July 27, 1907 



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FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



The supply of carnations 

 BOSTON and roses has shortened 

 up materially, many grow- 

 ers having thrown out their blooming 

 stock and replanted, and the market 

 is greatly relieved in consequence. The 

 overstock which existed hitherto is re- 

 duced to moderate dimensions and 

 prices are firmer, but there is no in- 

 crease in the demand as yet. Sweet 

 peas are coming in far greater supply 

 than the market can care for and there 

 is no staple value on this item. A few 

 asters are in evidence — the vanguard 

 of a vast supply which is in course of 

 development for this market. There 

 is practically no change in the selling 

 price of anything from quotations of 

 last week. Buyers of small lots must 

 expect to pay quoted values but a cus- 

 tomer for large shipments can rely 

 upon getting due consideration. 



Not much of an iraprove- 

 BUFFALO ment in the market the 



past week as far as trade 

 is concerned. A little floral work flurry 

 occasionally, which is about all that 

 the retailers figure on. keeps them 

 busy at times, while the wholesaler is 

 looking for an outlet of the superfluous 

 supply which accumulates from day to 

 day. Good roses are in demand, also 

 lilies now and then. Japanese and lon- 

 gifllorum lilies have been in good sup- 

 ply, also sweet peas of fine quality, but 

 too many of the latter. Prices are rock 

 low and sales slow. Carnations are 

 still plentiful but poor in quality; 

 greens are in good supply. 



The market has 

 INDIANAPOLIS been decidedly 

 quiet the past 

 week. There i.= abundance of poor 

 stock and hardly enough good stuff to 

 go around even though the demand is 

 small. There is a fair demand for 

 Beauties, but in general the quality 

 is not up to what it was last year. 

 Teas are small, off color and badly 

 mildewed. There seems to be plenty of 

 carnations, but of very poor quality. 

 Asters are coming in fair. Gladioli 

 sell well especially the lighter shades. 

 Lilies of all kinds are abundant and 

 slow sale. Lily of the valley seems to 

 be hard to move. All kinds of greens 

 are plentiful with little or no sale. Ga.- 

 lax leaves are good property at the 

 present time. 



Business shows a 

 NEW YORK slight improvement 

 which, it is to be 

 hoped, may last and the tendency of 

 prices toward greater stability. There 

 is, of course, a big proportion of very 

 shabby material coming in to the 

 wholesale market in this hot wt^ather 

 on which no value can be set. Such 

 stock is never counted out and is con- 

 sidered well sold it 'sold at all. There 

 are enormous quantities of sweet peas 

 being received, noticeable mainly for 

 their inferiority of flower and luevity 

 of stem, which are rarely disposed of 



other than through the medium of the 

 garbage man. Sorry to have to tell 

 it, but it is true. Asters are seen 

 occasionally. Some fine Shakespeare 

 gladioli are in evidence and one spike 

 brings as much as ten spikes of the 

 ciommon red. Express charges are 

 .iust as high on the red and we as- 

 sume that the cost of growing is no 

 dift'erent. Growers should not forget 

 this. 



Notwithstand i n g 

 PHILADELPHIA the big infiux of 



visitors (calcu- 

 lated to have been over a million all 

 told) to this city incident to the Elks' 

 convention, business last week in the 

 fiower trade did not rise above the 

 normal. Arriving shipments were in 

 somewhat smaller volume with de- 

 mand about normal. Qualities are of 

 the usual summer grade. The only 

 stir in the placid sea was in funeral 

 work. White roses met ready sale and 

 cleaned up nicely. Kaiserins were in 

 the lead of course. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



Dick Schmidt has purchased the 

 greenhouses of Ed. Fries. Newport, Ky. 



Charles Benson of Denver, Colo., has 

 leased the greenhouses of W. C. Wal- 

 ters. 



Louis Gresenz has bought out Mrs. 

 A. Hertel of 150 Clybourn avenue. Chi- 

 cago. 



Max Rudolph, Cincinnati, 0., has 

 purchased his partner's interest in the 

 business. 



The flower stand in the theatre build- 

 ing, Moline, 111 , will be carried on 

 hereafter by C. W. Sandstrom. 



Ed. Fries will hereafter carry on the 

 Highland avenue greenhouses at New- 

 port, Ky., in his father's place. 



Ben Boldt. Denver, Col., has moved 

 from 16th street to W. 29th street, 

 August Schenkel's establishment. 



C. M. Wagner will move from the 

 Schofield building to Euclid avenue. 

 Cleveland, O., about September 1. 



John Eddy & Sons. Westmount, Can., 

 have bought land at Melrose Lawn and 

 are erecting three new houses. They 

 also purchased the greenhouses of the 

 Canijibell estate, selling a part of them 

 later ro Camille Gratton, who has been 

 foreman for Mr. Campbell for the past 

 four years. Mr. Gratton will start in 

 business at St. Laurent where he has 

 purchased land. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Charles S. Grey has resigned his po- 

 sition with Edward Reid and is now as- 

 sociated with his brother in another 

 line of business. 



Leo and Arthur Niessen of the Leo 

 Niessen Co., left for their vacation on 

 Monday the 22d. Clarence J. Watson, 

 their manager, also departed on the 

 same date for a well earned rest. The 

 acting captains of the business at 

 present are Ralph Shrigley and W. 

 Niessen 



Jno. G. Gardner has secured the con- 

 tract for the landscape work on the 

 Sharpless estate at West Chester. 



Edward Campbell is doing the land- 

 scaping on an important private in- 

 stitution near Wilmington, Del. Nearly 

 all the landscape men are unusually 

 busy this summer in this neighbor- 

 hood. \ 



Miss Hart of the accounting depart- 

 ment of the Pennock-Meehan Co., was 

 married on the 19th inst. to Clarence- 

 S. Piatt of Chester. Mre. Piatt was a 

 most eflicient business woman and will 

 be greatly missed among her old as- 

 sociates. 



TOLEDO, O., NEWS. 



All our florists are now very busy 

 fixing up their houses, whitewashing, 

 gla:dng and planting. They all look 

 back upon a season which has been 

 very prosperous from every standpoint. 

 There are even now belated orders for 

 beds of geraniums and porch boxes. 

 This is later than they have ever had' 

 such orders before. 



E. Kuhuke is putting up three houses, 

 each 22x100, which are to be filled with 

 carnations. He has just finished plant- 

 ing his chrysanthemums and potting 

 cyclamens is now in order. 



George Bayer is trying to get his 

 20-acre plot in shap; so far asters and 

 carnations are planted to a very large 

 extent, while most is in garden truck. 

 Krueger Bros, are building a large cel- 

 lar under their palm house. John 

 Gratopp is a great believer in linking 

 flowers and "truck" together; his car- 

 nation houses which are now filled' 

 have been full with cucumbers which 

 have done well. 



Wm. Kiss, formerly at Fitcliburg, is 

 now located at Manchester, Mass. 



MOVEMENTS OF GARDENERS. 



Peter Petersen succeeds Victor 

 Schmitt as gardener for Philip Salton- 

 stall, Milton, Mass. 



A. G. Sawyer, formerly with E. R. 

 AVhitney. has succeeded Emil Anderson 

 as gardener for F. C. Milliken. Milton, 

 Mass. 



Carl E. Kern, Mt. Kisco. N. Y., has 

 taken the position of landscape gar- 

 dener with the National Cash Register 

 Co., Dayton, 0. 



John Cody occupies the position 

 formerly filled by John Ross, gardener 

 -for Francis Peabody, Jr., Milton, 

 Mass. Mr. Cody had been previously 

 in the employ of Thos. F. Galvin and: 

 E. Suterraeister respectively. 



