, etc., meets with 

 a satisfactory demand. 



Business is fairly sat- 

 NEW YORK isfactory. Carnations 



are selling rather 

 slow and at low figures for the quality 

 which is generally excellent. The de- 

 mand for large roses is brisk. Tulips 

 and other bulbous stock are being re- 

 ceived in increasing quantity and im- 

 proved quality. 



On the whole we are jus- 

 PHILA- tified in reporting trade 

 DELPHI A. as fair for the season. 

 The week after New 

 Year's is always a little slow. This 

 year was about the usual. The worst 

 slump was in carnations which, on ac- 

 count of the bright weather, came in 

 freely. Of course, the rose market 

 dropped quite a little also. Beauties 

 fared the best, as there were quite a 

 number of important functions which 

 took a large quantity of these. Gar- 

 denias have been very scarce, and 75 

 cents a bloom has been the ruling 

 wholesale figure, but they are now 

 more plentiful, with price in propor- 

 tion. White violets have a limited 

 market on orders. The demand as yet 

 is too intermittent to warrant carry- 

 ing stock. White lilac sprays are 

 popular and fairly plentiful at present. 

 Cypripedlums are rather scarce, but 

 other orchids are in normal supply. 

 Christmas and New Year's 

 TOLEDO business has been a little 

 better here than last year 

 and the first week of this month is 

 reported as having been specially 

 good. There were no special novelties 

 offered in the stores; either our town 

 has not been struck yet by the people 

 who want something special or the 

 florists have not the grit to offer 

 something out of the ordinary which I 

 believe is the case; if goods are not 

 offered they cannot be sold. Carna- 

 tions are coming along now very 

 nicely and roses have been doing well 

 too; in bulbous stock nothing but 

 white Roman hyacinths and paper 

 white narcissi are offered. 



