August 10, 1907 



HORTICULTURE, 



177 



COMING TO CONVENTION ? 



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FLORISTS' SUPPLIES AND NOVELTIES 



J, STERN &. CO. 125 North lOth St., above Arch St., PHILADELPHIA 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



A few banquets took 

 BOSTON place during "Old Home 

 "Week," but the call for 

 flowers for these affairs made no ap- 

 preciable impression on the flower 

 trade and those who looked for a 

 pronounced demand during that period 

 were doomed to disappointment. 

 Thefe is a vast amount of small and 

 almost valueless roses coming in at 

 present; carnations are almost out of 

 the running; sweet peas are over 

 stocked badly and bring but \-'ery lit- 

 tle return; lily of the valley which 

 hung fire for some time past has be- 

 gun to strengthen; Shakespeare glad- 

 iolus is a good seller at present; as- 

 ters are more abundant and rapidly 

 falling in value. This about covers 

 the ground so far as the staple mar- 

 ket flowers are concerned. 



Business for the past 

 BUFFALO week was as good as 



could be expected, and at 

 the end of the week a good clearing 

 tip was had on everything save green 

 goods. Asters have not come in verj' 

 plentifully therefore the carnations 

 such as there are, are picked up 

 quickly. Lilies have sold well, the 

 supply being normal and quality fine 

 and have been a great help for those 

 who were fortunate enough to have 

 floral design orders. Peas have 

 shortened in supply and sell more 

 rapidly than in previous weeks. Lily 

 of the valley has been on the shelf for 

 some time; no demand whatever. 

 Beauty, Kaiserin and Carnot roses are 

 in good supply and selling well. 



The local florists can 

 DETROIT with pleasure look for- 

 ward to a heavy season, 

 for the competing forces are increasing 

 very little while the city itself is grow- 

 ing ever so rapidly; the only thing 

 which may mar our hopes may be 

 some weak-knee among us who will 

 be induced through some weird logic 

 in his brain to cut prices. At the pres- 

 ent time vacations are our main topic 

 of interest. 



"We are now ex- 

 INDIANAPOLIS periencing the 

 worst of the sum- 

 mer season. Stock inside is at its 

 worst, while out door flowers are be- 

 low the usual grade of quality. The 

 recent hot weather has sent society 

 to the different resoits and naturally 

 flowers find little demand. No good 

 roses are to be had. A few good 

 Beauties are seen but supply is short 

 of demand. Asters are coming 

 stronger tut it will be several weeks 

 before th'ey will be in full supply. 

 Gladioli are plentiful and sell well. 

 Fine growing weather has prevaile-J 

 throughout the season with just 

 enough rain to insure a steady, healthy 

 growth, and it has put plants in a 

 splendid condition: chrysanthemums 

 6si)ecially are making a good showing. 



Newport is at present 



NEWPORT in a flourishing con- 

 dition. Business is be- 

 ginning to boom in a way it has not 

 boomed in many years. The city is 

 just simply filled up with people; that 

 being the case, how can it be other- 

 wise than a good season and if any 

 man feels the other way about it the 

 chances are that it is his own fault. 

 Good flowers in all classes are finding 

 a satisfactory market except where 

 they are in over-production for the mo- 

 ment. 



Th'ere is little to be 



NEW YORK said concerning the 

 flower trade of this 

 city at present writing, mainly because 

 there is not any worth talking about. 

 Somnolenco profound prevails in and 

 about all the retail and wholesale es- 

 tablishments, the latter only furnish- 

 ing an exception when awakened by 

 the unintelligible but forcible jargon 

 of the swarms of Greeks or when 

 some out-of-town cemetei-y florist gets 

 a big order and comes in to buy the 

 stock to fill it, the usual purchase 

 in suoh cases being a cargo big enough 

 to fully occupy th'e entire platform of 

 a 28th street horse car and cause con- 

 ductors and drivers to lift up their 

 voices in loud protest. The money 

 usually paid for such an outfit would 

 just about buy enough flowers to fill 

 a collar box in the good old winter 

 tim'e. 



For midsummer 



PHILADELPHIA the volume of 

 business has 

 been very fair with noi-mal market as 

 to prices and supplies. Asters are now 

 very plentiful and arriving at the rate 

 of from 200,000 to 300,000 blooms daily 

 but sell fairly well and fill the gap 

 usually occupied by carnations whicli 

 are now coming in very sparingly. 

 Roses are also in short supply, espec- 

 ially Beauties and good pinks. Kai- 

 serins are more plentiful and some 

 good Libertys are arriving and lily of 

 the valley. Cattleyas keep in fairly 

 steady volume vnlh. good demand. 

 Gladioli are much appreciated at pres- 

 ent. Auratum and speciosum lilies 

 find ready takers. There is very lit- 

 tle demand for other garden flowers. 

 Cold-storag'e peonies show up well and 

 are a choice and welcome item. 



Trade is qniet and 



TWIN CITIES the most of the 

 florists do not 'ex- 

 pect to do much until the fore part 

 of September. Roses continue scarce 

 and it is difficult to obtain good sum- 

 mer stock. Chicago is practically the 

 market. Prices have not dropped. 

 Sweet peas are moving nicely and a 

 great variety is handled by all the 

 dea.lers. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.'S NEW 

 ESTABLISHMENT. 



We take much pleasure in present- 

 ing, herewith, a picture of this, which 

 we belieVe to be the most complete 

 and extensive florists' supply house 

 on this continent. It is the culminar 

 tion of more than a quarter century 

 of persistent enterprise and unremit- 

 ting industry and we are sure our 

 readers will join us in congratulations 

 to this well-known firm on their suc- 

 cess as indicated in this spacious 



plant. Opiiii hou.st will be tlie lulo 

 during convention time and there is 

 to l>e a special reception on the roof, 

 as announced in the prospectus of tho 

 local c-nteitainment to be offered th'e 

 S. A. F. visitors in Philadelphia. No 

 doubt every attendant at the conven- 

 tion will ^^sit. at lea=t once, Messrs. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co.. and we can prom- 

 ise them that every floor of the big; 

 house will present a surprise in the 

 "ariety, beauty and utility of its con- 

 tents. 



You will find something worth reading 

 on every page of HORTICULTURE. 



The greenhouses of C. J. Harvey, 



Needham, Mass., were slightly dam- 

 aged by fire on August 1. 



