February 10, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



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Cut Flower Market Re- 

 ports. 



This market is practically 

 BOSTON barren as regards Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses and 

 blooms of good finish are almost out 

 of the question. Bride and Bridesmaid 

 roses are more abundant than they 

 were one week ago. On the other hand 

 carnations and violets are received in 

 unwieldy abundance and prices are 

 downward tending. Bulbous stock is 

 very much overstocked. Yellow nar- 

 cissi have broken the market. Local 

 and out-of-town shippers are loading 

 the wholesale dealers with blooms of 

 finest quality, the prices for which 

 are disproportionately low. Carnations 

 are fine as to quality, but realize low 

 figures excepting in the case of rare 

 novelties. 



The volume of business 

 BUFFALO was largely augmented 

 on Saturday and Mon- 

 day in consequence of the heavy de- 

 mand for carnations. Monday, the 

 29th, McKinley Day, was previously 

 well advertised by florists and press, 

 which helped considerable to swell ihe 

 sales, reports stating that more sold 

 this year than previous years. The 

 demand for white was small, and con- 

 sequently a good many were carried 

 over. Roses sold well under normal 

 supply and prices hold firm. Bulbous 

 stock came in fast but moved fairly 

 well, considering the amount handled. 

 Demand was best on yellow tulips. 

 Lily of the valley of fine quality could 

 be seen, but sales were not brisk. 

 Violets were quite plentiful and at 

 times many sold below list price. 

 Lilies were more plentiful, while peas 

 and mignonette, quality good, sold 

 rapidly. Sales of southern smilax and 

 other greens improved somewhat. The 

 thermometer dropping to zero for a 

 few days brought some stock in frosty 

 condition. 



There has been but 

 CINCINNATI little change in the 



condition of the cut 

 flower market during the past week. 

 A scarcity of roses is to be expected at 

 this season of the year and in this we 

 are not disappointed. It has been a 

 long time since first-class stock was as 

 scarce as it is now in Cincinnati, but 

 that which is one man's loss is an- 

 other's gain. If the public can't get 

 roses they take something else instead. 

 Just now bulbous stock receives a 

 hearty welcome; especially is this true 

 regarding colored flowers, such as 

 tulips and daffodils. Several large 

 wedding orders have been booked for 

 this month, in which Harrisii lilies 

 will play an important part. Lily of 

 the valley is coming in nicely and 

 finds a ready sale. In fact, anything 



in the cut flower line that is fairly 

 good is eagerly taken. Green goods 

 are also scarce and if you get what 

 you want it is because you have placed 

 your order in advance. 



Business seems to keep 

 DETROIT pretty lively although 



not as brisk as last 

 week, but the cut flower demand holds 

 steady. These flowers affected by the 

 recent mild weather should certainly 

 display their best efforts now that the 

 glass has reached zero. Roses still 

 continue to come under requirements. 



Business conditions the 

 LOUISVILLE previous week were 



very satisfactory with 

 some very cold weather. Carnations 

 in quality are only fair; the supply is 

 very satisfactory, with the demand 

 good. Roses found a good demand, 

 with the quality and supply about up 

 to expectations. Lilies of the valley 

 and violets find a satisfactory demand, 

 the quality of the latter being very 

 good. Mignonette, narcissus, hya- 

 cinths and other bulbous stock moves 

 up to expectations, with the supply 

 generally good. 



On most lines of cut 

 NEW YORK flower stock, on which 



receipts are heavy, 

 business is exasperatingly slow, and 

 sales in quantity are made at very low 

 figures, in order to unload. This ap- 

 plies with especial force to bulbous 

 material, carnations and the lower 

 grades of all varieties of roses. Strict- 

 ly special American Beauty Roses are 

 very scarce and obtainable only in 

 small lots from even the largest grow- 

 ers; hence, for the time being these 

 bring record prices for this season of 

 the year. The retail florists generally 

 report the best winter business thus 

 far since 1903. 



During the past week 



PHILA- t^ volume of business 



DELPHI A was about normal with 



no very decided features 

 worthy of mention. Beauties were not 

 plentiful but demand was a little off, 

 and the same may be said of Liberties 

 and Richmonds. Brides were scare i. 

 and there was rather more than the 

 usual demand. The quality of both 

 these and Bridesmaids was very 

 good. Chatenays and Golden Gates 

 were about the only other varieties 

 that cut much figure. Enchantress is 

 still on top in the carnation line. All 

 varieties of carnations are fairly plen- 

 tiful and of good quality. Lilacs, 

 single and double daffodils, and tulips 

 are in evidence with active call: 

 especially fur fancies of the last 

 mentioned. Paper whites and Roman 

 hyacinths are being disposed of in 

 great quantities, but they ought to be 

 brought in more gradually. Cypripe- 

 diums are nearly over, and it will not 



be long before cattleyas will be on the 

 scarce list. There is more lily of the 

 valley coming in than the market will 

 absorb; but with careful handling 

 prices are being kept steady. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



The Millbrook-Lea Greenhouses had 

 a severe fire on the 4th inst. It 

 started in the boiler room. The whole 

 plant was put out of commission. Loss 

 cot stated at this writing, but heavy. 

 This establishment is at Whitford, Pa., 

 28 miles from Philadelphia. 



Howard McKissick, lately associated 

 with his brother W. E. McKissick in 

 the wholesale cut flower business, has 

 bought out another line of trade out 

 in the country. H. Kreinberg takes 

 his place with Mr. McKissick. 



We hear of a new begonia around 

 Newport called "Scarlet Gem" which 

 is said to be something very fine, 

 and is supposed to be a dwarf 

 form of the Erfordi type of very 

 free blooming habit and very brilliant 

 color, making it a grand thing for 

 bedding. Can HORTICULTURE give 

 us anv authentic information about 

 it? 



Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Halliday of 

 Baltimore passed through here re- 

 cently on their way home from the 

 honeymoon. Mr. Halliday has family 

 relatives in Philadelphia and a pleas- 

 ant gathering took place at The Colon- 

 ade on the 5th inst. The reception 

 was strictly private but Mr. Pennock 

 heard of it and managed to surprise 

 the guests with a bunch of flowers for 

 the dinner table. 



The H. F. Michell Co. report a 

 heavy demand for English mushroom 

 spawn this season, and have been 

 greatly astonished at the call for the 

 new "pure-culture" of American manu- 

 facture. This is in line with the ex- 

 perience of others in the seed trade 

 lately. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



Mrs. L. J. Denton has leased the 

 greenhouses of Miss Lincoln on Park 

 avenue, Plainfield, N. J. 



The Wilcox Canadian Land Co. was 

 recently incorporated, to handle about 

 12,0(lii acres of land recently purchased 

 near Winnipeg, by J. F. Wilcox of 

 Council Bluffs. la. Capital stock, 

 $50,000. 



The store opened about two months 

 ago by Newman, at the corner of 

 Mathewson and Westminster streets, 

 Providence, R. I., is closed, and the 

 business has been transferred to their 

 Boston store. 



President T. W. Head delivered an 

 instructive lecture on "Fertilizers, and 

 How to Use Them," before the New 

 London Co. Horticultural Society, 

 Conn., on Jan. 5.0. 



