June 16, 1906 



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 Selections that will please you and cost to correspond. 



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CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



The market the last few 

 BOSTON days has been dull with 

 only here and there a 

 bright spot to give it a little activity. 

 Flowers are in abundance with but a 

 light demand. American Beauties 

 with the exception of Golden Gate 

 have the best demand in roses while 

 carnations have little if any. the stock 

 being poor. Lily of the valley are in 

 fine condition and a good demand is 

 soon expected while sweet peas are a 

 glut in the market. 



Severe hot weather the 

 BUFFALO past week found the 



market in a bad condi- 

 tion. Roses, carnations, peonies and 

 other stock was over-flowing. Carna- 

 tions came in asleep, peonies over- 

 heated and roses in about the same 

 condition. "Very little business was 

 done up to Friday and Saturday, when 

 it seemed to liven up. The cemetery 

 florists were on hand but cloudy 

 weather and rain stopped the demand 

 50 per cent, and consequently much 

 was either carried over or lost. Wed- 

 dings and commencements are on but 

 with the abundance of stock they are 

 hardly noticeable in the wholesale 

 market. Beauties were in better de- 

 mand owing to a few large funeral 

 orders. Select Bridesmaids are small 

 but Kaiserins, Carnots and Richmonds 

 are in fine quality. Same may be 

 said of lily of the valley, sweet peas, 

 Swansonia. lilies and orchids. The 

 only thing that was really scarce was 

 smilax, which was in good demand 

 and prices held steady. Other green 

 goods in good supply, demand fair. 



The numerous June 

 CINCINNATI weddings coupled with 



the usual number of 

 school commencement exercises, have 

 caused an unprecedented demand for 

 flowers for this season of the year. 

 Roses, with possibly the exception of 

 Beauties, are hardly fit to use. Carna- 

 tions are quite small and many of 

 them are sunburned and attacked with 

 thrip. Longiflorums, lilies of the 

 valley and sweet peas are still in good 

 shape and sell well. 



There was quite a lull in the market 

 last Saturday when the traction cars 

 were obliged to stop running on 

 account of the bursting of the water 

 pipes. The growers within the city 

 limits are in bad straits for water and 

 with the thermometer above 90 

 degrees the situation looks serious. 



Good business con- 

 COLUMBUS tinues; there has 



been brisk trade in 

 all lines. The usual number of June 

 weddings have taken place, with more 

 to follow, counter sales have kept up 

 remarkably considering the intense 

 heat of the past ten days, funeral 

 work has also been active, and to all 

 this has been added the bouquets for 

 the various school graduations. The 

 sales of bedding plants keep right 

 along with the seedsmen and growers; 

 this business will of course end pretty 

 soon; it will have to end, as every- 

 body is about, sold out. It has been 

 an especially good season for the 

 plant growers. It will not be very 

 long now before the bulbs begin to 

 come in. It certainly bids fair to be 

 a most excellent bulb season, if we are 

 to judge from the inquiries and ad- 

 vance orders. Weather very hot for 

 June, and also very dry. 



Business conditions 

 LOUISVILLE were very satisfac- 

 tory the previous 

 week owing largely to commencement 

 work. Carnations came in in good 

 quantities, quality fair, and the de- 

 mand was excellent. There were great 

 quantities of good roses and they dis- 

 appeared rapidly. The supply of 

 peonies was greatly decreased but 

 there were enough to meet require- 

 ments. Sweet peas were in abund- 

 ance and were popular. Other stock 

 continued normal. 



The market is in a 

 NEW YORK condition of complete 



collapse and has been 

 so for the past week. Wholesale estab- 

 lishments are loaded up with every- 

 thing imaginable in cut flowers, from 

 forget-me-nots to tulip trees and there 

 is no fixed price on anything. Roses 

 are generally mildewed and poor. 

 Peonies are still very plentiful but run 

 rather small on the average. Carna- 

 tions show signs of hard wear. There 

 is no stable value on any flower in 

 the entire list. 



The market was badly 



PHILA- congested last week 



DELPHI A especially in carnations. 



These were a drug on 



the market and could hardly be sold 



at any price, even the fakirs would 



not touch them, they went to sleep so 



quickly on account of the hot weather. 



Business all along the line was in 



decreased volume. Roses of all kinds 

 are getting poorer as to quality and 

 do not give satisfaction. Lily of the 

 valley is in very good shape and a sat- 

 isfactory item every way with the de- 

 mand excellent. Cattleyas are in fair 

 supply and have the call for choice 

 work. A moderate supply of Easter 

 lilies is coming in and the demand 

 for them is excellent. Sweet peas are 

 of fair quality, but they are not sell- 

 ing extra well. Plenty of gardenias 

 around; demand weak. Peonies are 

 still in fair volume although the flush 

 of the crop is marketed. The late 

 varieties will keep the market sup- 

 plied for some time yet. Prices con- 

 tinue satisfactory. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



The Morrill greenhouses in Brewer, 

 Maine, have been leased by F. P. Lane. 



The firm of Powers & Gibbs, Ft. 

 Wayne, Ind., has been dissolved by 

 the withdrawal of Mr. Gibbs. 



Messrs. Bryant and Arp have leased 

 the Nichols & Lorton nursery at Dav- 

 enport, la., for a term of years. 



Geo. Cotsonas & Co. have secured a 

 lease for a term of years of the build- 

 ing at 50 West Twenty-eighth street, 

 New York. 



Karl Rosien of New Haven, Conn., 

 has disposed of his business to Sokol 

 Bros., who will grow for both whole- 

 sale and retail trade. 



The Brant & Noe Floral Co. will 

 again be a familiar name among the 

 trade in the vicinity of Chicago, and 

 the change will be marked by new 

 houses with the latest improvements 

 at Forest Glen. 



The business heretofore conducted 

 by Johnson & Carlson, at 3319 North- 

 western avenue, Chicago, has been 

 taken over by F. E. Carlson. Mr. 

 Johnson has associated himself with 

 J. J. Krutchen and they will carry on 

 a commission business in the Atlas 

 Building in the quarters recently va- 

 cated by George Reinberg. 



The United States is Germany's best 

 customer for potassium salts (kainit. 

 etc.). In 1903, out of the 501,386 tons 

 exported, 275,302 tons were sold to 

 America, while in 1905 the sales to 

 America were 440,892 tons out of 

 852.454 tons exported. 



