August 24, 1907 



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1129 Arch Street, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



There has not been much 

 BOSTON of a market the past week, 

 business being more than 

 ordinarily quiet. Asters have been re- 

 ceived in large quantities also gladioli 

 the latter being the best seen in this 

 city for years but the prices received 

 have been low in comparison to the 

 quality of the stock. American 

 Beauty roses have been the principal 

 mainstay with but little demand at 

 that. No. 2 and 3 roses although Lhe 

 supply is plentiful are hard to dispose 

 of. Sweet peas have fallen behind this 

 year both in quality and number ow- 

 ing mainly to the long continued dry 

 weather. 



Dullness still prevails in 

 BUFFALO the cut-flower line, 

 though stock has not 

 been too plentiful. The early varie- 

 ties of asters are in full swing and 

 the fancy stock has been selling rap- 

 idly; as for short stems and ordinary, 

 again too many as usual. Gladioli are 

 improving daily, but mostly mixed 

 varieties. Roses are coming in more 

 plentifully, especially the cuts from 

 young stock. Beauties are not of the 

 best quality, though good considering 

 cutting from old plants. Lily of the 

 valley is still on the quiet list. Smi- 

 lAX and other greens plentiful. Long- 

 ifloruni and Ja))an lilies are to be had 

 in fine quality, demand fairly good. 



The market con- 

 INDIANAPOLIS tinues on its 

 course of mid- 

 summer dulness. Asters are the main 

 supply and are overabundant with 

 prices demoralized. In roses the sup- 

 ply is equal to the limited demand. 

 The new crop of Beauties are mostly 

 short and medium stem. Gladioli are 

 now fine and much used tor window 

 decoration. All kinds of lilies are 

 plentiful and hard to move satisfac- 

 torily. Growing weather is still favor- 

 able, consequently there is a large sur- 

 plus of outdoor flowers. Ferns and 

 galax are more plentiful than last 

 noted while fancy greens are a little 

 short. Growers all report very satis- 

 factory conditions in the chrysanthe- 

 mums houses. About 25 per cent, 

 more plants are being grown this year 

 than last. 



Market only so- 

 PHILADELPHIA so last week. No 

 marked activity 

 along any line. Beauties were not very 

 plentiful. Quality was all right and 

 what few came in found ready sale. 

 Kaiserins were fairly plentiful and 

 found ready takers. Quality fully up 

 to the average. Killarney sold better 

 than Bridesmaids as a rule — a marked 

 improvement is to be noted in former 

 item. Brides were generally of poor 

 quality and went slow. Libertys are 

 keeping their end up and make their 

 way at satisfactory prices. There are 

 very tew carnations on the market 

 and these are averaging low grade. 

 Lily of the valley is a very satisfac- 

 tory stock on the whole. The quality 

 is all that can be expected, and moves 

 fairly well. Asters are between wind 

 and water. The early crop is almost 

 over and the midseason not quite in. 

 A little later we look for better things; 

 the "real thing" will loom up very 

 soon. Gladioli are fine but move 

 rather sluggish. Orchids might be 

 called scarce, as there is a lean to 

 the demand side. But a very little 

 either way would demoralize the mar- 

 ket as the call is only normal. Out- 

 door materials such as hydrangea, 

 physostegia, lathyrus and gypsophlia 

 are plentiful, but there is no brisk call. 

 It is a buyers' market. The buyer 

 can have anything he wants at his own 

 price. Sorry. 



The quiet condition 

 WASHINGTON of the cut flow.3r 



market remains un- 

 broken. We can not reasonably hope 

 for any activity in that line though 

 until after September 15th., when 

 Washingtonians now absent at the sea- 

 side resorts will begin to return to the 

 city. Nearby asters are commencing 

 to come in. and bid fair to be very 

 good. Outside roses of the Tea fam- 

 ily are coming in in good quantities 

 but are short of stem, and do not 20m- 

 mand first-class prices. A few lield 

 carnations are beginning to blossom, 

 but their quality does not commend 

 them to the public. All eyes and 

 thoughts are turned to the S. A. F. now 

 in session in Philadelphia. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



M. Lowery has purchased the inter- 

 est of his partner in the business con- 

 ducted by F. J. Baker & Co., Utica, 

 N. Y. 



A. Dallas, of Waterbury, Ct., has 

 purchased the business of the West 

 Side Hill Greenhouses and will con- 

 tinue the greenhouses and retail store 

 under the same name. 



The business of J. W. Bernard, at 

 Marion, Ind., has been purchased by 

 Gunnar Teilmann who after remodel- 

 ling thoroughly will carry it on in 

 connection with his present business. 



The business carried on tor the past 

 twenty years by Thomas Vincent on 

 West Baltimore street, Baltimore, Md., 

 has been disposed of to George F. 

 Lurssen. and the place will be known 

 as The Flower Garden. 



NEWS NOTES. 



A. F. Lougren has started in busi- 

 ness at Des Moines, 111. Carnations 

 will be his specialty. 



L. C. Hecock, Elyria. O.. has sold his 

 Lodi street place and will locate his 

 greenhouses farther out of town, his 

 store being on Broad street 



Fuhlbruegge Bros., Winona, Minn., 

 were the victims of a heavy storm on 

 August 6 which broke considerable 

 glass and destroyed many plants. 



Fire from an unknown source de- 

 stroyed the greenhouses and stable of 

 Patrick Kieran, superintendent of the 

 water works department, Portsmouth, 

 R. I., on August 12. 



A cyclone and cloudburst which 

 swept over the entire region from Bis- 

 mark, N. D., to Duluth, Minn., center- 

 ing about St. Paul, did serious damage 

 to the crops on August IS. 



Fi-ank Oeschlein, Chicago. 111., has 

 transferred his entire business to 

 Adams street and Forty-ninth avenue, 

 where several new houses will be 

 added to enable him to cope with his 

 increasing trade. 



INCORPORATED. 



Akron Floral Co., Akron, O., by E. 

 M. Smith and others; capital, $10,000. 



Central Nursery and Floral Co., 

 Kalamazoo, Mich.; capital. $50,000. 



NOTICE OF 



SALE of STALLS 



Boston Co-Operative 

 Flower Market 



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