January 9. 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



49 



Flower Market Reports. WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.— to oe'^fLERsfoNLY. 



The week following Xew 

 BOSTON Years opened auspicious- 

 ly, but the hot weather 

 crippled business badly, increasing 

 the product, impairing the quality and 

 reducing the quality generally so that 

 eyerything has been weak and bril- 

 liancy is lacking while present 

 weather conditions exist. Prospects 

 appear good, however, and the gen- 

 eral sentiment is that the season 

 opened very encouraging and promises 

 a good year for the cut flower inter- 

 ests. A tour of the rose houses 

 shows that high quality blooms are a 

 certainty for the coming weeks. 



The closing week of the 

 BUFFALO old year ended very 

 satisfactory to the 

 trade. A fairly good cleaning up was 

 had on everything. Roses, carnations 

 and other stock were not overplenti- 

 ful and prices held firm, the demand 

 being heavy in the rose line especially 

 for Killarney, Richmond, Reid and 

 Bridesmaid. Carnations were in good 

 supply and moved rapidly. Lily of 

 the valley, violets, narcissi and other 

 stock sold well. There is an abun- 

 dance of stevia and other greens. 



Warm, moist weather 

 CHICAGO prevails in Chicago with 

 the usual depressing re- 

 sult on business and on gi-owing stock. 

 The week opens with a very light trade. 

 There is nothing in the way of local 

 affairs to cause a sharp demand for 

 flowers and the market is feeling the 

 reaction after a good holiday trade. 

 There is plenty of good stock, though 

 such may not be the case by the time 

 this reaches its readers if the unsea- 

 sonable weather continues. Most ot 

 the unsold holly and other Christmas 

 green has been hauled away, leaving 

 the market a little bare in consequence. 

 While prices did 

 PHILADELPHIA not rule so high 

 during Xew Year's 

 week as around Christmas, trade kept 

 up well and there was a satisfactory 

 demand The demand for cattleyas 

 slackened up and there is now enough 

 of these to fill all wants. Crops of 

 American Reauty roses have dropped 

 off a little. Liberty and Richmond are 

 of good quality and prices steady but 

 moderate. Killarney and Jardine 

 bring fine prices. Carnations are a 

 trifle less plentiful. Lily ot the valley 

 is in better demand and cleans up well. 

 Gardenias are being offered freely 

 much below Christmas rates. Violets 

 are rather on the scarce side. Early 

 French daffodils are arriving. 



The week succeed- 

 WASHINGTON ing Christmas 

 proved to be as 

 good for the florist as the week pre- 

 vious had been. It was characterized 

 by a loosening up on most everything 

 that had been scarce at Christmas ex- 

 cept red carnations, which still con- 

 tinue scarce. Prices held their own. 

 Some fine panises from near-by 

 growers are being sent in now, and 

 sweet peas are shown in quantities 

 and of very fine quality. 



Detroit reports that business in that 

 city is keeping up satisfactorily since 

 the Holidays. The supply is short on 

 some things, especially roses. Violets 

 are picking up in quality and quantity 

 and sell well. 



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Am. Beauty, Fan. 

 Extri 



No. I 



** L,ower grades 



Bride/Maid, F. & S. 



" " Low.gr 



Killaroey, Fan. & Sp 



" Louver grades 



Richmond, Fancy & Special 



CI^4CINNATI 



Jan.s 



BUFFALO 



Jan. 4 



pirraBURa 



1 Jan. 5 



nay. 



Golden Gate, Ivory, etc to 



My Maryland to 



Queen Beatrice to 



Mrs. Mar, Field to 



CARNATIONS 



Fancy and Novelties ,.... 3.00 to 



Ordinary to 



MiSCBLLANeoUS 



Cattleyas ..- to 



Lilies. to 



Lily of the VaUey 3.00 to 



Narcis., Paper White to 



Roman Hya 2.00 to 



Sweet Peas .75 to 



Gardenias to 



Violets i 1 00 to 



Adiantum j.oo to 1.5 



Smilax iz.50 to 15.C 



AfiDaragus Plumosus, strings 30.00 to 50.C 



" " & -pren (loobchs.) ' ^o.oo to 50.e 



OBITUARY. 

 Charles Kaehlert, Jr. 

 Charles Kaehlert, Jr., born June 2, 

 1SS.3, died on Dec. 21. His father is 

 proprietor of the South Side Green- 

 houses, Joliet, 111. He leaves a widow. 



Margaret McCJements. 



Miss Margaret, sister of Samuel 

 McClements of Pittsburg, Pa., passed 

 away on Christmas eve. 



Christopher Cordes. 

 . Christopher Cordes, one of the old- 

 time gardeners of Chicago, died on 

 Dec. 27, at the age of 65. A widow 

 and four sons survive him. 



Arnold Reckhard. 



Arnold Reckhard, landscape gar- 

 dener of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., died at 

 his home on Dec. 22, aged 51. 



Arthur E. Clark. 



Arthur E. Clark of East Weymouth, 

 Mass.. well known to the trade in the 

 vicinity of Boston, succumbed to an 

 attack of pneumonia on Dec. 24. He 

 was 30 years of age and leaves a 

 widow and two children. 



W. F. Cooper. 



W. F. Cooper, of Medway, Mass., for 

 many years engaged in the green- 

 house business, dropped dead at his 

 home on Jan. 4. He was 76 years of 

 age. A widow and two sons survive 

 him. 



The sympathy of the trade is ex- 

 tended to V. J. Virgin of Xew Or- 

 leans, whose little son. Irby Joseph, 

 passed away on Christmas Day. 



DURING RECESS. 



The Astoria Florists' Bowling Club 

 of Long Island City, N. Y., had a La- 

 dies' Night on Tuesday, Dec. 29. As 

 this date happened to be the 56th 

 birthday of W. H. Siebrecht, that esti- 

 mable gentleman provided a splendid 

 supper which, needless to say, was 

 thoroughly enjoyed. Speeches of ap- 

 propriate character for the occasion 

 were made by several of the guests. It 

 was arranged that on Thursday, Jan. 

 7, the club would visit the Flatbush 

 Bowling Club and tr\- conclusions with 

 them on their alleys, Mr. Siebrecht's 

 touring car being placed at the dis- 

 posal of the club for transportation. 

 Scores were made as follows: 



Siebrecht. Sr 1G8 130 147 



Donaldson 133 190 182 



Kessler 211 155 124 



Miesem 190 198 117 



Siebrecht, .Tr 119 88 130 



H. Siebrecht 104 107 104 



Doufler 172 181 — 



Lawrence 97 116 127 



Shaw 153 110 127 



•lacobson 149 111 115 



Bleckween 125 109 88 



MOVEMENTS OF GARDENERS. 



Hollywood, Cal.— J. R. Hills, form- 

 erly with J. W. Wolfskin, has taken a 

 position on the estate of William 

 Haerle. 



William Fisher, formerly assistant 

 gardener to H. Gould, has been ap- 

 pointed gardener to Commodore Lutt- 

 gen. Villa Linta. Redding, Conn. 



William B. Jones, who has been 

 greenhouse foreman the past four 

 years for Mr. Griffin at the E. T. 

 Gerry estate, Newport, R. I., has taken 

 a position as gardener for T. J. Man- 

 son at East Hampton. L. I. 



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