January 2:i, 1909 



HORTICULTURE. 



121 



Flower Market Reports. 



Business is slow, very 

 BOSTON slow. A decided falling 



off from last week and 

 not quite explicable. In roses, Brides- 

 maid and Bride are the worst sufferers 

 from the cave-in; Richmond, Beauty 

 and Killarney are holding their own 

 pretty well. Quality is good generally, 

 so the growers have done their part, 

 all right. Last week's business here 

 was quite satisfactory on all lines. At 

 present carnations are on the tobog- 

 gan and violets are at the foot of the 

 toboggan and in distress. Lily of the 

 valley is a companion in misfortune, 

 and sweet peas are getting there en- 

 tirely too fast. Yellow narcissi find 

 a receptive market and are thus an 

 exception to the general rule. Im- 

 provement is hoped for as the best 

 part of the season is yet to come. 



There has been an im- 

 CHICAGO usual market for white 



flowers diiring the past 

 week. White roses have been in such 

 demand that the supply, particularly 

 in shoi i and medium, was sometimes 

 hard to fill, Brides being off crop with 

 most growers. White carnations also 

 were in good demand. There are some 

 nice tulips in the market, some especi- 

 ally fine in pink and yellow but they 

 do not sell very readily. Jonquils have 

 sold well during the past week. The 

 market for home grown violets has 

 been affected by the quantity shipped 

 here from the East, the price varying 

 with conditions favorable or other- 

 wise to shipping, but on the whole the 

 market for the week has been satis- 

 factory. 



The usual after 

 INDIANAPOLIS holiday depression 



is in evidence. 

 The unsettled weather has been rather 

 unsatisfactoiy for ros'o growei"s. Tli'ire 

 is a scarcity of good Beauties while 

 good supplies of other roses are to b? 

 had. Killarney is increasing in favor 

 and promises to be a good rival 

 to the old favorite Bridesmaid. There 

 le a good supply of fancy ca.rnations. 

 also longiflorunis; the demand for tho 

 latter is a little slow. The demand 

 for Ivulbous stock is not as good as it 

 might be. Daffodils, sweet peas, 

 freezias, i>apier whites, lilacs, lily of 

 the valley and violets are seen in 

 quaintities. Tulips are in fair supply, 

 but not eagerly sought for on account 

 of short ttfem. A good supply of all 

 kinds of groens fi,nds a ready demand. 

 There is quite a good variety of flower- 

 ing plawls on the market but the de- 

 mand is unusually light for this 

 season. 



Neutral conditions 

 PHILADELPHIA prevailed during 



the past week 

 prices being kept on a' stable footing 

 by the shortening up of supplies. 

 Stock generally ha.s been on the short 

 side and business far from brisk; but 

 thesio two far-tors taken together keep 

 the situa,tion on an even keel. In 

 American Beauty roses the only good 

 ones were the specials. Neither Rif:h- 

 mond nor Liberty ai'e very plentiful. 

 Bridesmaids have improved wonder- 

 fully and are new giWng the new pink 

 varieties a good lun. White rosas are 

 rather draggy as to demand. \ few 

 very choice Marylands haVe been seen 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS.-, 



CiNClMNATI 



R0SB6 I 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp. 4c 



" Extra 3a. 



BUFFALO I PfTTSBURQ 



Jan. .8 I Jan. .8 



Lo« 



Killarney, Fan.- &Sp 



" Lower grades .... 



Richmond, Fancy & Special. 



" Lowergradcs... . 



Chatenay 



Golden Gate, Ivory, etc 



My Maryland 



Queen Beatrice 



Mrs. Mar. Field 



CARNATMMS 



Fancy and Novelties 



Ordinary 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Catlleyas 



Oypripediums 



titles 



Uly of the VaBey 



Narcis., Paper White 



Roman Hya 



Daflodils 



Freesia 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Violets 



Adiantum 



Smilaa 



Asparagus Plumosaus, strings 



" " & Spren (100 bchs.) 



to 50 < 



i°< 



' 35-' 



around, 'flie supply of carnations has 

 slackened up, and with quality up to 

 high water mark, prices remain firm. 

 Violet market is in fair shape. 

 Gattleya.s plentiful and fine. Cypripe- 

 diums enough for the demand. Swieet 

 peas moving a little better. Lilies 

 slow. Mignonette excellent and going 

 well. Freesia .iust commencing to ar- 

 rive. Daffodils s<^rce. Paper White 

 and Roman hyacinths shortened up. 



The effect of the 

 WASHINGTON inclement weather 



upon the market 

 is a scarcity of almost everything, and 

 consequent stiff prices. Violets are 

 high'er than the same quality was at 

 Christmas. Richmcnds are ea=ily tak- 

 ing up the lead in the rose line, Kil- 

 larneys running second in demand 

 and bringing about the same figure. 

 White lilac is quite scarce. Gude 

 Bros, are supplying the 'entire Wash- 

 ington market and even shipping to 

 Philadelphia. It eagerly responds to 

 the call at $2.00 per dozen. Every- 

 thing is brisk; Washington is pri- 

 marily a city of social activities, 

 which is something for the florist to 

 bt thankful for. 



ESTABLISHMENT AND RESI- 



DENCE OF FRANK BEU, 

 CHICAGO. 



The little picture herewith repro- 

 dued, furnishes a very good illustra- 

 tion of a type of moderate-sized, pros- 

 perous florist establishment to be 

 found in almost any community of 



sufficient size. Ten years ago Mr. Beu 

 bought four small greenhouses and by 

 industry and careful attention to bus- 

 iness and th'e assistance of his capable 

 wife has now twelve houses. 2.5 x 125 

 ft., all now and up-to-date in equip- 

 ment, with over two acre^ of land. 

 The Chicago wholesale market fur- 

 bishes an outlet for a larg'e portion 

 of the product. 



INCORPORATED. 



Texarkana, Tex. — The Texarkana 

 Seed and Implement Co.; K. H. Leon- 

 ard, C. C. Rarcliff, R. P. Dorough; 

 capital, $2,500. 



Troy, N. Y. — Northern Orchard 

 Company of Peru; P. L. Porter, W. L. 

 Brown, John McL. Stevens, F. E. 

 Foote; capital, $15,000; dealers in 

 fruit and produce. 



Elgin, III. — Batavia Greenhouse Co., 

 capital, $8,000. 



The U-N-I-T Sprayer, advertised in 

 another column, is highly recommend- 

 ed by Poehlmann Bros., Fred Burki 

 and other equally reliable florists and 

 gardeners, and fills the bill for the 

 purpose intended. Send to the manu- 

 facturers for full particulars. You will 

 not regret it. 



Detroit. — The Woodmere Floral Co. 

 is 'erecting a new brick store with all 

 modem equipments. 



Gardening cannot be properly done without the aid of an accurate level- 

 ing instrument 



Bostfom's Improved Levels, No. 2 at $15.00 and No. 3 at $25.00, 

 are conceded by all who KNOW to be the only Levels on the market 

 which meet all the requirements, at the price. 



Our guarantee back of every Level we sell, and satisfied users in 

 every State in the Union heartily endorse every claim we make. 



Shipping weight r2 lbs. Description on request. 

 BOSTROM-BRAOy MFG. CO., 139 Madison Avenue.. ATLANTA, 6A. 



