July 6, 1907 



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FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Business has suddenly 

 BOSTON fallen down to the lowest 



ebb of summer dullness, 

 and for the next few weeks there will 

 be little to report otherwise. Receipts 

 continue heavy on all lines and the 

 questior of price has no weight, the 

 customer buying in thousand lots hav- 

 ing his own way and making the price 

 just about as he pleases. Carnations 

 are on the downward course as to qual- 

 ity. Bride and Bridesmaid roses are 

 also tending the same way with plenty 

 of mildew in evidence. Kaiserin. Car- 

 not, Liberty and Richmond are the 

 leaders in quality at present. Sweet 

 peas are badly congested, and so are 

 peonies. The season has been a bad 

 one for the grower of peonies, Jacque- 

 minot roses and other June specialties, 

 as these things did not bloom until 

 after the regular demand for them had 

 ceased. 



The first part of the 

 BUFFALO week beginning June 

 24 and up to Friday 

 last was a busy one for the trade. 

 Commencements, weddings, etc., were 

 iu full swing and there was plenty of 

 stock. In fact on Friday and Satur- 

 day an over-supply was again had. 

 Carnations were well in demand, but 

 the quality was poor. Roses were 

 also in heavy supply. Peonies played 

 an important part, but with no de- 

 mand and prices ruling low. The 

 opening market Monday, July 1st, 

 was slow, stock pouring in to over- 

 flowing and everything simply at a 

 standstill. 



The warm weather is 



COLUMBUS with us and as a re- 

 sult business has be- 

 gun to drop off and from now on dull- 

 ness more or less marked will be the 

 rule. But everyone is satisfied, for 

 with all it has been a splendid money- 

 making year. As the time for the 

 annual club picnic draws near, every 

 indication points to a great outing 

 July 17th at Buckeye Lake. 



There really was some- 

 DETROIT thing doing last week. 



The wholesalers claim 

 that they have carnations to burn, 

 but the blamed stuff does not burn, 

 therefore they must pay out of their 

 hard-earned commission to have the 

 dead carted away from the battle- 

 field! All the schools have closed 

 and all the June brides have entered 

 into their bliss or doom — whichever it 

 might be — and the florist goes fish- 

 ing! Peonies are forging themselves 

 ahead quite a bit and they are the 

 most prominent flowers in local flor- 

 ists' windows. 



The flower busi- 

 INDIANAPOLIS ness is undergoing 

 its usual transi- 

 tion into summer dullness and de- 

 mands in every line are exceedingly 

 light. The market is over loaded with 

 stock of all kinds and prices have a 

 downward tendency. The peony sea- 

 son just ended has not been a proflt- 

 able one. Roses and carnations are 

 plentiful and depreciating in quality 

 and price. Stocks, sweet peas, snap 

 dragon, lily of the valley, and gladi- 

 olii are in good supply with little or 

 no demand. All "the prominent green- 

 house men report the largest plant and 

 bedding trade in years, considerable 

 work of that kind being done as late 

 as July 1. The hot weather is now 

 here and early closing is the rule. 

 Palm and fo'iage beds and bay trees 

 are more in evidence this season than 

 ever before. 



Profound stillness pre- 

 NEW YORK vails in all depart- 

 ments of the florist 

 trade, wholesale or retail. The condi- 

 tion at present existing is an annual 

 occurrence, but comes in with unusual 

 suddenness this year. Local demand 

 has reached its lowest level and out- 

 side calls have not yet materialized. 

 The question of vacations and early 

 closing is uppermost on all sides, and 

 the picnic or "outing" of the Florists' 

 Club on July 2 has monopolized most 

 of the interest in the haunts of the pro- 

 gressive wholesaler with his satellites 



and retainers. The prize winners are 

 still telling how they did it. 



There is a slight 

 PHILADELPHIA improvement in 



market conditions 

 here this week, caused chiefly by the 

 shortening up of supplies, but the vol- 

 ume of business is very limited. The 

 best sellers In roses are Beauty, Lib- 

 erty and Kaiserin. Carnations and 

 sweet peas are much too plentiful and 

 prices rule low. Cattleyas and Easter 

 lilies are In limited supply, but enough 

 for the call. Lily of tbe-valley is quite 

 draggy. Gardenias are in lessened sup- 

 ply, with demand weak, but prices 

 have stiffened a little; smilax scarce; 

 peony flood has abated. Altogether, 

 the tone is much improved. At last 

 report there was no market at all; this 

 week it is about normal. 



AND STILL THEY COME. 



, June 26, 1907. 



HORTICULTURR Publishing Co. 

 Mr. Wm. J. Stewart, Editor: 

 Dear Sir: Allow me to congratulate 

 you upon the accuracy of your mar- 

 I'.et reports. "Comparisons, of course, 

 are odious" but I must say that the re- 

 ports in HORTICUI>TURE in ray opin- 

 ion (at least as far as this market is 

 concerned and that is the only one in 

 which I am conversant with the con- 

 ditions) more nearly hit the nail on 

 the head and size up the market bet- 

 ter than any of your contemporaries. 

 At least that is the belief of 

 Yours sincerely, 



C. M. A. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



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 list for l907-bs, of forest and orna- 

 mental trees, spring-flowering and 

 forcing plants, conifera-, etc. The list 

 is very complete, illustrated and printed 

 in a r.tyle sujierior to most strictly 

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