February 3, 1906 



horticulture: 



145 



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. 



The present week sees but 

 BOSTON trifling changes in cut 



flower conditions in this 

 market, Carnations and lily of the 

 valley are lower; yellow narcissi are 

 also tending downward in value, while 

 advancing in quality. These are all 

 due to increasing production, and not 

 to any slackening of demand. Roses 

 are going the other way, being supplied 

 in lessening quantities, and in quality 

 none too good. Cut flowers, wall 

 flowers, sweet peas and other pretty 

 little specialties are finding ready sale. 



No complaint can 1 e 

 BUFFALO made on the amount of 



business done the pre- 

 vious week. The spring weather has 

 forced on carnations, roses and bulbous 

 stock to good extent. The only things 

 that actually were scarce were good 

 Beauties, the price holding firm but 

 no special demand. All other stock 

 was enough to be had. Some lines 

 were moved slowly but up to Saturday 

 a good cleaning up was had, much 

 floral work in evidence. Green goods 

 were abundant; sales a little weak. 



Business during the 

 CINCINNATI past week was what 



might be termed fair; 

 the best flowers sold out clean every 

 day, while the inferior grades went 

 begging. Prices have taken a drop for 

 the simple reason that the grade of 

 stock is not up to the standard. 

 Nearly everything has the appearance 

 of having been picked over before it 

 reached the market. Daffodils made 

 their appearance last week and can 

 now be had in any quantity. Harrisii 

 lilies are more plentiful, but a large 

 number of the flowers are imperfect 

 and therefore unsalable. Tulips can 

 now be had with longer stems and in 

 great variety. Carnations and roses 

 are weak in the stems, and many of 

 the former are so badly bursted that 

 they are not salable. There is not 

 much doing in the plant line. Azaleas 

 and primulus are largely used for win- 

 dow display but comparatively few are 

 sold. 



With a week of 

 INDIANAPOLIS spring-like weath- 

 er trade has been 

 fully up to expectations. No special 

 rush but good active demand. Stock in 

 nearly all lines is about equal to the 

 needs of the day. Beauties are more 

 plentiful and of excellent quality. 

 Bridesmaids are improving in color. 

 Carnation crops are satisfactory in 

 quantity as well as quality. All report 

 heavy sales in blooming plants, prob- 

 ably due to bright weather. Lilac, 

 sweet peas, daffodils, tulips and mig- 



nonette are in better supply and find 

 ready demand. 



Business conditions 

 LOUISVILLE last week were up 



to expectations. The 

 weather was good, and stock came in 

 in satisfactory quantities. Carnations 

 had a good steady demand, with a 

 good supply. The quality could be 

 better. The demand and supply of 

 roses were up to expectations, with 

 the quality moderate. Lilies of the 

 valley and violets found an unusually 

 good demand, with the supply a little 

 slow. Narcissus, hyacinths and other 

 bulbous stock moves satisfactorily. 



Though business is 

 NEW YORK fair, it lacks snap. In 



consequence of a 

 shortened rose supply, American 

 Beauties lead in demand, and tne 

 larger sizes are maintained at top fig- 

 ures. Bridesmaids are none too plenti- 

 ful. The Bride is wanted chiefly in 

 the lower grades, so that the best do 

 not average up with Bridesmaid. 

 Liberty and Richmond are readily 

 sold, and so, too, are the choice grades 

 of Golden Gate, Killarney, Chatenay, 

 etc. Carnations are plentiful, the 

 novelties bringing good prices. Of the 

 standard varieties, all colors are well 

 represented in the market. Harrisii 

 lilies are moving easily at good figures. 

 Bulbous stock continues to increase in 

 quantity, and yellow seems to be a 

 feature in every wholesale window. 

 There is a pause in the call for lily of 

 the valley, judging by the lower quota- 

 tions that have obtained for several 

 days past. The bulk of violet ship- 

 ments reach the street merchants, who 

 have been favored by the fine weather. 

 The sale of smilax drags, while As- 

 paragus plumosa sells readily. 



The warm weather in 



PHI LA- the early part of the 



DELPHI A. week hurt the sale of 



carnations, as they had 

 a strong sleepy tendency, but later the 

 brisk weather helped things wonder- 

 fully; and on the whole, business was 

 pretty good all along the line. Beauties 

 were a little scarce, but of very good 

 quality. A marked feature of the mar- 

 ket was the improvement in the qual- 

 ity of Bridesmaids. Killarneys and 

 Chatenays came in more freely and 

 were quickly taken up. Enchantress 

 remained the leader in carnations; 

 white Lawson was also a favorite. In 

 reds, Flamingo is undoubtedly the 

 finest; but as it requires very careful 

 handling so as not to bruise it, many 

 prefer Crane or Bliss, although these 

 latter are smaller. Cattleyas are in 

 good form at present. Cypripediums 

 nearly over. Lilacs remain a strong 

 feature of the market, and are in good 

 demand. Lily of the valley and sweet 

 peas normal; single tulips and daffo- 



dils are the best sellers in the bulbous 

 line. Freesias are at their best at 

 present, and large quantities are being 

 used. A flush crop of snapdragon is 

 on, and meets with some favor. Mc- 

 Kinley day helped the carnation mar- 

 ket a little. There was no advance in 

 prices, but the previous good figures 

 held firm. This was especially true of 

 pinks and reds. 



The executive com- 

 SAN mittee of the McKin- 



FRANCISCO ley Club, which num- 

 bers between four and 

 five thousand members, has been send- 

 ing out notices broadcast to not forget 

 the McKinley carnation on January 

 29, and the carnation trade is feeling 

 the incentive. First quality American 

 Beauty roses are scarce, but fine tea 

 roses are on hand in excess of the de- 

 mand. Such bulbous stock as tulips, 

 Roman hyacinths and paper white nar- 

 cissi is arriving in improved quality, 

 and violets and lily of the valley are 

 in great abundance and breaking rec- 

 ords en quality. Business is always 

 slow at this date, but the cut flower 

 trade may be said to be getting along 

 rather better this year than usual. 



FIRE RECORD. 



Allen & Yeaw's greenhouses and 

 barn in Worcester lane, Waltham, 

 Mass., were destroyed by fire on Jan- 

 nary 2Gth. A defective boiler was the 

 cause. The loss is reported at $4000. 



Nearly all of West Collingswood on 

 the outskirts of Camden, N. J., as- 

 sisted in extinguishing a fire at the 

 greenhouses of Herman Zimmer, which 

 destroyed thousands of plants. About 

 $1000 damage was done. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 One of the Louisville daily papers 

 last week contained a large advertise- 

 ment in colors by Jacob Schulz, rep- 

 uting a wreath of red carnations 

 encircling a portrait of McKinley and 

 announcing a complete stock of McKin- 

 ley's favorite flower. This is the kind 

 of enterprise that pays. 



Bulletin No. 1, "The Gypsy and 

 Brown-Tail Moths," has been issued 

 from the office of the superintendent 

 for suppressing the gypsy and brown- 

 tail moths in Massachusetts. It gives 

 the life history of the moths, tells 

 where to look for them, the remedies 

 against them, contrasts the species, 

 and closes with a summary of the law 

 of Massachusetts requiring their sup- 

 pression. The pamphlet is fully illus- 

 trated. HORTICULTURE has secured 

 a supply of these books, and will be 

 to furnish copies to any appli- 

 cants. 



