January 30, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



153. 



Flower Market Reports. WHOLES ALE FLOWE R MARKETS.-, 



The weatlier has oi 

 BALTIMORE late not heeii of the 

 kind which our flower 

 growers would have made to order. 

 Prices on the whole have been (juite 

 normal, the supply has been just about 

 equal to the demand, and the quality 

 generally good. Things are moving 

 along very nicely. More social events 

 would be welcomed by the decorators 

 but there is little to complain of. 



Crops are increasing 

 BOSTON steadily on all lines, but 

 this fagt does not seem to 

 bear any relationship to the market, 

 which has been erratic all thi-ough 

 this unusual season, and is still keep- 

 ing fully up to its reputation. Follow- 

 ing a dispiritingly dull week the sit- 

 uation has now changed and the pres- 

 ent week starts in with a vim as re- 

 freshing as it is inexplicable. How 

 long it will last is a guess. Quality is 

 excellent all through. Bulbous stock 

 is greatly improved. Killarney still 

 holds the lead among roses in popu- 

 larity and quantity sold. White carna- 

 tions are doing much better. 



Trade has been fairly 

 BUFFALO good on almost every- 

 thing along the line. 

 Lilies and white material have been in 

 demand, especially roses of short qual- 

 ity, for floral work. American Beauty, 

 Killarney and Richmond have not been 

 too plentiful and prices have held 

 firm. In violets the supply and light 

 demand sent prices on the decline. 

 Bulbous stock, lily of the valley, mig- 

 nonette, sweet peas have been none too 

 plentiful. Carnations have been in ex- 

 cellent supply and with the quality 

 good; select stock moved at fairly 

 good prices. Preparations have been 

 made for large supplies of carnations 

 on McKinley Day, as the outlook Is 

 for the heaviest day yet recorded for 

 the sale of carnations. 



As might be expected, 

 CHICAGO the summer weather has 

 been quite a factor in 

 trade conditions, the thermometer reg- 

 istering 65 deg. before the close of the 

 week. .All stock felt the unseasonable 

 heat, and in roses Killarney was the 

 most affected. Trade held up well 

 throughout the week though there was 

 no special demand. Floral work made 

 a scarcity of white flowers but white 

 tulips helped out. The second batch of 

 daffodils was not in, so supply was 

 short while demand was a little extra. 

 There are plenty of tulips to be seen 

 and in all colors. Some fine Keizer- 

 kroon were noted at Poehlmann Bros. 

 The warm weather caused violets to 

 sell readily. At Charles McKellar's 

 were seen fine gardenias. Carnations 

 are in good supply and there is no 

 trouble in selling good ones at fair 

 prices. 



Increasing receipts 

 PHILADELPHIA and business al- 

 most stationary 

 has had its effect on the market here. 

 An ea.sier tone prevails — in favor of I 

 the buyer as a general thing — except 

 on a few items where the demand has I 

 been rather brisk. There were very 

 few large functions that called for 

 many flowers. American Beauty roses I 

 are a little more plentiful but there is 

 no improvement yet as to quality 

 among the shorts. Richmonds are 

 much better than Libertys. Both these 



itoses 



Am. Beauty, Fan. and Sp. . 

 " Extra 



Killamey, Fan. giSp 



** Lower grades .... 



Richmond, Fancy & Special. 



CIMCINNATI 



Jan. a6 



DBTIWMT 



Jan. a6 



BUFFALO 



Jan. .6 



PITT88UR0 



Jan. .7 



to 4C.eo I 40.C 



Lower grade: 



Chatenay 



Golden Gate, Ivory, etc 



My Maryland 



Queen Beatrice 



Mrs. Mar. Field 



CARNATKMS 



Fancy and Novelties 



Ordinary 



MISCeLLANeOUS 



Cstlleyas 



Oypripediums 



UHes 



Lily of the VaHey 



Narcis., Paper White 



Roman Hya 



Daflodils 



Freesia 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias 



Violets 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumoais, strings 



" " & Spren (too bchs.) 



red roses are among the scarcest 

 things on the market. Bridesmaid, 

 Killarney and Jardine are excellent 

 and cleaning up well. There are 

 plenty of orchids of excellent quality 

 and they are in good demand. Carna- 

 tions generally are of very good qual- 

 ity and prices are holding firm. Sweet 

 peas are more plentiful with demand 

 keeping pace. Violets are a little too 

 plentiful and prices have sagged a lit- 

 tle. Callas are of excellent quality 

 and meet with ready sale. Prices on 

 Easter lilies rule low, there being 

 rather more coming in than the mar- 

 ket will readily absorb. The daffodil 

 market is still in healthy condition. 

 Paper Whites and Romans are in me- 

 dium supply and bring fair prices. 

 Freesia, mignonette, tulips and lilac 

 are excellent and in good demand. 

 Greens plentiful. 



Carnations have 

 WASHINGTON taken somewhat of 

 a drop owing to the 

 fa,ct that Pennsylvania is shipping 

 them here in quantities for $2.00 per 

 100. First class, near by carnations 

 are holding their own in price, bring- 

 ing ,?1.00 and $^.hO per dozen and there 

 is a steady demand for lowers of that 

 quality. The first tulips, in any quan- 

 tity, wore shown last week and find 

 ready sale at 75 cents and $1.0(1 per 

 dozen, A solid week of dark cloudy 

 weather has retarded bloom on every- 

 thing; the effect is particularly notice- 

 able with callas, instead of big open 

 flowers, the majority of them are small 

 and crumpled, but they go at 10 cents 

 apiece quite readily, Richmonds seem 

 to be taking the lead in the rose line. 

 At all of the principal functions of the 

 past week they were a conspicuous part 

 of the decoration. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Jno. Stephenson's Sons, the Oak 

 Lane florists, have been particularly 

 successful with Jardine this winter, 

 sending in probably the finest specials 

 seen on the Philadelphia market. The 

 plants show extraordinary health and 

 vigor; stems five feet long and shoot- 

 ing from the bottom like rhubarb. 



Joseph Heacock, William Swayne 

 and Chas. E. Meehan are among thos& 

 whom we hear reported as .going from 

 this vicinity to the carnation conven- 

 tion. 



Alexander B. Scott left on the Flor- 

 ida special for Summerville, S. C, on 

 the 25th inst., to be gone about a 

 month 



W. Atlee Burpee and his son have 

 gone on a pleasure voyage to southern 

 seas. Bermuda, Cuba, Venezuela and 

 other points are on the itinerary. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will be devoted to the carnation, 

 a discussion of the convention and an 

 exhibit of the latest new varieties. A. 

 M. Herr and Joseph Heacock will be 

 the principal speakers. 



J, l,iddon Pennock and Mrs. Pennock 

 are among the guests registered at the 

 Roval Poinciana, Palm Beach, Fla. 



^^ illiam Graham will start as chief 

 of the Habermehl decorating depart- 

 ment Monday, Feb. 1st. 



Edward Reid has been handling cat- 

 tleyas of exceptional quality recently. 

 Those he showed us were magnificent 

 as to size and coloring. 



Detroit reports a decided lull in busi- 

 ness almost equal to that of mid-sum- 

 mer. The heavy calls from out of town 

 have helped the wholesalers in reduc- 

 ing their stock. There is an especial 

 demand for roses. 



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